Violence against women
Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis
Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.
Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships
Western feminists must stand with Azerbaijani women in Iran - opinion
Maccabi Haifa displays misogynistic banner during derby soccer match with Hapoel Haifa
‘Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7’
“It was often impossible for families to be shown faces – and it seems as if mutilation of these women’s faces was an objective in their murders."
Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN
The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday
Gal Gadot calls out the global silence on Oct. 7 violence against women
Gadot called on the world to break the silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas against women and girls on October 7th and in captivity.
Antonio Guterres: 'Accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 must be investigated'
A UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
UN, women's orgs. ignore Hamas’s sexual violence against Israeli women
The deafening silence of global feminist organizations that were expected to spearhead the acknowledgment of gender-based violence in its most severe manifestations was followed by a denial campaign.
The argument for retributive justice in cases of femicide in Turkey - study
A new study sought to understand public perceptions on retributive justice in cases of lethal violence against women.
'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing
The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."
Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister
Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation.
Repression by the morality police: Iran’s ethnic minority ‘taming’ policy - opinion
As South Azerbaijani dissident Babek Chalabi noted, the world needs to "break free from Iran's nurturing of terrorism."
What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study
The researchers surveyed respondents from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories on their perception of women's chastity and marital patriarchy.
