Equality

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

 Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.
Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.

How Israeli women dominate the film industry in ways Hollywood still can't

Nili Block’s first Combat Sambo competition in 2024 vs Croatia.

World champions with no leagues: The broken pipeline for Israel's female athletes

The outlook for increasing women’s participation in political life is bleak, with no women in the ultra-Orthodox parties, not a single party led by a woman, and none even committed to equal representation on their candidate lists.

Israel hits all-time low in women's political representation. Can it be reversed? - opinion


Welfare minister rejects A-G's call to allow LGBT couples to adopt

Welfare Minister Yaakov Mergi claimed that allowing LGBTQ couples to adopt would "add complexities" to a child's life.

 People take part in the annual LGBTQ Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2019.

ITIM publishes interactive map of Israel's accessible mikvahs

Immersion can be a highly dangerous or even simply inaccessible activity for women with physical disabilities who may be using mobility aids like canes or wheelchairs.

 Restored mikveh in White Stork Synagogue, Wroclaw, Poland.

Can equality be enshrined in an Israeli constitution now? - opinion

In Israel, the majority has already shown time and again that undercutting equality can wreak havoc – equality is essential for our common future.

 ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with coalition leader MK Ophir Katz and Shas’s Arye Deri in the Knesset.

Gender biases not improved over past decade, UN says

The degree of improvement over time has been "disappointing," said Heriberto Tapia, research and strategic partnership adviser at UNDP and co-author of the report.

Gender pay gap representation

US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state ban on gender-affirming care

A federal judge in Florida partially blocked the state from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care, stating that the law was motivated by bigotry.

 Students from New College of Florida stage a walkout from the public liberal arts college to protest against a proposed wide-reaching legislation that would ban gender studies majors and diversity programs at Florida universities, in Sarasota, Florida, U.S., February 28, 2023.

Cohn Program for Israeli-Arab Inclusion in the Humanities at Tel Aviv University is inaugurated

The new program aims to centralize and expand the existing efforts to attract Arab students to enroll in the Humanities at TAU.  

 Left to right: Prof Neta Ziv, Dan Cohn, Prof Ariel Porat & Prof Gali Cinamon

Human rights are progressing in the UAE - opinion

The national leadership of the UAE has stated many times that it wants the country to be a progressive, tolerant and rights-respecting nation. The challenge for leadership is how to make this happen.

 The Museum of the Future in Dubai

The DEI threat to Jewish students - opinion

DEI initiatives are weaponized against Jewish students, maliciously portraying them and Israel as vicious oppressors.

 The DEI Threat to Jewish Students

Israel has failed to mind the gaps - editorial

The next generation is relying on us to ensure that everyone has an equal shot at success. But socioeconomic gaps begin showing themselves already in schools.

 CHOOSING BETWEEN bread and milk: 47% of Jerusalemites live below the poverty line (Illustrative).

Protest groups hold 'Equality Day,' tens of thousands demonstrate across country

Dozens of demonstrations are expected in towns and cities and on roads and bridges across the country, from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat.

Protest group "Brothers in Arms" arranged a pile of bloodied mannequins in front of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Kiryat Shmona home on May 4, 2023.