Gender equality in israel

Average salary in Israel rises in first half of 2025, as gender pay gap widens, NII data reveals

Israel’s National Insurance Institute released its first-half 2025 wage report, showing a 4.5% rise in average pay but a 43% median-to-mean gap and a 54% gender gap.

 View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.
Orthodox jews protest against Tel Aviv municipality Shabbat bus service, outside the home of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai in Tel Aviv on December 7, 2019.

New data maps Israel’s freedom divide: Liberal cities surge, conservative ones slip

Over the past two years, women have served on the frontlines in Gaza and Lebanon, performing under fire alongside their male comrades.

Israel's debate over women in combat was settled on the Gaza and Lebanon battlefields - opinion

Dr. Esther Luzzatto,  public activist, social impact leader, and businesswoman.

Dr. Esther Luzzatto to receive Ben-Gurion Award from BGU


Security Minister pledges new programs to combat domestic violence

The establishment of the special departments will require budgeting for an additional 36 positions.

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the TLV in LDN festival in London

Politicians outraged that no women on Jewish Agency chair shortlist

Zionist Union MK Merav Michaeli said it should have been obvious to the American Jewish leaders that they were neglecting half the population.

Natan Sharansky

Finland ambassadors meet with Knesset committee on gender equality

“They wanted to learn about our mechanisms and how we operate in this field, and it seems that they were impressed.”

Joint Arab List MK Aida Touma-Sliman

Jerusalem Municipality must provide equal pay to women, rules Labor Court

According to the court, the women worked in the same office along with two other women and two men who all completed the same tasks.

The District Court of Jerusalem.

NGO requests gender-separate route at Meron be banned

Today, the pathway utilizing the bridge is called the “Mehadrin Bridge,” meaning it is only to be used by men, while the other approach to the site can be used by men and women.

Lag Ba'omer festivities draw tens of thousands to Mt. Meron‏.

Bennett to ‘Post’: Kotel now open to all Jews

Education minister slams Levin’s criticism of non-Orthodox strains of Judaism.

Women of the Wall at the Kotel

New head for equal employment commission

Adv. Mariam Kabaha previously served as the regional commissioner for equal employment opportunities in Haifa and the North.

JOURNALISTS AT work at their desks.

AG’s office backs Women of the Wall ahead of Hanukka lighting ceremonies

“Public authorities are prohibited from any separation between men and women even if done following requests from a sector of the public with an interest in the matter,” says deputy AG.

Women of the Wall carry a Torah scroll into the women's section of the Western Wall plaza

Israeli mothers seek to serve up peace through sport

"Sport is a bridge for peace. Mamanet will bring the peace," says founder and chairwoman of Israeli athletic league for moms.

A match held at the Mamanet International Seminar in Eilat between international representatives and the Israeli league's management

The Human Spirit: Don’t call me rabbi

An antiquated assumption that women are incapable or unwilling to grasp grand concepts hasn’t quite disappeared, despite the existence of women justices, neurosurgeons, and Google CEO's.

Anat Novoselsky receives her certification as a spiritual leader and arbiter of Jewish law from WIHL head Rabbi Shuki Reich (center) and OTS chancellor Rabbi Shlomo Riskin