Femicide

UN Rapporteur's report accuses Israel of 'femicide,' omits Jewish victims

A UN report on violence against mothers presents disputed allegations against Israel as fact while excluding Israeli victims of murder, captivity and sexual violence.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem (L) and UN Human Rights Officer Orlagh McCann (R) address a press conference in Ankara on July 27, 2022.
Jason Blaze Odeh arrives for a court hearing on the extension of his detention at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on September 04, 2022.

Jason Blaze Odeh convicted of aggravated murder of Yelena Gerenberg

A three-judge panel headed by Judge Ami Kobo unanimously accepted the prosecution’s position and rejected Odeh’s account of the killing, including his claim that Gerenberg had provoked him.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
An Iranian woman walks past a piece of street art in Tehran on June 3, 2026.

Iran reports three femicide cases in one week amid domestic violence study

Three reported femicides in Iran in one week have renewed attention on domestic violence, with a new Iranian study finding that economic hardship can increase violence against women.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

Iranian father murders teenage daughter in Tehran revenge killing

The 18-year-old was reportedly killed after escaping domestic violence in her family home.

APRIL 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Fatemeh Soltani

Italy upholds sentence of Pakistani parents who killed teen daughter for marriage refusal

The parents were found guilty of killing their 18-year-old daughter for refusing to marry her older cousin.

APRIL 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saman Abbas.

US-born girl shot dead by father in Pakistan over TikTok videos, say police

The suspect, Anwar ul-Haq, initially said that unidentified gunmen shot and killed his American-born, 15-year-old daughter before he confessed to the crime

JANUARY 29, 2025ByREUTERS
A police officer stands guard in front of a shipping container, used to block the area for security measures, in Karachi, Pakistan, April 23, 2024.

Gender violence in Israel: Country sees 20 femicide cases this year

A report from a leading Israeli femicide institute finds that 20 women were killed for being women in 2024.

NOVEMBER 24, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

Holon, Rahat stabbings highlight Israeli femicide uptick

Cases of femicide, the killing of a woman because she is a woman, have increased since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

AUGUST 27, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Woman in her 30s shot dead in Haifa at a night club

The police have already arrested several suspects involved in the incident, and they will have to attend a hearing to extend their detention.

MARCH 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police investigate the scene of a murder of a 24-year-old woman in Haifa on May 8, 2023.

Femicide and the effects of the Israel-Hamas war - opinion

In the wake of recent events, including the ongoing conflict and its aftermath, femicide in Israel has become a pressing concern.

JANUARY 11, 2024BySHALVA WEIL
MK PNINA Tamano Shata and German Bundestag President Barbel Bas attend a special Knesset committee meeting in November, titled: ‘Crimes against humanity committed by Hamas against women in the events of October 7.’

Femicide and Hamas: The new war has women at the center of slaughter - opinion

Hamas's treatment of Israeli women in its massacre is horrific. They took delight in raping some of the women, as part of their war effort. They butchered women in front of their children.

OCTOBER 17, 2023BySHALVA WEIL
MINISTER FOR the Advancement of the Status of Women May Golan sits with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum.

A surge in femicide cases in Egypt raises alarm

Egyptian women’s rights activist to TML: “Recently, any woman’s refusal to comply could result in her murder.”

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa Amini - opinion

The call of the shofar is a demand not to accept a broken world and a warning not to look the other way when people need us. 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023BySHEILA KATZ
AN IRANIAN fan holds a jersey in memory of Mahsa Amini, inside the stadium before a World Cup soccer match between Iran and Wales, in Qatar, last November.