Empowering women

Deep in the trenches of women’s rights, Na’amat fights the good fight

President of World Na’amat Hagit Pe’er reflects on the efforts to keep women in the public sphere amidst the hostile political reality.

Hagit Pe’er (second from the right) during the World Na'amat visit to the Gaza Envelope.
Frieda Ross, President of World Emunah

World Emunah: The women who are holding Israel together

A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

L'Oréal's Program for Advancing Girls in Science enters its third year

Science needs women: L’Oréal Israel’s girls-in-STEM program enters third year


Future sex abuse from men in power needs prevention - Editorial

The anti-reform Israel Bar Association head has resigned after sexual abuse allegation - which he did not deny.

Israel Bar Association head Avi Himi at a protest against the government's proposed judicial reforms, January 21, 2023.

I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part’

We should celebrate the role and value of an individual within a community with no correlation to the number of children they raise.

Paper dolls symbolizing isolation from a community

Across the world, women are being denied medical care due to their 'virginity'

After women in the United Kingdom were denied routine medical procedures for not having sexual relations prior, The Jerusalem Post further explored global instances of withholding critical care.

 A gynecologist performs an ultrasound scan at Robert Karoly Private Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019.

Women managers have improved Vatican more than men, pope says

Francis condemned male chauvinism, acknowledging there was still too much of it around the world, including in his native Argentina.

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican June 28, 2017.

Taliban mark one year in power, provide Afghanistan with security but no hope

Afghanistan is physically safer than before, but that cannot mask the scale of the challenge the Taliban face in setting Afghanistan on a path of economic growth and stability.

 Taliban fighters hold an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag on the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

After Roe v. Wade, protesters in Tel Aviv demand abortion rights

Some 100 people gathered in Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening in a show of solidarity with women in the United States after Roe v. Wade was overturned last week.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Male executives control 99 times more S&P 500 shares than women

The disparity means male executives held about $770 billion worth of shares in S&P 500 companies in 2020, a study found.

 People walk by the Fearless Girl statue outside of the New York Stock Exchange on August 10, 2021, in New York.

Microsoft, Amdocs attend conference held to promote equal wages for women

Speakers, including women from Microsoft and Amdocs, discussed how to overcome one of the world’s largest gender wage gaps.

 Women's Wage Equality Conference at OpenValley Caesarea complex, February,2022.

How do you improve female representation in the hi-tech industry?

A one-on-one interview with high-tech veteran Tami Mazel Shachar on the metaverse and how to improve female representation in the industry

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

UN says COVID-19 recovery under threat due to exclusion of women

New data by the UNDP and the Gender Inequality Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh found that women hold less than one in three top leadership positions in public administration globally.

President of the Human Rights Council Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, wearing a protective face mask, attends the resuming of a United Nations Human Rights Council session before an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United