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Hosna Salehi, whose family runs a charity called the House of Kindness, writes on a white board as she teaches children inside a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, October 27, 2024.

'Repressive and discriminatory': Int'l envoys urge Taliban to reverse policies excluding women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sexual assault (Illustrative)

In Israel, we must continue providing support to victims of sexual assault

By MAYA FISH BARON

An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

Taliban forbids women from 'hearing each others voices'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024.

Taliban official brags of growing int'l acceptance, defends gender apartheid laws

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative of the wife of a reserve soldier whose payments were taxed.

Gender equality struggles intensify for Israeli women during war

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line

Afghan women arrive to receive assistance from a World Food Program (WFP) distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2024.

'A distressing vision for Afghanistan': UN official denounces new Taliban vice and virtue laws

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.

'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman condemned the assignment of female cadets in the IDF officers’ course to guard terrorists who committed violent acts of sexual assault and murder on October 7, the writer notes.

Comptroller Englman: Why is there a 25% tax on payments for reservists' wives?

By Walla!

Women hold signs as they protest for women equality, in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2022.

Comptroller: Not enough female representation in local municipalities

Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Afghan women establishing networks against Taliban

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Global Women's Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War 20 May 2024

NY State Bar Association hosts webinar on Hamas's use of sexual violence

Jewish Democratic Council of America activists join the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice outside the U.S. Capitol

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

Taliban delegation to attend women-free UN-led meeting in Doha

By Darcie Grunblatt , REUTERS

DELEGATION MEMBERS of ‘I Believe Israeli Women’ visit the Knesset where they attend a meeting of the Global Women’s Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War, last month.

While we believe Israeli women, the world must believe them too

By MARCY GRINGLAS , MEREDITH JACOBS

Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum.

'Rape is not resistance': Maccabi World Union launches Global Women’s Forum

By Irit Skulnik

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

A woman has her face covered with a scarf to protect her from the heat on a road during a hot summer day in Bhubaneswar, India, May 3, 2024.

Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 11 years for supporting women’s rights

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

By REUTERS