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FILE PHOTO: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 26, 2022.

Taliban bars UN human rights special rapporteur from Afghanistan

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous shakes hands with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during an observance of International Women's Day last month. UN Women's inaction raises serious doubts about its dedication to protecting the rights of women and girls worldwide, the writers argue.

Confronting the denial of October 7 - opinion

By Stepan Stepanenko , CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

Agam Berger, 19, held captive by Hamas.

Family fears worst for captive in Gaza amid testimony of sexual abuse

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman visits homes in Kfar Aza destroyed on October 7

Kosovo sexual assault awareness activist visits Israel in solidarity with victims of Hamas crimes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dr. Cochav Elkayam Levy.

Maccabi World launches campaign to condemn Hamas sexual crimes

By SARA SADAN

THE WRITER speaks at a Tel Aviv University event. UN Women’s latest statement, urging continued funding for UNRWA ‘no matter what,’ is a stance that merits careful examination, she argues.

An examination of UN Women’s stance on the funding of UNRWA

By DANIELLE OFEK

UN envoy for sexual crimes in war Pramila Patten met with IDF officers and surviving hostages, January 2024

UN special envoy on sexual violence hears Gaza hostages' testimony

By ALEX WINSTON

John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, February 17, 2023.

Kirby: Safe to assume Hamas is still weaponizing sexual violence

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

United Nations General Assembly Building, New York City

Global women's organizations have failed Israeli women - opinion

By ANITA FRIEDMAN

The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations on Dec. 4 held a special session on sexual violence committed by Hamas during the terror attacks on Oct. 7.

Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Gal Gadot calls out the global silence on Oct. 7 violence against women

By Walla!

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