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


Ben-Gvir has shown that the safety of Israeli women isn't a priority - opinion

The Israeli government rejected a bill recently that would have allowed the courts to order the use of electronic tags to monitor abusers of domestic violence.

 MK Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a press conference ahead of the upcoming elections, in Jerusalem, July 11, 2022.

The gov't needs to protect women from violent partners - editorial

Last week, the government struck down a bill that would have forced violent domestic offenders to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.

 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

Eight women in three months: Adisi Albana murdered in her home

The woman's partner is the key suspect in the case after he turned himself in during the night.

 Outside the apartment in Kiryat Ata where the 29-year-old woman was murdered on March 24, 2023.

Israeli coalition rejects electronic tags for abusers bill by one vote

Israeli opposition: 'Women's blood should not be shed for free'

 Israeli MKs are seen in the Knesset plenum following a day of voting on March 22, 2023

Margaret Atwood responds to Israel's Handmaid’s Tale protesters

Bonot Alternativa they are also a protesting against violence against women, such as murder and sexual assault, as well as many other issues in Israel

 Israelis dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale television show protest the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023.

Israel Police arrest husband for allegedly murdering wife in Haifa

The couple had been treated by social services two years ago after they experienced a "relationship crisis".

 Israel Police squad car.

Merav Michaeli ditches black for red ahead of domestic violence vote

The coalition is expected to vote against the bill requiring domestic abusers to wear tracking devices, with Ben-Gvir saying it needs to be "more balanced."

 Labor leader Merav Michaeli ditched her customary black for bright red in order to make a point about Israel's victims of domestic abuse, March 15, 2023.

Polish court rules activist guilty of helping terminate pregnancy

Along with Malta, Poland's anti-abortion laws are among the most restrictive in Europe, allowing for termination only in specific circumstances.

 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in New Mexico

Jerusalem woman in serious condition, ex allegedly set her on fire

Woman's ex suspected of setting her aflame, committing suicide right after

 Medics and Fire and Rescue units attend to an emergency in Gilo, a neighborhood in Jerusalem.

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