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ARCCI CEO Orit Sulitzeanu at the Jerusalem Post 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel leading the Battle against sexual violence

By Ronnie Rosenman , In collaboration with the ARCCI

Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

By ALEX WINSTON

'Blood Rights Council': Netanyahu, MKs bash UN report on IDF in Gaza

By ELIAV BREUER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

'Our voices are heard' event in honor of slain female observers

'Our Voices Are Heard': Honoring the slain female observers of October 7

By MAARIV

Women's wages as percent of men's wages.

Israel's gender-wage gap worse than developed world and growing, Shoresh Institution says

THE HIGH COURT of Justice holds a session. In the past, the court ruled that women cannot be forced to take a specific seat on a bus, the writer notes.

State did not meet its obligation for equal representation of women

Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who is reported to have fled to Dubai after criticising the education ban and the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Taliban minister flees after condemning ban on women's education

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls' high schools to open

By REUTERS

THE RESEARCH team from the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

Knesset to examine Van Leer gender report of women's inequality on the rise

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Eilat Women's Festival advertisement

Women should feel safe and supported in spaces intended for them

By JPOST EDITORIAL

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!