[5] One of the places she visited was London and there she met her future husband, Yitzhak Moda'i, a military attache who later entered Israeli politics and became the country's Finance Minister.

She focused the organization's efforts to assist recent immigrants who were often impoverished and lacking in knowledge of Hebrew or Israel's bureaucracy.

In addition to visiting and supporting WIZO teams in neighboring areas, she decided in 1983 to begin opening up shelters for battered women in response to problems of domestic violence.

In order to secure better funding for WIZO's youth programs and facilities, she lobbied the Ministries of Finance and Education.

She was elected World WIZO's fourth president in 1996[6] and held that position until she became chair of the Council of Women's Organizations in 2004.