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People perform yoga in front of Taj Hotel, during International Yoga Day in Mumbai, India, June 21, 2023.

Over 1 million women went missing in India from 2019 to 2021 - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

EU FOREIGN POLICY chief Josep Borrell gestures (front, center) during a group photo at the 7th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona, last November.

15 years of regional cooperation: The Union for the Mediterranean's common commitment - opinion

By JOSEP BORRELL , AYMAN SAFADI , NASSER KAMEL

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

Knesset bill to dismantle authority responsible for gender equality passes preliminary reading

By SHIRA SILKOFF

Women from the Ambash cult speak outside the election committee meeting where political parties running for a spot in the upcoming Israeli elections, arrive to present the party list for the September 2019 elections, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2019.

UN World Population Day highlights women's rights in Israel

By HANNAH LEVIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Atlanta, Georgia, US, May 14, 2022

Jewish groups fight abortion bans, citing religious liberty

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

A woman wearing a niqab enters a beauty salon where the ads of women have been defaced by a shopkeeper in Kabul, Afghanistan October 6, 2021.

Taliban administration orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close

By REUTERS

MK Sharren Haskel at a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 18, 2022.

MK Haskel taken off Knesset podium for holding her daughter while speaking

By MATAN VASSERMAN/MAARIV

An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022.

'Gender Apartheid' is virtue signaling: Expert criticizes UN on Afghan women’s rights

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Baháʼís seek unity with Iranians to demand women's rights

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Workers in the daycare educational system protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021

WIZO Battered Women’s Shelter celebrates 40th anniversary

Gender pay gap representation, 15 April 2018.

Gender biases not improved over past decade, UN says

By REUTERS

Yael Schoultz founded a group called L'Chaim, which counsels and supports sex workers.

Condoms and tikkun olam: An Orthodox woman strives to aid sex workers in Prague

By DINAH SPRITZER/JTA

Iran's riot police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iran: Women's cars can be impounded if they're caught without hijab

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

An Iranian woman walks in a street in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2023.

Iran resorts to security cameras, ostracism to deter unveiled women

By REUTERS