Women's rights

'This is our Berlin Wall,' Iranian activist Masih Alinejad tells 'Post' of protests - interview

Alinejad described a grim ritual familiar to Iranians living abroad: zooming in on photographs of the dead, searching for the faces of family members. "This is deliberate cruelty," she said.

 American-Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad poses for a portrait in New York City, U.S., September 14, 2024.
Police arrive to arrest suspect on murder charge for Pardes Hana

Pardes Hanna woman murdered in first femicide case in Israel in 2026, husband arrested

Female IDF combat soldiers.

CNN's 'Handmaid's Tale': How Israeli women were 'ranked' below Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman - opinion

IRANIAN ACTRESS Taraneh Alidoosti.

Why Taraneh Alidoosti frightens the Iranian regime - opinion


Afghan women establishing networks against Taliban to fight for rights - report

Girls are not allowed to continue their education after sixth grade in the country. They are barred from studying at university and women's secondary schools closed down.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

NY State Bar Association hosts webinar on Hamas's use of sexual violence - interview

Over 220 bar members attended the event, featuring Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy from the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes against Women and Children, and former NYSBA president Richard Lewis.

The Global Women's Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War 20 May 2024

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

Plaintiffs Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb and Sarah Baron argued in their lawsuit, filed in 2022, that Kentucky’s abortion law created obstacles to in-vitro fertilization.

 Jewish Democratic Council of America activists join the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice outside the U.S. Capitol

Taliban delegation to attend women-free UN-led meeting in Doha

Human rights groups criticized the UN for not having Afghan women at the table with the Taliban in Doha.

 Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

While we believe Israeli women, the world must believe them too - opinion

When women come forward as survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence, they are usually met with support and sympathy - victims and survivors of Oct. 7 have not been treated with humanity.

 DELEGATION MEMBERS of ‘I Believe Israeli Women’ visit the Knesset where they attend a meeting of the Global Women’s Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War, last month.

'Rape is not resistance': Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum

Established unofficially at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Women’s Forum's primary mission is to increase international pressure for the immediate release of the female hostages.

 Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum.

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

Passed last month after a lengthy delay following the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, a new law in Iran increases punishments for women who don’t wear the hijab.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 11 years for supporting women’s rights

Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced in a counter-terrorism court after allegedly speaking out against male guardianship laws and "her choice of clothing."

A woman has her face covered with a scarf to protect her from the heat on a road during a hot summer day in Bhubaneswar, India, May 3, 2024.

Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

Since they swept back into power, most girls have been barred from high school and women from universities.

 Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Iranian activist: Desperate regime waging all-out war against women

"Long live the resistance. Long live freedom. Long live the indomitable brave women of Iran," said Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi.

Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022