Women

Her life on the home front: How war is reshaping life for Israel’s wives and mothers

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Eliana reflects a familiar reality for many women in Israel: Emotional yet composed, missing a husband deeply while fully aware he has a job to do, and proud that he is doing it.

AT THE threshold of their home, Eliana stands with her child as her husband heads out again – part of a generation of Israeli families for whom departures, not returns, have come to define the passage of time.
Chop Stick Egoz Hakfar.

Egoz Hakfar launches chop stick premium Asian series in Israel

Cancer Cell Spread and oncology or Malignant Cancerous Growth and Metastasis anatomy concept as growing tumor cells and Malignancy disease spreading metastasized as a 3D illustration.

New Israeli-led AI model to predict chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer

Lee Petra Grebenau.

Designer Lee Grebenau conquers New York with an 18th-century tribute


UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht in October on the grounds of armed rebellion, in an online trial that lasted less than ten minutes.

 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

Israeli NGO, US non-profit collaborate to deliver 2,000 hygiene kits to Khan Yunis women, girls

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief launched the initiative in response to infrastructure damage and supply shortages that have limited access to sanitation products.

NATAN dignity kits

Tennis player Aryna Sabalenka says women facing transgender athletes 'not fair'

"The woman has been working her whole life to reach her limit, and then she has to face a man who is biologically much stronger. I don't agree with this kind of stuff in sport," Sabalenka said.

Tennis - WTA Finals - Riyadh - King Saud University Indoor Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - November 8, 2025 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her final match against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina

New ‘Woman, Life, Freedom' mural unveiled in Ibim, near Gaza border

The installation features six women whose lives and stories represent different facets of courage. Among them is Shirel Haim Pour, a 22-year-old Persian Jew murdered in the October 7 assault.

Hooman Khalili's 19th Woman, Life, Freedom mural in Israel unveiled on December 3, 2025, in Ibim.

A post-Oct. 7 reality for Australian Jewish women: A community 'Ruptured' by hate - review

Many Jewish Australians have expressed feeling isolated from the rest of Australian society. She described a reality of unchecked hate, particularly online - and disappointment with the government.

Members of the Australian Jewish community hold a banner and placards bearing the portraits of Israelis held hostage in Gaza during a rally in Sydney on October 7, 2025, to mark the two-year anniversary of the attack by Hamas on Israel.

Without hormones: The new treatment that is changing the rules of the game for hot flashes

A real-world study at the International Menopause Society conference shows notable improvements in hot flashes, sleep, and daily functioning with a new non-hormonal treatment.

Hot flashes. The enemy of women in midlife

Women are not alone: The Israeli brand everyone’s talking about opens its doors to men

After seven years as a women-only brand, Under the Rock launches its first men’s jeans collection, with at-home fitting and a new couple-focused campaign.

Under the Rock.

Ahead of the curve? This state just announced it will be offering paid menstrual leave

Every month, women will be entitled to one paid day off to accommodate their menstrual pains.

A colored drawing of female anatomy depicting a uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Menstruation, monthly period (Illustrative)

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

 Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Women flee Sudan’s Al-Fashir amid reports of rape, child abductions, UN says

Al-Fashir's fall on October 26 has cemented the RSF's control of the Darfur region in its 2-1/2-year war with the Sudanese army.

Sudanese residents gather to receive free meals in Al Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, in Darfur region, on August 11, 2025.