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.

 Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.
Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships.

Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships

Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2024.

Western feminists must stand with Azerbaijani women in Iran - opinion

A Maccabi Haifa banner displaying an offensive, violent, and misogynistic picture of a female fan.

Maccabi Haifa displays misogynistic banner during derby soccer match with Hapoel Haifa


'Alarming' rise in rape and abduction from Sudan war - aid agencies

The UN estimates 4.2 million people are at risk of gender-based violence, up from 3 million before the conflict started in mid-April.

 An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, May 17, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.

US Supreme Court sides with man who sent female musician barrage of unwanted messages

The US Supreme Court sided with a Colorado man who claimed that his harassment of a female musician was protected under free speech.

United States Supreme Court

Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized after school poisoning - police

In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.

 An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Rising femicide rates in the Middle East spark calls for urgent action

The rise of femicide, particularly within Arab communities, has led to an urgent call for social, educational, and governmental interventions to tackle this tragic issue.

People attend a demonstration to protest femicide and violence against women in Paris

Another day, another murder in the Arab sector - analysis

Israeli-Arabs are met with a prevalent sense of fear that has gripped their community; a feeling of a lack of personal security.

 POLICE AND MEDICAL personnel at the scene of the murder of a woman in Lod, last week.

Security and safety for Arab citizens should be a basic right -editorial

Campaigns to halt the rising homicide rate within the Arab sector should not be motivated by fear of terrorism.

 Police and Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel are on the scene of a shooting attack in Lod, Israel, on July 9, 2022.

Israeli woman stabbed to death in Rishon Lezion, ex-husband detained

The suspect, in his 50s, will be brought before a court following the conclusion of the police's investigation to extend his arrest.

 Israel Police squad car.

Murders in Arab sector a 'national plague', Herzog says

"This is civil terror – yes, civil terror – that is threatening us all, and we all must come together against it immediately," President Herzog said.

 Aftermath of a shooting incident near Gan Ner, May 6, 2023.

Woman and two infant sons murdered in Taiba, husband arrested

The victim's husband, Mohammed Massaroa, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and children.

 Israel Police on the scene of the murder of a woman and her two infant children in Taiba.

Women facing violence, forced marriage may get EU refugee status, top court adviser says

International protection as a refugee can be granted to persons who are exposed to risks of violence because they are members of a "particular social group"

 Israelis light candles in memory of women murdered in domestic violence, at a set up memorial on Rothschild Boulevard, ahead of International Day of Violence Against Women. November 24, 2020.