Women and girls
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.
The girl asked to remove hair? An expert explains when it’s allowed to start
Israeli NGO, US non-profit collaborate to deliver 2,000 hygiene kits to Khan Yunis women, girls
Behind the scenes of gritty Israeli drama ‘Girls Like Us’
A league of their own
These Jewish women say celebrating Purim in the #MeToo era is different
Queen Vashti is often made out to be evil for standing up for herself and disobeying her husband’s command to expose herself to his guests.
Natalie Portman: I'm done being silent
Israeli actress Natalie Portman was breastfeeding during the Time's Up meeting.
Liberia bans female genital mutilation - but only for a year
Activists have long campaigned for FGM to be outlawed in Liberia, a country of about 4.6 million people, where around half of women have undergone the procedure.
Meet the women who make Israel more secure
“Women bring a different viewpoint and sometimes different solutions and we don’t have enough women in the high echelons of the security establishment.”
This Jewish woman is creating the world’s first vagina museum
Now, the museum is “my whole life,” she says. “I am now the vagina lady.”
WATCH: Sharia law scholar warns against higher education for women
"We throw our daughters and our children into the ocean and we say to them, 'Don't you dare get wet.'"
London Orthodox teacher fired for living with boyfriend wins legal case
Zelda de Groen told a tribunal that school managers subjected her to a “humiliating” hour-long interview.
All-female police motorbike squad to fight gender crimes in Delhi
The squad of 600 policewomen will ride in pairs through the streets on state-of-art motorbikes, equipped with guns, pepper sprays and body cameras.
Police arrest man for erasing women's faces from Jerusalem signs
"Dehumanizing women by erasing their faces is a very dangerous phenomenon that we have to fight."
