Women's rights
SCOTUS upholds state bans on transgender sports participation, paving way for further restrictions
The court decided 9-0 that the state laws do not violate the Title IX civil rights statute that bars discrimination in education "on the basis of sex."
Father, uncle sentenced to life for honor killing of 14-year-old girl in Pakistan
Taliban continues to brutalize Afghan women, MSF staff member detained by regime
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN
The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday
A surge in femicide cases in Egypt raises alarm
Egyptian women’s rights activist to TML: “Recently, any woman’s refusal to comply could result in her murder.”
Israel's Druze sector threatens to cut ties with IDF after young woman drafted
Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warned that "if the State of Israel wishes to maintain its alliance with the Druze community - it must set the record straight."
Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organizing unrest and sabotage'
The Revolutionary Guards detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organize unrest and sabotage," on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.
The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa Amini - opinion
The call of the shofar is a demand not to accept a broken world and a warning not to look the other way when people need us.
Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak
In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.
Israeli becomes first woman in Bedouin town to drive an ambulance
Lina Ezberga, an emergency medic who grew up in Kuseife, received her ambulance license after she started volunteering at MDA six years ago.
2 years into Taliban’s rule: Afghan women barred from working, study in the shadows
Removing half of the population from the workforce has worsened the already deteriorating economic situation
UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination
The Taliban have stopped most Afghan female staff from working, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks, and curtailed travel for women in the absence of a male guardian.
Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses
"Whoever thinks he will be able to exclude women - will welcome us in the streets," one leader of the march exclaimed.
