Gender

United Nations: Language shapes gender equality negotiations - opinion

The behind-the-scenes journey from draft to deal raises uncomfortable questions about whom the UN truly serves, and for what purpose.

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.
Relationship difficulties

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

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

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

 An illustrative image of a healthcare worker.

US federal workers challenge Trump policy on gender-affirming care


Focus a lens on the PHOTO IS:RAEL festival

Taking place from November 23 to December 3 at the Einav Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, the exhibit will feature 50 photographers from Israel and abroad.

 ‘THE REST is still unwritten’ by Tair Adeto.

The shocking truth about transgender people - opinion

My right to exist shouldn’t come from my existence as a transgender person being a tough one; instead, it should simply stem from the fact that I’m a human being.

 Members of the LGBTQ+ community and supporters participate in a protest march in support of the transgender community, in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018.

Israel elections: Gender enters campaign limelights - analysis

Parents protested in front of the school and refused to send their children. They were joined by MK Michal Woldiger and MK Bezalel Smotrich, got involved.

The Transgender Pride Flag flies on the Foreign Office building in London on Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20 November 2017.

How do Israeli woodlice mate when predators like scorpions lurk nearby?

A Hebrew University study reveals the impact predators have on female-male relations among woodlice.

 Woodlice in the desert.

Women hold half of senior government jobs in Bahrain

Bahrain's constitution was amended in 2002, giving women equal rights to men and allowing them to vote among other rights.

 A Bahraini woman uses her mobile phone to take pictures during a demonstration in Manama, Bahrain.

Eve against Pandora: Two views of women and men

Examining the differences in the way men and women were viewed in ancient Greece and biblical Israel, the story of Pandora and Prometheus and the story of Adam and Eve.

 ‘Pandora’ by John William Waterhouse, 1896

Why are men more likely to get cancer than women? - study

Men have far higher cancer risks than women do. While many have thought it was due to risk factors, the real reason may be a biological difference.

 Dividing cancer cell

Alcohol use affects male, female brain activity differently - study

Tests on mice regarding alcohol's ability to impact the brain and behaviors and feelings associated with fear and anxiety suggest that it affects males and females differently.

 Beers of summer

Is there gender inequality on the global jazz scene?

Musician and doctoral student Rebecca Zola looks at jazz gender blues.

 REBECCA ZOLA: ‘You have to put up with a lot of sexual harassment in jam sessions, or in club spaces.’

Sexual assault accusations levied against Israeli doctors - Yediot

An investigation published in Yediot Ahronot revealed Israel's health system's systemic failure in preventing and sanctioning sexual misconduct.

  Israeli activist protest against Yuval Carmi, a psychologist suspected of committing sexual offenses and in support of Kim Ariel Arad who is one of the alleged victims of Yuval Carmi, in Jerusalem, October 24, 2021.