Violence against women
Bat Melech reports spike in domestic violence hotline calls during wartime
Shelters for religious and haredi women at full capacity as organization says security emergencies are intensifying danger inside the home.
Inside the 300-page report Hamas hoped no one would uncover
Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis
Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships
UN Women’s late statement on sexual violence by Hamas - not enough
Evidence of Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7 was available all along. Women activists hope that its presentation at the UN headquarters will lead more people to recognize what happened.
Netanyahu on Oct. 7 rapes: Was world silent because victims were Jews?
“I expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations to speak up against this atrocity,” Netanyahu said.
‘Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7’
“It was often impossible for families to be shown faces – and it seems as if mutilation of these women’s faces was an objective in their murders."
Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN
The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday
Gal Gadot calls out the global silence on Oct. 7 violence against women
Gadot called on the world to break the silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas against women and girls on October 7th and in captivity.
Antonio Guterres: 'Accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 must be investigated'
A UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
UN, women's orgs. ignore Hamas’s sexual violence against Israeli women
The deafening silence of global feminist organizations that were expected to spearhead the acknowledgment of gender-based violence in its most severe manifestations was followed by a denial campaign.
The argument for retributive justice in cases of femicide in Turkey - study
A new study sought to understand public perceptions on retributive justice in cases of lethal violence against women.
'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing
The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."
Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister
Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation.
