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


Walking the desert... to help unchain women

"Chained women" and allies from across Israel gather for a hike for support and sisterhood.

Agunot and former agunot during Yad L’Isha’s  first-annual Eshet Hamidbar (Woman of the Desert) 22-kilometer walk

Where is the international outrage?

As the human rights of women and minorities is systematically violated across the Muslim world, the international community is eerily silent, preferring to systematically condemn Israel

Gaza Islamic Lecturer Tahani Abu Jazar: Islam defends the rights of women

Thank you, Mr. President

Populations which were, up to now, excluded and relegated to the margins are standing tall, staring straight ahead and saying: no more. So, in an era like this, all that remains is to say: thank you.

PEOPLE PROTEST against Donald Trump in Pennsylvania in 2016.

Women in hi-tech

Is Israel's hi-tech growth reflected in the percentage of women employed in the industry? Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

Women in Hitech as percent of the Employees

Representation of women in local government

2018 elections are a golden opportunity

Yael German, the former mayor of Herzliya, now serves as a member of Knesset for Yesh Atid

Khamenei praises hijab after woman who removed headscarf was jailed

"The Hijab is a means of immunity not restriction."

Women attend Friday prayers in Tehran February 4, 2011.

International women's day: honoring Israel's true superwomen

Amazing women, who despite disabilities caused by tragedy stretch the boundaries of their capabilities, make the world seem a better place.

Maytal Wax (left) and Einat Malka

Glass Ceiling Index: Women hold one in three senior positions in Israel

WIZO’s first-ever Glass Ceiling Index gathered data from government sources, research institutes and academic studies regarding women’s achievements and gender inequalities across a number of fields.

A LITERAL glass ceiling is seen on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on March 7th, 2018.

David Ben-Gurion wanted more women in government, IDF archives reveal

Newly disclosed letter written by first prime minister two months before establishment of state calls it ‘privilege and duty’ to name female ministers.

From Left: Shimon Peres, David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan

Four female soldiers heading to Armored Corps’ officer training

The soldiers are part of a pilot program by the IDF to integrate women into the corps.

Israeli female soldiers walk in front of a tank during an exercise at the end of their tank instructors course at Shizafon base