Domestic violence

Two new adolescent units open at WIZO shelter for survivors of domestic violence

Until now, older teenagers accompanying their mothers were often forced to remain behind or live in conditions that did not meet their developmental needs.

 Efrat Sharabi from the Welfare Ministry, WIZO chairperson Anita Friedman, WIZO Australia federation president Michele Spiro, and World WIZO president Anat Vidor.
Police arrive to arrest suspect on murder charge for Pardes Hana

Pardes Hanna woman murdered in first femicide case in Israel in 2026, husband arrested

Delaware State Police officers standby as former US president Joe Biden arrives on Marine One to Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 19, 2021.

Wife of Jill Biden’s ex-husband found dead after ‘domestic dispute’ call

Members of the Lebanese police look through a door at a Byblos Bank branch where an armed depositor took hostages according to the Depositors' Association, in Tyre, Lebanon October 4, 2022.

Lebanese man accused of murdering Syrian wife, torturing her with scalding oil


Eduard Kachura to be indicted for aggravated murder of Lital Yael Melnik

Melnik's body was discovered partially buried in a construction site on October 2, a day after she was reported missing by her grandmother.

 Israeli women hold fake coffins symbolizing the murders of women killed in domestic violence as part of a nationwide strike  protesting the violence against women, December 2018

Ruling to release suspected murderer of Lital Melnik to house arrest overturned

The district court ruled Kachura should be released to house arrest. However, the court overturned its decision and Kachura is now set to stay in custody until Tuesday.

 Police at the scene where the body of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik was found on a construction site in Kiryat Motzkin, October 2, 2021.

Dr. Fischer launches exhibition to stop domestic violence

The ZOA gallery focuses on art with a social context.

 Dr. Fischer launches exhibition to stop domestic violence

Celebrity memorabilia sale's proceeds donated to women's shelters

In a joint initiative by WIZO, eBay and Gett Delivery, celebrities are auctioning off personal memorabilia in order to raise funds for women's shelters.

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli

On day for ending violence against women, we need less talk, more action - editorial

Israel took a stand on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to recognize the seriousness of abuse, but it is not enough.

 Abuse (illustrative)

Violence against women spreading like COVID-19 - opinion

Femicide, like COVID-19, occurs in every society indiscriminately, and spreads at an incalculable rate.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and his wife Michal visit a Bat Melech shelter for women in distress, on Wednesday, to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

32-year-old-woman murdered in Mughar village in the Galilee

A 32-year-old woman was murdered on the day that people across Israel participated in a slew of events marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against violence against women at a rally marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, 2021 .

Israel's victims of domestic violence tell their stories in new AI project

"I was Michal Sela. In 2019, I was murdered by the man who was my husband. Today, I call on you, listen to my voice."

 Israelis light candles in memory of women murdered in domestic violence, at a set up memorial on Rothschild Boulevard, ahead of International Day of Violence Against Women. November 24, 2020.

Films on violence against women touch a chord

Thought-provoking short films by graduates of the Maaleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem about different forms of violence against women can now be seen on VOD.

 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.

Divorce refusal is violence against women - opinion

Over the years we have increasingly understood that get-refusal is a tool used by men who are perfectly willing to threaten their wives.

 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.