Israel women

Science needs women: L’Oréal Israel’s girls-in-STEM program enters third year

Marking the new year, partners held a kickoff event on Thursday, with about 30 10th-grade students beginning another year of hands-on learning, mentoring, and exposure to scientific fields.

L'Oréal's Program for Advancing Girls in Science enters its third year
 WOMEN MEDICYLISTS of MDA.

‘We believe in the power of women’: MDA chair champions women’s advancement in its mission

 Aleeza Ben Shalom was interviewed at the Jerusalem Post's Women Leader Summit.

Aleeza Ben Shalom to 'Post': 'I made it impossible to ignore me'

 Tema Klausner (left) and Meira Lerner (right): Giving voice to the women of the religious Zionist community.

World Emunah's legacy and leadership: Celebrating 90 years and looking ahead


75% of sexual offenders in Israel are released before end of sentence

A new report from the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel examines the phenomenon of violence against women in Israel.

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

Lapid decries Gilboa Prison pimping affair, violence against women

Speaking at Sunday's cabinet meeting, PM Yair Lapid addressed the phenomenon of violence against women, making him the first Prime Minister to address it as a national issue.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 31, 2022.

Electronic tracking of domestic abuser approved in preliminary vote

The bill, if it passes fully, would require confirmed domestic abusers for whom a protection order has been issued to wear electronic tracking bracelets.

 Protesters outside the Talmon Prison where Real estate promoter Alon Kastiel is being early released. Kastiel had been charged with sexual harrassment and rape, after 12 complaints by different women. June 27, 2022.

After Roe v. Wade, protesters in Tel Aviv demand abortion rights

Some 100 people gathered in Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening in a show of solidarity with women in the United States after Roe v. Wade was overturned last week.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Impatience grows as Western Wall Agreement implementation delays

The Women of the Wall are eager to set a deadline for the implementation of the Kotel Deal and continue working to achieve their goal of equality at the Western Wall for all Jewish people.

An egalitarian prayer service is led by the Women of the Wall near the Western Wall last month.

Israeli man arrested for murder of 18-year-old partner

Relatives of a young woman blamed police and the legal system, saying that the incident could have been prevented.

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

Is Israel more prepared to handle sex offenses one year after Eilat gang rape?

The Eilat gang rape made Israelis realize that their children could have been the victims as well as the aggressors.

Israelis take part in a demonstration in support of the 16-year-old victim of a gang rape in Eilat, Tel Aviv, August 23, 2020

National Security Council convenes committee for gender mainstreaming

The committee includes Arab and ultra-Orthodox representatives, as well as the head of Forum Dvorah that works to increase female representation in national security and foreign policy.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL head Meir Ben-Shabbat attends a state audit committee meeting at the Knesset in 2018

Women of the Palmah: Hear their stories

The Palmah was the elite fighting unit of the Hagana, the underground army of the Jewish community in Israel during pre-state times.

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This woman empowers Anglo women by sharing their stories

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” - Muriel Rukeyser (20th c. Jewish American poet and political activist)

Shira Lankin edits a draft of the book