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Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

Iranian activist: Desperate regime waging all-out war against women

Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

TALIBAN LEADER Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph posted on a Taliban Twitter feed and identified separately by several Taliban officials who declined be named.

Taliban leader doubles down on treatment of women in annual address

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Marta Mozes, Marketing Manager at Google for Startups, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, speaking at the Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit.

Google marketing manager: 'Our superpower should be our diversity'

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Dr. Esther Luzzatto, CEO of The Luzzatto Group.

Full equality for women starts with education and legislation, says The Luzzatto Group CEO

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

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

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Golda Meir meets with then-US president Richard Nixon in the Oval Office as then-secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger looks on, in November 1973.

More female representation in government, please

By SONIA GOMES DE MESQUITA

Harassment against women in public transport environments is not only serious but has also become ‘normalized’ in many societies.

Health implications for women harassed on public transport - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

(L-R) Michal Herzog and President Isaac Herzog light Hanukkah candles with family members of people taken hostage in Gaza., at Hostage Square in Jerusalem.

First Lady Michal Herzog slams global women's rights organizations for failure to act

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Competition Authority Michal Cohen attends a Knesset Economic Affairs Committee meeting last month.

There is a lack of women in Israeli ministry leadership

By ANAT THON-ASHKENAZY

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023

Iran's Khamenei suggests West destroys women’s dignity in social media post

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By RAFAEL MEDOFF

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly walks on Downing Street on the day of a cabinet meeting, in London, Britain September 5, 2023

UK home secretary makes jokes about spiking his wife's drink

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Afghan women struggle for rights under increasing Taliban repression

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE