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."

 United States Capitol Police lines up along the perimeter while LGBTQ activists and supporters hold a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court as it hears major LGBT rights case on whether federal employment law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sex covers sexual orientation and gender ide
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Father, uncle sentenced to life for honor killing of 14-year-old girl in Pakistan

Afghan women walk across a street in Herat on June 8, 2026.

Taliban continues to brutalize Afghan women, MSF staff member detained by regime

FILE PHOTO: Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan


The Taliban bans women’s books - and too many Afghans applaud - opinion

Thinking naively that Afghans living in Dubai would be either refugees or have wised up - I asked one what he thinks of the Taliban. His answer? "Wonderful."

THE BLUE Mosque in Kabul.

The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion

The courts are staffed by judges who rule on momentous matters within a system that lacks proper training, transparency, and oversight.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef attend a ceremony inaugurating new judges in the rabbinical courts at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in June.

‘I’m still trapped in August 2021’: Afghan women in exile share haunting memories

Afghan women who fled Taliban rule describe trauma, loss, and fear as they struggle for recognition abroad.

Women with tape on their mouths protest in silence against the loss of fundamental rights for women and girls in Afghanistan. August 15 marks four years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, August 15, 2025.

From exclusion to examination: Women gain access to rabbinic path

Historic win: Rabbi Seth Farber and female pioneers reflect on the fight to open rabbinic exams to women

WOMEN LEARN in Migdal Oz. Having an official accreditation process, universal for halachic scholars of both sexes, is a good way to get more people to study Jewish law, notes Farber.

Afghan women battle the Taliban's Sharia laws with hair salons, underground businesses - report

From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face.

FILE PHOTO: Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

Sisterhood died on October 7: Betrayed by the women’s movement - opinion

The Dinah Project counters the silence from international women's movements following the atrocities of October 7.

 MEMBERS OF the Dinah Project formally present ‘A Quest for Justice: October 7 and Beyond’ to first lady Michal Herzog at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem last week.

Israelis oppose gender segregation - opinion

The value of gender equality has eroded in Israel over the past two decades, but the majority of the public does not support separation measures.

 WOMEN AND children at a separate beach in Haifa. Supporters of separation see it as pluralism allowing religious people to operate in the public sphere while maintaining their lifestyles, the writer notes.

'Iran can't be free unless all women are free': Oppression of women central to Iran - interview

British-Iranian journalist Jonathan Harounoff discusses his new book 'Unveiled: Inside Iran's #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt.'

 People protest in Trafalgar Square on the first anniversary of the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police in 2022 for allegedly flouting mandatory dress codes, in London, Britain, September 16, 2023.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

"The have specifically targeted girls and women by reason of their gender, depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms," the ICC said.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023

Hamas systematically, extensively weaponized sexual violence on October 7, report reveals

The full report, set to be released later this week by the "Dinah Project," presents further evidence that Hamas used sexual violence as a weapon against Israelis during the October 7 massacre.

 IDF soldiers seen in the aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.