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


Chief Justice Hayut to RBG: You give a voice to the voiceless

"She betters the lives of those who suffer injustice in society... She gives voice to those who would otherwise remain voiceless and gives them hope that one day the law will change."

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Saudi women take victory laps as driving ban ends

"It's a beautiful day," said businesswoman Samah al-Qusaibi as she cruised the eastern city of Khobar just after midnight with police looking on.

Samira al-Ghamdi, a practicing psychologist, smiles while making a stop to refuel her car as she drives to work in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 24, 2018.

Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends

Even with the end of the driving ban, Saudi Arabia remains one of the most restrictive countries for women.

Dr Samira al-Ghamdi, 47, a practicing psychologist, drives around the side roads of a neighborhood as she prepares to hit the road as a licensed driver

Bringing birth back to basics

East Jerusalem’s St. Joseph Hospital takes a woman-centric approach to birth

STAFF FLANK (and get comfortable in) one of the hospital’s new birthing pools

Girl power

CYBERGIRLZ IS currently conducting an all-girls marathon in which they’ll feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes

Women finding their place in Israel's hi-tech sector

Female students with an aptitude for science and technology are increasingly opting to study different aspects of these subjects.

Ultra-Orthodox women work at Matrix Global, a hi-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit April 3, 2011

Genesis Prize Foundation to infuse $1 million in women’s rights in Israel

“Over 70 years of its existence as an independent country, Israel has achieved enormous progress in the field of women’s rights and ensuring equal opportunity for its women.”

Women's empowerment

Women of the Wall threatened with ban from Western Wall

The NGO was accused of ignoring police and court instructions.

Women of the Wall and veteran paratroopers in New Month prayers beside the Western Wall security checkpoint, October 20, 2017.

The unsung – the women behind the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center

We sit down with the women who, for many sexual-abuse victims, are the first port of call.

Volunteers meet at the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center

A voice in the halls of power

The formula is simple. Find the core values of a society and check where the women stand in relation to them.

Women in the IDF