Women's Day

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

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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.
ALMA GERSHUNI.

Three artists, three questions: Israeli female artists for Int'l Women's Month

With International Women’s Day on March 8, I have chosen for this column female artists whose solo exhibitions have caught my attention and can be seen in Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, and Bat Yam.

|ByBASIA MONKA
Sagit Revivo

In honor of Women's Month: The special complex at Ofer Ramat Aviv Mall

As part of Women's Month, the BALANCE complex will be established at Ofer Ramat Aviv Mall, in collaboration with mentor Maayan Ben Zion and jewelry designer Sagit Revivo.

|ByWALLA! HOME, DESIGN
THE WRITER instructs patent attorneys at the Pearl Cohen law firm.

The innovation gender gap: Why we need more women inventors - opinion

With women accounting for only 16% of patent inventors worldwide, the global economy is missing out on crucial creative potential.

|ByRIVI STEINART

Voices from the Arab Press: Saudi Arabia Doesn't Need Women's Day

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

MARCH 14, 2019ByMEDIA LINE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin (right) gestures next to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Sirius educational center, in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on February 15.

Putin: Women need 'a workout machine, a masseuse and a suitor'

“You are destined to go the whole way of creating new life – the miracle of childbirth," Putin told the policewomen.

MARCH 11, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Putin meeting with Russian policewomen on Women's Day (Sputnik Photo Agency/REUTERS)

Erdogan accuses Women's Day march of disrespecting Islam

“They disrespected the Azan (call to prayer) by slogans, booing and whistling,” Erdogan told the crowd.

MARCH 11, 2019ByREUTERS
International Women's Day march Istanbul (REUTERS/KEMAL ASLAN)

For some women, every day is Women's Day

Women from across the world trained in self-defense and strength-building at an International Woman's Day seminar in Tel Aviv.

MARCH 10, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Women's day seminar held at Fight TLV, CrossFit Tel Aviv