Feminism

Iranian feminists understood the revolution better than Europe’s intellectuals - opinion

While Foucault praised Iran’s 1979 revolution as spiritual, Iranian women warned it would mean coercion, veiling, and the erasure of their rights.

Demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026
A woman shouts at a protest ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Italy, last year.

Women at the threshold of Redemption: From Pharaoh's Egypt to the post-October 7 reality - opinion

‘Zahara – Wing,’ Ayelet Carmi, 2025. Wood, plastic, oil paint, silver leaf.  Collection of the artist.

Bliss: Exploring feminine identity through art at Ticho House

Ibtissame Lachgar wearing a top reading that Allah is a lesbian.

'Allah is lesbian' shirt sees feminist jailed for 30 months in Morocco, courts cite harm to Islam


Russia-Ukraine war rewrites traditional attitudes toward female fighters

'Because of this war, all the differences between men and women have been eliminated,’ says Marianna, a 31-year-old Ukrainian soldier.

 Alles (left), a 37-year-old former archaeologist, is now manning a checkpoint in central Kyiv after completing basic weapons training with her colleague, 31-year-old Marianna, March 30, 2022.

The UN throws women under the bus - opinion

In Iran, women are forced to wear hijab and have been imprisoned and tortured for removing it.

 IRANIAN JOURNALIST and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad speaks on stage at the Women in the World Summit in New York, in 2019.

International Women’s Day 2022

Until we achieve proper diversity in positions of influence, we cannot give up on International Women’s Day.

 First Lady Michal Herzog speaking on November 29, 2021

MAN teaches women how to drive 

MAN trucks Israel has initiated a project to train women to drive trucks (for FREE) and integrate them into the heavy vehicle industry.

First women to enroll in a truck driving course, Yogev Gavri, CEO of MAN Israel

Mali Levi, Lucy Aharish to lead L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

The 'Stand Up campaign', is part of the global social agenda of the L’Oréal Paris brand, which aims to prevent sexual harassment in the public space and raise awareness of the phenomenon.

 Lucy Aharish / L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

We must listen to Iranian feminists who protest forced hijab - opinion

There is nothing Islamophobic about supporting a woman’s right to choose.

 An Iranian woman wears jewelry on her hijab as she attends a ceremony to mark National Chastity and Hijab Day in Tehran.

How Bahrain is advancing women’s rights and Abraham Accords - opinion

While Bahrain has advanced tremendously in its economic and social sectors, more work still needs to be done on the human rights front.

 BAHRAINI RUNNER Kalkidan Gezahegne wins a silver medal in the women’s 10,000 meter race at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year.

In first for Israel: Four female ambassadors to present credentials to Herzog together

El Salvador's Suzana Gun de Hassenson and Malta’s Cecilia Attard Pirotta will present their credentials along with Rita Maria Hernandez Bolanos of Costa Rica and Helen Sophie Deller Klein of Ecuador.

 President Isaac Herzog.

Unsex me here - opinion

The logic escapes me. 

 Lady Macbeth

Prof. Alice Shalvi, mother of Jewish feminism, wins lifetime prize

The 95-year-old Israel Prize laureate was awarded a lifetime prize by the Kiverstein Institute.

 ALICE SHALVI (right) receives her prize: Feminists for a feminist.