Women's rights

Young Yemeni woman's suicide prompts calls for new legislation on women’s rights

The young woman died after being ordered by a Sanaa court to return to her husband's home.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A displaced Yemeni girl stands outside her shelter inside a displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen, October 28, 2024.
A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

Activists protest against a bill that would give more authorities to the rabbinical courts outside the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, December 11, 2024.

Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis

HEAD OF the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Yanar Mohammed talks to press 24 August 2003 in Baghdad where she said that over 400 women in Iraq had been kidnapped, raped and sometimes sold since the Anglo-US occupation.

Iraqi feminist who saved thousands from honor killings slain by gunman outside home in Baghdad


Tens of thousands of Islamists take to Dhaka streets to protest women's rights legislation

Protesters claimed “men and women can never be equal,” according to Human Rights Watch.

Demonstrators carry flags during a protest rally called March for Gaza, to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 12, 2025.

Sweden looking to ban virginity testing to protect girls from ‘honor’ crimes - report

The law would see virginity testing become a crime.

 People look at Christmas light installations formed as elks at the Raoul Wallenberg Square in central Stockholm, Sweden December 22, 2019.

The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel leading the battle against sexual violence

From legislative victories to international advocacy, CEO Orit Sulitzeanu discusses the fight for survivors.

 ARCCI CEO Orit Sulitzeanu at the Jerusalem Post 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

Authoritarian regimes often enforce strict clothing laws to assert their dominance over their citizens' physical and ideological autonomy.

 Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

'Blood Rights Council': Netanyahu, MKs bash UN report on IDF in Gaza

Knesset members call out the United Nations on double standards in advocacy.

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025

'Our Voices Are Heard': Honoring the slain female observers of October 7

The event positioned the female observers as a symbol of the unheard female voice and the importance of listening to the voices of women in society. 

 'Our voices are heard' event in honor of slain female observers

Israel's gender-wage gap worse than developed world and growing, Shoresh Institution says

They also highlighted that while the average gender wage gap of OECD countries is closing with time, Israel's gender wage gap has grown over the last 15 years.

 Women's wages as percent of men's wages.

State did not meet its obligation for equal representation of women - High Court

The petition urged the court to address the lack of women in directors-general roles in Israel's government, following the appointment of 10 men.

 THE HIGH COURT of Justice holds a session. In the past, the court ruled that women cannot be forced to take a specific seat on a bus, the writer notes.

Taliban minister flees after condemning ban on women's education - report

Senior Taliban official Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has reportedly left Afghanistan after publicly opposing the regime's ban on women's education.

 Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who is reported to have fled to Dubai after criticising the education ban and the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls' high schools to open

"We request the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to open the doors of education," the Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister said.

 Hosna Salehi, whose family runs a charity called the House of Kindness, writes on a white board as she teaches children inside a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, October 27, 2024.