Women's rights

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression

The Taliban has restricted women's movements and barred girls from education beyond primary school since coming to power in 2021, via a series of morality laws limiting expression and employment.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026|ByREUTERS

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces

First Lady Michal Herzog, the cover story of this issue, greets schoolchildren during an official visit to Australia.

Two years after October 7, Israeli women still battle for equality - from the editor

As International Women’s Day approaches, the newest edition highlights women and their place in Israeli society since October 7

FEBRUARY 24, 2026|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026|ByCHANI KAPLAN

THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.

Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters

Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

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.

JUNE 29, 2024ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT, REUTERS

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.

JUNE 19, 2024ByMARCY GRINGLAS, MEREDITH JACOBS

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.

MAY 28, 2024ByIRIT SKULNIK

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.

MAY 6, 2024ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE

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."

MAY 4, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD