Women and girls

Israeli NGO, US non-profit collaborate to deliver 2,000 hygiene kits to Khan Yunis women, girls

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief launched the initiative in response to infrastructure damage and supply shortages that have limited access to sanitation products.

NATAN dignity kits
A scene from ‘Girls Like Us.’

Behind the scenes of gritty Israeli drama ‘Girls Like Us’

A  gunmen attacked a government girls' boarding school in Nigeria's Kebbi State on November 17, killing the vice principal and abducting 25 female students, according to police, Kebbi, Nigeria, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on November 18, 2025.

Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says

 Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women


Despite assault allegations, ministry awards singer prize

Shlomo Gronich’s wife accepts lifetime achievement award day after songwriter accused of sexual assault.

Shlomo Gronich

More than 40 million people trapped in slavery worldwide

Almost three out of every four slaves are women and girls and one in four is a child, according to the report.

A Bella woman stands behind her Tuareg master at a camp for Malian refugees in Goudebou

1 in 6 female soldiers report sexual harassment in IDF

The majority of female soldiers who reported being sexually harassed said they had been harassed more than once during their service.

Israeli soldiers of Caracal battalion

Cyber-bully attacks increase, watchdog reports

Results showed that 62% of teenagers have encountered sexual content online.

Computer

An amorphous journey: Dalia Rosenfeld’s debut short-story collection

Rosenfeld mixes dashes of wry humor into many of her stories.

ROSENFELD’S STORIES often feature ‘women who fail to connect properly’ with their loved ones.

Palestinian girls play soccer to win in the West Bank

The Palestinian Women’s National Soccer Team trains under harsh conditions in a sport that seems to give hope and incentive for change.

The Palestinian Women’s National Soccer Team

Jordan scraps 'marry your rapist' law

No girl should be "presented as a gift" to her rapist, says a Jordan Parliamentarian.

Jordanian girls wave the flag of Jordan

Pakistani council orders 'revenge rape' of 16-year-old girl

The rape was ordered as revenge for the girl's brother's alleged sexual assault.

Pakistani women work in a field outside the village of Multan in south Punjab province