Inequality

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle 'inequality emergency'

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel to tackle inequality, warning that extreme wealth disparities disrupt democracy.

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.
  A woman walks past a poster showing Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

'Know this, Khamenei, this is your end': Iranians slam regime in footage from Tehran to Israel

 THE RESEARCH team from the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

Knesset to examine Van Leer gender report of women's inequality on the rise

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Israel's cabinet extends mandatory IDF service amid haredi draft controversy, sparking criticism


True equality is far off - opinion

On March 8, International Women’s Day was marked in Israel and around the world.

 SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT Esther Hayut: Women who have dared and achieved must also continue to walk on this path.

Women's fates should not be held by men - opinion

When a Jewish woman wants to get divorced, she has to face a panel of three men who hold her future in their hands.

 THE RABBINICAL COURT’S Division for Agunot in Jerusalem. ‘It’s high time for there to be women’s representatives in the rabbinical courts.’

Tel Aviv overtakes Paris as world’s most expensive city to live in

Tel Aviv’s rise mainly reflects the strength of the shekel against the US dollar and increases in grocery and transport prices.

 Tel Aviv is getting a new luxury hotel. The David Kempinski Tel Aviv will open in February 2022, the global hotel chain said Wednesday.

NIS 9 billion pledged to reduce education gaps for Arab Israelis

Education Ministry data reveal that the Arab system is allocated lower budgets across the board – between 20% to 40% lower– along with fewer days of staff training.

 ARAB-ISRAELI teacher, Nedaa Rabie, poses in her classroom at the Gvanim Junior High School in Kadima in 2013. The Gvanim Junior High School currently employs five Arab teachers and serves as a successful example of the Education Ministry’s program for integrating Arab school teachers in the Jewish

Women in Saudi Arabia to be allowed to live, travel without male guardian

The landmark ruling states that "an adult woman has the right to choose where to live. A woman’s guardian can report her only if he has evidence proving she committed a crime."

A Saudi woman wearing a facemask walks with her luggage as she arrives at the King Khalid International Airport, after Saudi authorities lift the travel ban on its citizens after fourteen months due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2021.

Coronavirus in Israel: The epidemic of inequality - opinion

The differential impact on Israelis from diverse population groups

A BOY searches through a garbage container in downtown Jerusalem in December.

Human Rights Watch calls on Qatar to dismantle male guardianship

Qatar's human rights record has been in the spotlight as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup, especially over migrant workers' conditions for which Doha has launched labour reforms.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo welcomes Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to the third annual US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue in Washington on September 14.

Arab journalists cut communications with Israel Police as act of protest

The journalists noted that the step is meant to protest "the various police statements that consistently blame the victim, the Arab community."

POLICE SCUFFLE with Arab-Israelis in Nazareth during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the city earlier this month.

78% of Israel's trans community have considered suicide in past year

According to the study, there are significant gaps between transgender people and the general population in different job sectors, levels of income, and overall well-being.

SARAH WEIL (right) and Jewish educator and trans-activist Yiscah Smith wrap themselves in a flag at the rally in Jerusalem Saturday night

Middle East suffers from worst income inequality in the world - report

The average income of the bottom 50% of the population – less than $8,000 – is just a little more than 1% of the average income of the top 1% of the population.

First Gulf Bank (FGB), Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Road in Dubai, UAE