Women's rights
Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis
Critics also challenge one of the law’s intended benefits of easing pressure on the civil courts, arguing that the state is instead giving an existing judicial body additional authority.
Iraqi feminist who saved thousands from honor killings slain by gunman outside home in Baghdad
UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression
Two years after October 7, Israeli women still battle for equality - from the editor
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.
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.
Nobel Committee calls on Iran to free imprisoned Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi
Mohammadi, 53, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for women's rights, was last week sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, a group supporting her said on Sunday.
Reincarcerated Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven years
Narges Mohammadi has been repeatedly imprisoned during her decades-long women's rights campaign and was re-arrested on December 12, 2025, before being sentenced.
Taliban penal code legalizes slavery, places women below animals, expert tells 'Post' - interview
Under the Taliban’s penal code, which includes 119 articles, published on January 7, 2026, the penalty for animal abuse outweighs that of a serious case of domestic violence.
'This is our Berlin Wall,' Iranian activist Masih Alinejad tells 'Post' of protests - interview
Alinejad described a grim ritual familiar to Iranians living abroad: zooming in on photographs of the dead, searching for the faces of family members. "This is deliberate cruelty," she said.
Pardes Hanna woman murdered in first femicide case in Israel in 2026, husband arrested
Police said the initial investigation indicates the killing stemmed from a family dispute.
CNN's 'Handmaid's Tale': How Israeli women were 'ranked' below Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman - opinion
A war-safety score for Israel was dressed up as a women’s-rights verdict to launder authoritarian influence.
Why Taraneh Alidoosti frightens the Iranian regime - opinion
Alidoosti was not arrested for violence, incitement, or organizing. Her offense was ethical clarity, a refusal to remain silent as women and protesters were beaten, imprisoned, and killed.
ARCCI marks 35 years amid legal gains, renewed scrutiny of sexual violence
The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel marked the anniversary by awarding the Sexual Violence Prevention Award to those whose work has advanced the rights and protection of survivors.
