Women and girls

European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion

Shahbaz was married to her abductor in March, despite most provinces requiring a person to be at least 18 to marry.

Rubaha, 8, watches from the entrance of her home as a buffalo is held down for sacrificial slaughter in celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, June 8, 2025.
Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer, Hanan Alsanah.

The Israeli-Bedouin women’s rights activist bringing women to the negotiation table - interview

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2014.

Pressure builds on Palestinian girls to marry as Gaza sees rise in child marriage rates - UNFPA

The social pressure surrounding it is not imaginary

The girl asked to remove hair? An expert explains when it’s allowed to start


All-female police motorbike squad to fight gender crimes in Delhi

The squad of 600 policewomen will ride in pairs through the streets on state-of-art motorbikes, equipped with guns, pepper sprays and body cameras.

Indian policewomen perform a stunt on their motorbikes

Police arrest man for erasing women's faces from Jerusalem signs

"Dehumanizing women by erasing their faces is a very dangerous phenomenon that we have to fight."

Vandalized Eretz Nehederet street sign above the Begin highway

First female IAF pilot appointed deputy commander in combat squadron

Captain Y lost her grandfather, also an IAF pilot, during the Yom Kippur War.

A female air force pilot at the Hatzor base

Saudi women riled by robot with no hijab and more rights than they have

"It hit a sore spot that a robot has citizenship and my daughter doesn't."

A Saudi woman swings at a park in Jeddah

Despite assault allegations, ministry awards singer prize

Shlomo Gronich’s wife accepts lifetime achievement award day after songwriter accused of sexual assault.

Shlomo Gronich

More than 40 million people trapped in slavery worldwide

Almost three out of every four slaves are women and girls and one in four is a child, according to the report.

A Bella woman stands behind her Tuareg master at a camp for Malian refugees in Goudebou

1 in 6 female soldiers report sexual harassment in IDF

The majority of female soldiers who reported being sexually harassed said they had been harassed more than once during their service.

Israeli soldiers of Caracal battalion

Cyber-bully attacks increase, watchdog reports

Results showed that 62% of teenagers have encountered sexual content online.

Computer

An amorphous journey: Dalia Rosenfeld’s debut short-story collection

Rosenfeld mixes dashes of wry humor into many of her stories.

ROSENFELD’S STORIES often feature ‘women who fail to connect properly’ with their loved ones.

Palestinian girls play soccer to win in the West Bank

The Palestinian Women’s National Soccer Team trains under harsh conditions in a sport that seems to give hope and incentive for change.

The Palestinian Women’s National Soccer Team