Women soldiers

IDF co-ed battalion makes history by sending women troops to Gaza

WOMEN'S AFFAIRS: Female combat soldiers from the IDF co-ed infantry Bardelas (Cheetah) Battalion broke through another glass ceiling.

|ByTAL SHALEV
THE BARDELAS Battalion, which is made up mostly of young female reservists, has insisted that they be allowed to fight in Gaza with the IDF ground forces.
IDF soldiers laying on grass.

Tel Aviv-based social media initiative aims to help soldiers find their perfect match

Noa Barazani, founder of the Instagram account Olim.in.TLV, is doing her part to bring smiles to the faces of soldiers on active duty by helping them find love during wartime.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Princesses of the Xiongnu society shaped Mongolian life as they knew it.

In the ancient world, women played more powerful role than previously thought - study

In the ancient Mongolian Xiongnu tribe, women were held in high regard and were the reason for their people's success.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite 669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

12 women pass IDF screening tests for elite Yahalom combat unit

For the first time ever, 12 women will begin the year-long Yahalom training course after entry to the unit was opened for women earlier this month.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pregnancy discrimination tops employment complaints in 2014

Commission: Report shows rise in racial, religious, IDF-related bias in Israeli workplace

MARCH 3, 2015ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
A pregnant woman

Poll: Most Israelis back equal representation for women in Knesset

Over half of Jewish Israelis would not vote for a party that does not include women in its list, a poll released by women's leadership organization WePower found Wednesday.

JANUARY 21, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
Shelly Yacimovich