Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary. WIZO is awarded the Israel Prize, the country’s most prestigious honor, recognition of all it has done to improve Israeli society. WIZO loses teachers and students to suicide bombings. Youth Villages receive new campuses. Over 1,000 women from all over the world come together for WIZO conference.
After over 40 years, the Hungarian and Czech WIZO Federations are revived. During the Gulf War, WIZO day care centers near hospitals remain open 24 hours a day to care for children of hospital staff on duty.
WIZO USA Federations are established in New York and Miami. The first shelter for battered women as well as the first 24 hour emergency hotline is opened by WIZO's, Status of Women Department.