Gender

From competition to communication: Removing the strategic games in relationships - comment

The anxieties of the 2,000s led to a plethora of dating advice explaining how to "win" in relationships. Today, open communication is prioritized.

FEBRUARY 14, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study

Researchers looked at what happens when people absorb trauma indirectly, through constant exposure to disturbing images, videos, and stories. They call it “secondary trauma.”

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of a healthcare worker.

US federal workers challenge Trump policy on gender-affirming care

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation called the policy "the latest attack from a Trump administration obsessed with undermining the rights and freedoms of transgender people."

JANUARY 1, 2026|ByREUTERS, DANYA SAPERSTEIN

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

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.

DECEMBER 26, 2025|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

Why did medieval haggadot include pictures of men pointing at their wives?

This long-forgotten Passover custom was dealt a bitter blow by a sharp wife in a 15th-century Haggadah.

APRIL 14, 2022ByLEOR JACOBI

The wife in the 14th century "Brother Haggadah" doesn't look too pleased with her husband's custom.

IDF program to integrate women into cyber units raises $1 million

The IDF 'Mamriot' program, supported by the Zalik Foundation and FIDF, aims to close the gender gap in the Israeli military's cyber units.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOLDIERS OF the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training near Nitzanim. Formed in 2014, Bardales is an IDF infantry combat battalion comprised of 50% female soldiers.

Microsoft, Amdocs attend conference held to promote equal wages for women

Speakers, including women from Microsoft and Amdocs, discussed how to overcome one of the world’s largest gender wage gaps.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY

Women's Wage Equality Conference at OpenValley Caesarea complex, February,2022.

Ex-Hassid who advised ‘Unorthodox’ comes out as trans

Lili Rosen, the ex-Hasidic Jew who advised popular Netflix series 'Unorthodox,' came out amid her translating a children's sexuality guide into Yiddish

JANUARY 27, 2022BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

“God knows that if I as a teenager had access to this, it would have been inordinately helpful and beneficial to me in my journey. I may have even come out 20 years ago, or 30 years ago,” Rosen said.

New egal. Jewish study programs offer alternative to traditional yeshiva

The new learning centers follow a trend of proliferating non-denominational Torah study options.

DECEMBER 14, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

Hadar's plans for Chicago include the development of local classes, much like the programming they began offering several years ago in Washington.

Do gender-based stereotypes discourage girls from pursuing certain fields? - study

A new study shows that girls express less interest in fields that are stereotypically marketed toward boys.

DECEMBER 10, 2021ByARIELLA MARSDEN

Israeli children in second grade (7 - 8 years old) using computers in a class room during a lesson at the "Janusz Korczak" school in Jerusalem. May 17, 2011.

Millions in funding approved in war on violence against women

Merav Michaeli announced at the gender equality cabinet that NIS 155 m. will go to the fight against violence against women and that she will advance legislation on economic abuse with Gideon Sa'ar.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021ByEVE YOUNG