Gender

Israeli women demand more than election promises as parties face pressure over equality

A WIZO survey found that 54% of respondents wanted parties to present clear plans to advance women, as election candidates were questioned about safety, equal pay, and representation.

FROM LEFT: Ziva Glanz of Haredi Public, Lali Deri of People of Israel, Democrats MK Naama Lazimi, Yashar candiate Inbar Yehezkeli, Pnina Tameno-Shete of Blue and White, Israel First candidate Sharren Haskell, and journalist Dafna Liel. (WIZO).
‘Mikveh’ provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of surprising everyday issues faced by religious women.

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope - preview

Children wave flags of Vietnam and Laos ahead a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on January 26, 2026.

Vietnam targets natural birth sex ratio by 2035 with crackdown on fetal sex selection

The late Vivian Silver. The peace and gender equality activist who was murdered on October 7

Study: How donors can improve humanitarian aid for women


More women secure senior positions in UAE, Egypt, as MENA region struggles with gender gap

According to the 2023 edition of the Global Gender Gap Report, the MENA region remains the furthest away from gender parity compared to other regions.

 Hibaaq Osman (L) meets with Karama staff members. (Courtesy)

Global consulting giant McKinsey launches Next Generation Women Leaders program

McKinsey describes itself as committed to "inclusion and equality for women," and added that attracting the most talented and qualified people in the world, is an integral part of their mission.

Sivan Ravkaie, a 28-year-old former NGWL participant who now works at McKinsey.

Pope Francis calls for studies into 'ugly' gender theory

"I have asked that studies be carried out into this ugly ideology of our times, which cancels out the differences and makes everything the same," the pope said.

 Pope Francis holds a weekly general audience in Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, August 30, 2023.

Catfishing and consent: The problems with dating online in 2024

The numbers relating to this phenomenon are far, far too high. This is beyond an issue of concern; it is outright fear.

 DATING APPS.

Emojis are differently interpreted depending on gender, culture, and age of recipients

Given their increasing importance in communication, the new study was meant to investigate whether there are individual differences in the emotional labels that people choose to assign to emoji.

An infographic explaining emoji comprehension based on gender and cultural differences.

Released Gaza hostage breaks silence on Hamas sexual violence in Sheryl Sandberg doc

"People denied and refused to admit that such acts were indeed committed by Hamas, and therefore the film will give them an opportunity to see with their own eyes," Sandberg said.

 SHERYL SANDBERG at the memorial site of the October 7 Hamas massacre of young Israelis attending the Supernova party at Re'im

Under the shadow of war: Women's rights in Israel sacrificed for political benefit

Gender inequality in Israel has deepened as a result of an increase in violence in 2023, the current war, and also the removal of women from decision-making positions in the government and the army.

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

‘Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7’

“It was often impossible for families to be shown faces – and it seems as if mutilation of these women’s faces was an objective in their murders."

 Blood in houses when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1400 people, and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza, near the Israeli-Gaza border.

Leo Dee to 'Post': Why I prayed at Dizengoff Square yesterday - opinion

This new “anti-human rights” movement claims that people should have the freedom “from” being exposed to religion, the freedom “from” being exposed to the speech of people it disagrees with.

 A MAN wearing a shirt with a slogan in support of women’s rights is given the Sukkot Four Species by the writer at yesterday’s prayer service at Dizengoff Square

Israel must heed A-G on gender segregation, interior minister says

The letter approached a societal issue in Israel brought to the public eye on Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv.

 Jews pray while activists protest against gender segregation in the public space during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 25, 2023.