Women empowerment

Where women are already leading

Ahead of her appearance in the upcoming Miami Conference, World Emunah Director Meira Lerner looks back at a prolific 2025: ”There shouldn’t be a struggle to find women leaders. They’re here.”

Meira Lerner, Director of World Emunah, at the World Emunah Women in the Arts event
HONOREES AT Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards together with Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Chochmat Nashim director (top row, 2nd L); and Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Foreign Ministry special envoy for innovation (bottom row, 1st R)

Israeli women honored at Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards

THE WRITER addresses a Maof-Tech gathering at the Technion in Haifa.

The strength of women in the capital market - opinion

An ‘Inspiring Panel of Women’ appears before an audience with the aim of empowering the next generation of Israeli girls.

Empowering the next generation: Israeli girls in STEM are leading the future - opinion


Israel ranked 60th in gender equality - World Economic Forum

Israel's largest gap was in the field of political empowerment where only 22.7% of the gender gap has been closed.

Two elderly women sit on a bench on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 26, 2020.

Human Rights Watch calls on Qatar to dismantle male guardianship

Qatar's human rights record has been in the spotlight as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup, especially over migrant workers' conditions for which Doha has launched labour reforms.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo welcomes Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to the third annual US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue in Washington on September 14.

UN Ambassadors Erdan, Thomas-Greenfield join forces against domestic violence

Guest speaker Gal Gadot said at the event: "Alone, we’re strong – but together, we’re stronger.”

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan and US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Voices from the Arab Press: No stronger character than the woman

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

SAUDI FEMALE rally driver, Dania Akeel, and her co-driver, Laurent Lichtleuchter, sit in her T1-Buggy during the first stage of Sharqiyah International Baja Rally, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, earlier this month.

Tel Aviv launches app to increase women's safety in public spaces

SafeUp's "guardians" are now available 24/7 to assist any women in the city who feel unsafe via phone calls, video calls and location sharing.

SafeUp's "share location" feature allows women to share their location with multiple previously selected women.

IDF intelligence unit alumni work to bring women back to hi-tech

"When it comes to the field of R&D, which is the spearhead of Israeli hi-tech, female representation is still low."

Michal Krimolovsky, director of Woman2Woman, and Karen Hershkovtich, one of the founders of Woman2Woman.

Yemeni women struggle during time of war

Women in Yemen already face many obstacles in their quest to gain education and jobs, and to participate in community life because of societal norms, customs and traditions.

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Bahraini Rana Al Khalifa on women in politics: Confident, brave, patient

Dr. Shaikha Rana Al Khalifa speaks on her role at the Foreign Ministry, women’s rights and empowerment in Bahrain and the wider region, the Abraham Accords, and Bahrain’s approach to COVID-19.

 Shaikha Rana bint Isa Al Khalifa participates in the 24th Conference of the States Parties to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, November 2019.

Former Israeli supermodel, female mayor join together to help communities

Meeting made possible by Tribu, a mobile app that hopes to become the Uber of volunteerism

Former Israeli Supermodel Michaela Bercu helps pack boxes of food for the needy in the southern town of Yeruham.

Why is Int'l Women's Day important in Israel?

While it’s true that women are capable of achieving almost anything in Israel, it’s also true that they often don’t. Why? Is it because they simply don’t want to? Or are there other factors at play?

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, the only female current Knesset party leader running in the upcoming elections, speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, on Sunday.