Segregation

Secular school in Damascus announces full gender segregation, backlash ensues

The esteemed Al-Hurriya Institute in Damascus received backlash from Syrians after the former secular school announced plans to segregate students based on gender.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Women prepare for Eid al-Adha prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, May 27, 2026.

Street sign reading women on one side and men on the other, in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, July 15, 2026.

Municipality is not 'modesty patrol': Bnei Brak councilman slams sidewalk gender segregation

About a week ago, the Bnei Brak municipality announced an unusual measure to separate men and women on sidewalks in the area surrounding the city’s event halls.

JULY 19, 2026|By103FM

Activists protest against a bill promoting gender-segregated academic study tracks, introduced by MK Limor Son Har-Melech, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.

Haredi women, academics file petition against Israel's new gender-segregated education law

The petition was filed hours after the Knesset approved an amendment to the law which expressly allows the Council for Higher Education to approve separate programs for men and women.

JULY 16, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Ladies in Bnei Brak watching as the men leave to protest outsidem of Military Prison 10 on June 24, 2026.

Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces

The municipality issued a statement in response to the report, saying that the decision came after a letter from the city's rabbis, while it also said that it could be further expanded in the future.

JULY 14, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian-linked cleric attacks Chicago for 'immorality, homosexuality'

The Iraq-based cleric Muqtada al-Sadr promotes gender segregation in Iraq.

FEBRUARY 19, 2020ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks in Najaf, Iraq May 17, 2018

Martin Luther King Day to be observed in Jerusalem

New study finds least integrated states in US are Iowa, Wisconsin and Washington, DC.

JANUARY 19, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Segregation and dissimilarity

We calculated the Index of Dissimilarity, which determines the percentage of residents from one of the two groups being studied which would have to change its place of residence.

JANUARY 2, 2020ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA

Saudi Arabia ends gender-segregated entrances for restaurants

Saudi Arabia required all restaurants to have one entrance for families and women, and another for men on their own.

DECEMBER 8, 2019ByREUTERS