Women and girls

European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion

Shahbaz was married to her abductor in March, despite most provinces requiring a person to be at least 18 to marry.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Rubaha, 8, watches from the entrance of her home as a buffalo is held down for sacrificial slaughter in celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, June 8, 2025.
Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer, Hanan Alsanah.

The Israeli-Bedouin women’s rights activist bringing women to the negotiation table - interview

“Stubborn” was how the Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer described herself in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
(ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2014.

Pressure builds on Palestinian girls to marry as Gaza sees rise in child marriage rates - UNFPA

The likely cause of the increasing number of child brides seen in the Palestinian territory is the displacement, poverty, and collapse of social, legal, health, and protection systems.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
The social pressure surrounding it is not imaginary

The girl asked to remove hair? An expert explains when it’s allowed to start

Many parents hear young daughters asking to remove body hair, often due to social pressure. An expert explains how to cope with it and what options are appropriate.

|ByYAFA MAXIMOV

MAY 24, 2019: JERUSALEM POST CROSSWORD PUZZLE - Flower girls

Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle

MAY 23, 2019ByJPOST CROSSWORD
Crossword puzzle [Illustrative]

Fearing death, runaway Saudi sisters appeal for world's help

"We are confused," they wrote.

APRIL 17, 2019ByREUTERS
Saudi student are seen at the exhibition to guide job seekers to the Glowork Women's Career Fair, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 2, 2018

How Jewish women were smuggled to safety in 19th century Italy

“She is a good girl as is her name... the gentiles have laid their eyes on her on her to subvert her honor," states a letter from 1754.

MARCH 7, 2019ByDR. YAKOV FUCHS / NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
Image from the Livorno Haggadah of 1825

The Rabbi I Did Not Become and the Preaching I Still Get to Do

JUNE 26, 2018ByYVETTE NAHMIA-MESSINAS
The Jerusalem Post

Girl power

JUNE 20, 2018ByGALIT EDUT
CYBERGIRLZ IS currently conducting an all-girls marathon in which they’ll feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes

TAU students protest employment of former minister convicted of indecent assault

Haim Ramon was convicted of forcibly kissing a young female soldier.

MAY 31, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Haim Ramon

Honoring the Torah

Clearly, we do have female rabbinic leadership, one that is vibrantly glorifying the Torah.

MAY 10, 2018ByYAEL ROCKMAN
Religious IDF women

Afghani girl coders design games to fight opium and inequality

One of the games designed by the all-female team has caught the eye of developers and gamers as it illustrates the scourge of opium cultivation and the challenges the Afghan security forces face as they try to stamp it out.

MAY 8, 2018ByREUTERS
Afghan coders practice at the Code to Inspire computer training center in Herat, Afghanistan April 24, 2018

Could the next Knesset rabbi be a woman?

Women will finally get their shot at being Knesset rabbi.

APRIL 26, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
The Knesset building

Ritual Impurity and Giving Birth to a Baby Girl

APRIL 25, 2018ByMICHAEL JARON
The Jerusalem Post