International Women’s Day

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother's strength and resilience after Oct. 7 - interview

After her son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, Goldberg-Polin became one of the most prominent figures fighting for the return of the hostages.

 ‘WE WERE nervous because we were told that we were going to be attacked.’ Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin leave the stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago in August.
 'Our voices are heard' event in honor of slain female observers

'Our Voices Are Heard': Honoring the slain female observers of October 7

 OVER 3,200 women are expected to participate in this year’s Maccabiah, with the goal of full gender equality by 2029.

Maccabiah 2025 celebrates continued commitment to advancing women in sports

 "Empowering Ethiopian Women" Association

In honor of International Women's Day: Empowering Ethiopian Women in Haifa


Abraham Accords to accelerate women’s equality

The inclusion of more women in the workforce and all fields of innovation and entrepreneurship means that endless opportunities will grow and prosper.

 THE ISRAELI PAVILION at Expo 2020 Dubai hosted two special events last month on women, peace and security.

The war in Ukraine has negative effects on independence of Jewish women

From independent, empowered women to refugees, the Ukrainian-Russian War turned Jewish women to displaced and scared for thir lives and fates.

 A woman sits on a bench next to luggage as refugees from Ukraine cross the Ukrainian-Slovakian border following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, March 3, 2022.

Stav Achai to perform at Holon's Woman's Festival on Int'l Women's Day

The show on March 8 (10 p.m.) will feature material from her debut release Plastic Cocoon and from her upcoming new Tears In Color album which Achai hopes will be out and about by May.

 STAV ACHAI – angular breaks.

Film programs in Israel to mark International Women’s Day

The movies are both by and about women and include tributes, retrospectives, preview screenings of new movies, student films and meetings with artists.

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Israel has ways to go for gender equality - opinion

Only a joint force of committed and influential women will succeed.

 BELLA ABZUG wears her trademark large hat during a discussion with fellow activist Jane Fonda in 1995, at a function celebrating 20 years since the establishment of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

MAN teaches women how to drive 

MAN trucks Israel has initiated a project to train women to drive trucks (for FREE) and integrate them into the heavy vehicle industry.

First women to enroll in a truck driving course, Yogev Gavri, CEO of MAN Israel

Mali Levi, Lucy Aharish to lead L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

The 'Stand Up campaign', is part of the global social agenda of the L’Oréal Paris brand, which aims to prevent sexual harassment in the public space and raise awareness of the phenomenon.

 Lucy Aharish / L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

Grapevine March 2, 2022: Tel Aviv lights up in blue and yellow

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977.

Voices from the Arab Press: No stronger character than the woman

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

SAUDI FEMALE rally driver, Dania Akeel, and her co-driver, Laurent Lichtleuchter, sit in her T1-Buggy during the first stage of Sharqiyah International Baja Rally, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, earlier this month.

Pakistani Taliban threaten organizers of Women's Day March

The Taliban statement followed a flurry of falsified images and video clips on social media that suggested participants in the March 8 protests had insulted Islam, which they strongly denied.

Members of the Taliban in Pakistan