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 IDF WOMEN at an armored forces staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, earlier this year.

How Israeli women balanced heroism and home during the Israel-Hamas war

By LIAT KULIK
ISRAELI WOMEN protest outside UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, in November. Finally, yet months too late, a UN team investigating the sexual violence against women in Israel on October 7 found “reasonable grounds” to believe that such violence did indeed occur.

Jewish groups demand UN action against Hamas for Oct. 7 sexual violence

 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.

In Israel and on the world stage: Women face more violence, less representation

 Tamar Luzzatto, Head of Business Development, Marketing and Innovation,  The Luzzatto Group

When women's voices are less heard, innovation suffers. Here is why

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Israel-Hamas War: Women share stories, strength on Instagram

 The art installation, Faces and Words, was created to encapsulate the stories and feelings of women in the University of Haifa community.

University of Haifa unveils 'Faces and Words' art installation on Israeli Women's Day

Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

The 120 Women Leadership Council: Addressing a problem with no name

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Women from Iran, Israel call to denounce Hamas and the Islamic Republic

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Israel has capable female leaders, it should use them

By MORAN ZER KATZENSTEIN
 GROUP NINETEEN Negev office.

Helping women return to the job market during the war

By RIVKA NEUMANN
 Erel Margalit and participants in the Galiladies startup program join for a group photo at the Galiladies' Bazaar event in the Margalit Startup City Tel Aviv headquarters, Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 30, 2024.

Israeli women-owned start-ups struggle to survive under shadow of war with Hezbollah

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE
 A PHOTO OF 23-year-old hostage Romi Gonen, on one of the billboards in London that carry the question: ‘Where is your daughter sleeping tonight?’ The organizers vow ‘to publish images of our young women on billboards around the world until everyone calls for the release of all the hostages.’

A letter to the kidnapped daughters of Israel

By LAUREN GUMPORT
 Demonstrators hold signs against the international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, in November.

Why are feminists silent on Hamas's use of rape as a weapon of war?

By Carly Pildis
ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

Under the shadow of war: Women's rights in Israel sacrificed for political benefit

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
 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.

IOF releases report on violence against Israeli women in 2023

 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.

Human rights groups’ hypocrisy on Hamas rape - opinion

 Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a focus on women, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 11, 2022.

UN Women finally condemns Hamas attacks, sexual violence on October 7

 Workers in the daycare educational system   protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021

WIZO Battered Women’s Shelter celebrates 40th anniversary