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.
Two years after October 7, Israeli women still battle for equality - from the editor
Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Full equality for women starts with education and legislation, says The Luzzatto Group CEO
Dr. Esther Luzzatto will be one of the judges for the "2024 Next-Gen Women's Entrepreneurship Award" at the upcoming Jerusalem Post's Women Leaders Summit on March 27.
The 120 Women Leadership Council: Addressing a problem with no name
The 120 Women Leadership Council participants have engaged in extensive dialogues across various regions of Israel.
Women from Iran, Israel call to denounce Hamas and the Islamic Republic
Co-signed by 55 female leaders from various countries across the Middle East and beyond, the letter finds rare consensus regarding the role of the terrorist group in the oppression of women.
More female representation in government, please - opinion
Women are not better than men, but they are also no worse. It is time to meet the challenge laid down decades ago by our one and only female leader.
Health implications for women harassed on public transport - study
Public transport is prone to harassment situations towards women because the high passenger density in confined spaces creates a conducive environment for unwanted behaviors.
First Lady Michal Herzog slams global women's rights organizations for failure to act
Michal Herzog said that Israeli and Jewish women felt "betrayed by the deafening silence" of human and women's rights organizations around the world, which chose not to respond to or address Oct.7.
Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows
The punishment for not wearing a hijab is largely financial, although there are new systems to report women not complying with hijab rules to the morality police.
Kosovo sexual assault awareness activist visits Israel in solidarity with victims of Hamas crimes
"I would have wished to believe that we have come a long way since Kosovo and was devastated to witness this apathy, the ignorance and insensitivity towards these crimes,"
Israeli women-owned start-ups struggle to survive under shadow of war with Hezbollah
Northern Israel’s ‘Galiladies’ program aims to keep businesses afloat as citizens displaced by the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah wait to return home.
There is a lack of women in Israeli ministry leadership - opinion
This trend of removing the few women in the senior public ranks is compounded by the fact that the 37th government removed all female directors-general serving in government ministries.
