Women
Indigenous women challenge Islamist oppression, call for cross-community solidarity
Beyond their shared experiences of oppression and Islamist colonial occupation, the speakers also expressed concern about what they saw as a growing trend of Western women supporting regimes.
First women on ultra-Orthodox party slate running for Knesset seek change - interview
Israeli women demand more than election promises as parties face pressure over equality
Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope - preview
When women are asked to disappear - opinion
In every case, the same principle is being established: when a man’s beliefs collide with a woman’s presence, the woman is the one expected to move.
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."
Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find
At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections between 1966 and 1991.
Kurdish women helped defeat ISIS in Syria. What is next for them as SDF dissolves? - analysis
Will the women who played such a heroic and key role in defeating ISIS receive new roles in Syria's new security force, or be left behind?
A Historic Milestone at Arkia:
For the first time, a female pilot has been certified as a Jet Captain at the airline.
Historic merger in Ramat Gan: Men's and women's teams to operate under same club
Gabbay and Glazer signed: For the first time ever, both basketball teams will operate under the same roof: "A model of excellence regardless of gender." The Mayor congratulated the move.
Afghan journalist explains her escape from Taliban after restrictions on women in broadcasting
Censorship, threats, and tightening restrictions made it impossible for journalist Tahmina Usmani to continue working freely or safely in Afghanistan.
Not a 'rich people's sport': Yachting clubs say sailing in Israel affordable, drawing diverse crowd
“In the past three or four years, it's become a real trend," David Simon, one of the owners of the Derech Hayam (Via Maris) sailing school and club said.
Half of Afghan women rarely leave home as Taliban restrictions deepen, UN agency says
Afghanistan remains the only country in the world to ban girls from secondary education and women from attending university.
Iranian ‘Black Widow’ accused of killing a dozen men handed 10 death sentences by Iranian court
The woman said she would marry men temporarily and, after living with them for around two to three months, would kill her victims by giving them pills or dissolving the pills in their drinks.
