Women's Day

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

 Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.
 ALMA GERSHUNI.

Three artists, three questions: Israeli female artists for Int'l Women's Month

 Sagit Revivo

In honor of Women's Month: The special complex at Ofer Ramat Aviv Mall

 THE WRITER instructs patent attorneys at the Pearl Cohen law firm.

The innovation gender gap: Why we need more women inventors - opinion


Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother's strength and resilience after Oct. 7 - interview

After her son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, Goldberg-Polin became one of the most prominent figures fighting for the return of the hostages.

 ‘WE WERE nervous because we were told that we were going to be attacked.’ Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin leave the stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago in August.

In honor of International Women's Day, Beersheba dances as if everyone is watching

In honor of International Women's Day, the MY network and the Sports Department of the Beersheba Municipality are hosting an unprecedented event at Turner Stadium. All the details inside.

 Meitar Bashran and the dancers in the studio

For International Women's Day: A collaboration between Ofer Malls and jewelry designer Eti Kobo

As part of the collaboration, 18 Ofer malls will offer a fashionable bracelet combining a pearl and a gold heart in a new design by Eti Kobo for only NIS 29.

 A collaboration between Ofer Malls and jewelry designer Eti Kobo

Ahead of International Women's Day: These are the 4 skincare products you must know

International Women's Day is the perfect time to give yourself a moment of indulgent skincare. If you're looking for high-quality skincare products, BODY SHOP offers a wide range of products.

 International Women's Day 2025

No Women’s Day without our female hostages - opinion

If you're not talking about these female hostages and are refusing to condemn the systematic rape and sexual violence that some hostages are still being subjected to, then you don’t deserve to speak.

 MICHAL HERZOG, wife of President Isaac Herzog, meets with Pramila Patten, UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in January.

Should Women Wait Until 2061 For Equality? Not An Option

To accelerate gender equality in the world of innovation, active action on several levels is needed, and now is not the time.

 Dr. Esther Luzzato

Herstory® Presented by The Story Network & College Association

For International Women's Day, Story and 'The College' present herstory®, highlighting groundbreaking feminist activists.


UN report on the Oct. 7 sexual violence is a two-sided coin - comment

The team found “clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, has been committed against hostages.”

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog speaks with Pramila Patten, UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, as the president’s wife, Michal, looks on, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in January.

Women's strength: Small beacons of light in a vast sea of darkness - opinion

The distinctive vulnerability of women and girls during armed attacks was exposed on October 7, but so too was the strength of the women of Israel. 

 Families of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival place pictures of their loved ones outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024.

Where’s the solidarity with Jewish women? - opinion

As Jews are facing an increasingly dangerous moment in time, Jewish women must now be doubly vigilant. Their sisters do not have their backs.

ISRAELI WOMEN protest outside UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, in November. Finally, yet months too late, a UN team investigating the sexual violence against women in Israel on October 7 found “reasonable grounds” to believe that such violence did indeed occur.

Isaac Herzog: Women must have influence at all levels of decision-making - exclusive

The war has proved once again: Israeli heroines are everywhere.

Israeli soldiers of Caracal battalion