Women's rights

Young Yemeni woman's suicide prompts calls for new legislation on women’s rights

The young woman died after being ordered by a Sanaa court to return to her husband's home.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
(ILLUSTRATIVE) A displaced Yemeni girl stands outside her shelter inside a displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen, October 28, 2024.
A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

The letter deplored that women had never had a significant role in the ceremony at the Western Wall, other than lighting the ceremonial torch.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Activists protest against a bill that would give more authorities to the rabbinical courts outside the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, December 11, 2024.

Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis

Critics also challenge one of the law’s intended benefits of easing pressure on the civil courts, arguing that the state is instead giving an existing judicial body additional authority.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
HEAD OF the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Yanar Mohammed talks to press 24 August 2003 in Baghdad where she said that over 400 women in Iraq had been kidnapped, raped and sometimes sold since the Anglo-US occupation.

Iraqi feminist who saved thousands from honor killings slain by gunman outside home in Baghdad

Mohammed, who co-founded and directed the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, was rushed to hospital where she perished from her wounds, according to local reports and Amnesty International.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Comptroller: Not enough female representation in local municipalities

All gaps between men and women in local municipalities are deeper than they appear, given that women make up such a great proportion of municipal employees, said the report.

JULY 16, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Women hold signs as they protest for women equality, in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2022.

Afghan women establishing networks against Taliban to fight for rights - report

Girls are not allowed to continue their education after sixth grade in the country. They are barred from studying at university and women's secondary schools closed down.

JULY 15, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NY State Bar Association hosts webinar on Hamas's use of sexual violence - interview

Over 220 bar members attended the event, featuring Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy from the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes against Women and Children, and former NYSBA president Richard Lewis.

JULY 2, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
The Global Women's Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War 20 May 2024

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

Plaintiffs Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb and Sarah Baron argued in their lawsuit, filed in 2022, that Kentucky’s abortion law created obstacles to in-vitro fertilization.

JULY 2, 2024ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Jewish Democratic Council of America activists join the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice outside the U.S. Capitol

Taliban delegation to attend women-free UN-led meeting in Doha

Human rights groups criticized the UN for not having Afghan women at the table with the Taliban in Doha.

JUNE 29, 2024ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT, REUTERS
Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

While we believe Israeli women, the world must believe them too - opinion

When women come forward as survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence, they are usually met with support and sympathy - victims and survivors of Oct. 7 have not been treated with humanity.

JUNE 19, 2024ByMARCY GRINGLAS, MEREDITH JACOBS
DELEGATION MEMBERS of ‘I Believe Israeli Women’ visit the Knesset where they attend a meeting of the Global Women’s Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War, last month.

'Rape is not resistance': Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum

Established unofficially at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Women’s Forum's primary mission is to increase international pressure for the immediate release of the female hostages.

MAY 28, 2024ByIRIT SKULNIK
Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum.

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

Passed last month after a lengthy delay following the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, a new law in Iran increases punishments for women who don’t wear the hijab.

MAY 6, 2024ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 11 years for supporting women’s rights

Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced in a counter-terrorism court after allegedly speaking out against male guardianship laws and "her choice of clothing."

MAY 4, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A woman has her face covered with a scarf to protect her from the heat on a road during a hot summer day in Bhubaneswar, India, May 3, 2024.

Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

Since they swept back into power, most girls have been barred from high school and women from universities.

APRIL 29, 2024ByREUTERS
Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023