Women

Israeli women demand more than election promises as parties face pressure over equality

A WIZO survey found that 54% of respondents wanted parties to present clear plans to advance women, as election candidates were questioned about safety, equal pay, and representation.

FROM LEFT: Ziva Glanz of Haredi Public, Lali Deri of People of Israel, Democrats MK Naama Lazimi, Yashar candiate Inbar Yehezkeli, Pnina Tameno-Shete of Blue and White, Israel First candidate Sharren Haskell, and journalist Dafna Liel. (WIZO).
‘Mikveh’ provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of surprising everyday issues faced by religious women.

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope - preview

ILLUSTRATIVE: A woman's face is pictured behind a violin.

No whining and women: This Witches? Festival returns with a salute to female musicianship

Palestinian women look from a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, before the strike was carried out late on Thursday at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, May 29, 2026.

Female Gazan PLC candidate to 'Post': I want a say in the decisions shaping my life - interview


The case for Israel to subsidize menstrual products - opinion

Israel, despite having a semi-socialist medical system, not only keeps the tax but, in a way, increases it. Shelf prices are massively inflated compared to other countries.

An illustrative image of menstrual care products

The women who should enter Israel’s sukkah this Sukkot - opinion

It is not about who receives a ceremonial invitation to enter for one evening, but about what kind of sukkah we build in the first place.

Prime Minister Golda Meir

Womens Basketball Premier League kicks off with new format

The top 6 teams will advance directly to the playoffs, while places 7-10 fight in the play-in. The main weekly game will air on Sundays, and over NIS 4 million will be allocated to develop the sport.

The lead was never lost for a moment. Alisa Baron.

Myanmar female prisoners face torture and neglect, rights group says

Prison authorities beat some prisoners with sticks, chains, metal pipes, and slingshots, with some subjected to electric shocks and cigarette burns, according to Human Rights Watch.

A police official stands guard in front of Insein Prison during an annual amnesty to mark Myanmar's independence day in Yangon on January 4, 2026.

UN report alleges Gaza war worsened sexual violence risks for Palestinian women

UNFPA concluded that Israel’s military response to Hamas had resulted in Palestinian women being subjected to violence by family members, members of the community, and others.

Palestinians attempt to extinguish a fire following an Israeli air strike that hit a vehicle in Gaza City, September 19, 2026.

Mahsa Amini's legacy, four years after her murder by Iran's morality police - editorial

“Women’s problems are not limited to the hijab,” Fattahi said. “Freedom does not simply mean having the freedom to choose whether or not to wear a hijab. This is the most basic of women’s rights.”

A woman hand holds a sign with drawings of a lion and an Iranian woman and the slogan Woman Life Freedom in Paris in France on January 18, 2026. Demonstration in support of the Iranian uprising against the Islamic and in favor of the return of Reza Pahlavi.

Women immigrant-owned businesses featured at massive market at HER Tel Aviv festival

“We really want to show the diversity and the connection and the love for Israel,” HER Tel Aviv founder and CEO Sivan Hadari said.

Market goers shop at the HER Tel Aviv International Summer Festival in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2026.

Eiffel Tower workers protest after female staff removed during Hindu delegation visit

"As the delegation passed through, women were asked to leave their workstations so that men could take their places," Diane Davoine, a union representative, told Reuters.

A view of the Eiffel Tower is seen in Paris, France, April 13, 2025

When women are asked to disappear - opinion

In every case, the same principle is being established: when a man’s beliefs collide with a woman’s presence, the woman is the one expected to move.

Namer APC

UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family

Syria’s representative to the UN, told the General Assembly ahead of the resolution’s adoption that Syrian women faced what he described as “the worst missing persons crisis in modern history."

Artists perform, as Kurdish female fighters attend a military parade to mark the 13th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Qamishli, Syria, April 4, 2026.