Women's rights

UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family

Syria’s representative to the UN, told the General Assembly ahead of the resolution’s adoption that Syrian women faced what he described as “the worst missing persons crisis in modern history."

Artists perform, as Kurdish female fighters attend a military parade to mark the 13th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Qamishli, Syria, April 4, 2026.
Dr Manal Radwan at the Med-Gulf Summit 2026.

Saudi Arabia names women diplomat Manal Radwan as special envoy for peace efforts

 TOLOnews television anchor Tahmina Usmani, 23, poses for a portrait in Kabul, August 1, 2022.

Afghan journalist explains her escape from Taliban after restrictions on women in broadcasting

 Women wearing burqas pause at the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 26, 2021.

Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women remain trapped in deepening rights crisis


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.

 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."

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.

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

Iranian activist: Desperate regime waging all-out war against women

"Long live the resistance. Long live freedom. Long live the indomitable brave women of Iran," said Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi.

Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Taliban leader doubles down on treatment of women in annual address

The Taliban has suspended girls' education past the sixth grade and banned women from public spaces such as parks, gyms, and bathhouses.

 TALIBAN LEADER Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph posted on a Taliban Twitter feed and identified separately by several Taliban officials who declined be named.

Google marketing manager: 'Our superpower should be our diversity'

Marta Mozes addresses the Women Leaders Summit.

 Marta Mozes, Marketing Manager at Google for Startups, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, speaking at the Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit.

Full equality for women starts with education and legislation, says The Luzzatto Group CEO

Dr. Esther Luzzatto will be one of the judges for the "2024 Next-Gen Women's Entrepreneurship Award" at the upcoming Jerusalem Post's Women Leaders Summit on March 27.

 Dr. Esther Luzzatto, CEO of The Luzzatto Group.

The 120 Women Leadership Council: Addressing a problem with no name

The 120 Women Leadership Council participants have engaged in extensive dialogues across various regions of Israel.

Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

Women from Iran, Israel call to denounce Hamas and the Islamic Republic

Co-signed by 55 female leaders from various countries across the Middle East and beyond, the letter finds rare consensus regarding the role of the terrorist group in the oppression of women.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.