Sexism

Syrian university restriction on female enrollment deepens concerns over women’s rights

Syria’s Higher Education Ministry announced that admission to law, economics and management, and social sciences programs at the National University of Defense Sciences would be restricted to men.

Women walk past a mural with the slogan "no to violence" (against women) drawn on the walls of a school in Syria's northern city of Manbij on December 21, 2024.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 2, 2026

Hegseth blocked female, minority Navy officers from promotion to admiral - report

Posters advertising the Zefat Academic College were vandalized to hide the image of women.

Images of female Zefat Academic College students vandalized in Safed

Iranian state media censors legs of foreign officials at UNGA.

'They panic at our ankle': Iran censors legs of Swedish, Finnish FMs at UNGA


Is there a bias against women on social media? - opinion

Beyond the hateful comments, there is also a technical and structural challenge in facing down this bias against women.

TWITTER’S LOGO is seen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week.

FBI used pics of female office staff as bait in sex trafficking sting

The agent under investigation never obtained written consent from the employees, and he advised them "not tell anyone, including their supervisors, about the undercover operations."

FBI van in Texas

Shufersal to pay trans woman nearly $10K after pharmacist misgendered her

The pharmacist claimed that they identified Isabel, who dressed in women's clothing and used female pronouns, as a man "by their voice."

A WOMAN pushes children in a shopping cart in front of a Shufersal ‘Sheli’ in Ma’aleh Adumim

Letters to the Editor July 7, 2021: ‘Go away, little girl’

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Advancing women in gov't is a blessed change - editorial

In what universe does a public representative speak like that to their colleagues? How on earth can someone have the nerve to humiliate a parliament member in such a humiliating way?

Idit Silman, head of the Arrangements Committee leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 28, 2021.

Does calling powerful Israeli women 'little girls' help keep them down?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Among 37 OECD countries, Israel is ranked 22 for women’s representation in parliament. The No. 1 country is New Zealand.

YAMINA MK Idit Silman leads an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset last week.

United Torah Judaism MK: Women serving in the IDF is not 'human nature'

The issue of women serving in the IDF has been a long contested subject for the ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset.

A SELECTION of photos of women in the IDF from inside ‘Women on the Front Lines.’

Israel needs dignified discourse in the Knesset - editorial

In a country as diverse as Israel, where good people who care about the future have sincere differences and widely varying views, a modicum of respect and decency in discourse is imperative.

ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE between Israel’s electoral system and that of most other Western democracies is the lack of any direct connection between the people who gain a seat in the Knesset and ordinary Israeli voters.

Angry Miki Zohar tells fellow MK Idit Silman: 'Answer me like a good girl'

Insult comes as part of opposition-led offensive against the new coalition leader'

Idit Silman, head of the Arrangements Committee leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 28, 2021.

Israeli female soccer players fight back against sexism, prejudice

"Who will give people back the hour-and-a-half they wasted watching women's soccer?" reads one comment.

Teammates of the Israeli-Arab women soccer team, Sakhnin, perform warm-up drills before the game against Hapoel Betshan, in Sakhnin, Israel, April 27, 2006.