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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

SEVENTEEN ISRAELI women are still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Why are international women’s groups not rallying?

Why don't women's orgs call to free Israeli women held hostage in Gaza?

By ANDREA SAMUELS

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

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

A surge in femicide cases in Egypt raises alarm

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Israeli soldiers and rescue forces seen at Mount Harif military base in the southern Negev desert, close to the border with Egypt, on June 3, 2023

Israel's Druze threaten to cut ties with IDF after young woman drafted

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Khatareh Plesnick, from Baltimore, poses during a march in support of women's rights in Iran on the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2023.

Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organizing unrest and sabotage'

By REUTERS

AN IRANIAN fan holds a jersey in memory of Mahsa Amini, inside the stadium before a World Cup soccer match between Iran and Wales, in Qatar, last November.

The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa Amini - opinion

By SHEILA KATZ

Women's rights protesters march on Bnei Brak, August 24, 2023

WATCH: Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lina Ezberga, 23, became the first woman ever in her Bedouin town to become an ambulance driver.

Israeli becomes first woman in Bedouin town to drive an ambulance

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Protesters take part in a march and rally in support of Afghan women's rights in London, Britain, November 27, 2022.

2 years into Taliban’s rule: Afghan women barred from working, study in the shadows

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023

UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination

By REUTERS

Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Protesters take part in a march and rally in support of Afghan women's rights in London, Britain, November 27, 2022.

Afghan women take protests online as Taliban crush dissent

By REUTERS