Israeli women
High Court challenges law excluding women from Israel's Chief Rabbinate elections
The court issued an order requiring the respondents to explain why a 2024 law should not be interpreted to require the rabbis to also appoint women as representatives in the electoral assembly.
One in five Israeli women who get cosmetic procedures show signs of addiction, study finds
In Air Force first, IDF promotes woman to brigadier-general, appoints her Washington attaché
Deep in the trenches of women’s rights, Na’amat fights the good fight
Orthodox women's hackathon offers solutions for the elderly, abuse victims
First place in the hackathon was won by a team who designed technology that uses vision tech to detect when an elderly person falls.
Woman denied divorce by rabbinate: 'I don’t want to be Michal Sela'
For some women in Israel today divorce seems like an impossible reality, as religious and legal barriers stretch before them every step of the way. One organization seems determined to change that.
Short on representation, political parties rush to celebrate Women’s Day
Two weeks ahead of elections, candidates pledge change while Labor leader Merav Michaeli remains the only woman chairing a political party.
Why is Int'l Women's Day important in Israel?
While it’s true that women are capable of achieving almost anything in Israel, it’s also true that they often don’t. Why? Is it because they simply don’t want to? Or are there other factors at play?
Int'l Women's Day: Domestic violence spiked, sex offenses fell amid COVID
Despite the decrease of certain crimes reported in the Knesset publication, the Association of Rape Crisis in Israel reported an increase in sex offense reports.
Coronavirus: Women make up 50% of patients, 51% of vaccinated Israelis
Some 79% of healthcare and welfare workers are women in Israel, with a higher risk for catching the coronavirus.
Coronavirus pandemic deals fatal blow to Israel's working women
“Women went back tens of years during the coronavirus pandemic to traditional, household roles."
The Arab Israeli woman breaking the glass ceiling of sports management
When asked what her most important message is for boys and girls today, Bader emphasized that women do not need to sacrifice their religious beliefs or traditions in order to follow their dreams.
Int'l Women's Day: COVID reveals gender inequality in Israeli job market
"The coronavirus pandemic revealed gender inequality that has defined the Israeli job market since before the crisis."
Women are a majority in the public, a minority in the Knesset - opinion
The solution is to lead to the regulation of fixed quotas for the adequate representation of women in leadership.
