Violence against women

Inside the 300-page report Hamas hoped no one would uncover

Almost three years after October 7, a new 300-page report lays out evidence of systematic sexual violence by Hamas.

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS, RUTH MARKS EGLASH
FOUR YOUNG women hostages before and after their capture.
Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships.

Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships

Chain says initiative will roll out in about 300 branches and online, offering tools to recognize emotional abuse and psychological manipulation.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2024.

Western feminists must stand with Azerbaijani women in Iran - opinion

In the wake of the Iran protests, Western feminists must stand in solidarity with South Azerbaijani women, who are fighting against ethnic discrimination and gender apartheid.

|ByRACHEL AVRAHAM

Women facing violence, forced marriage may get EU refugee status, top court adviser says

International protection as a refugee can be granted to persons who are exposed to risks of violence because they are members of a "particular social group"

APRIL 20, 2023ByREUTERS
Israelis light candles in memory of women murdered in domestic violence, at a set up memorial on Rothschild Boulevard, ahead of International Day of Violence Against Women. November 24, 2020.

'Dont Passover us': Four arrested as Israeli women's group begins graffiti campaign

This activity was designed to evoke the dramatic moment in the Passover story at the conclusion of the Ten Plagues, the death of the first-born.

APRIL 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
"Do not pass over us" is written in red by LOTEM anti-gender-violence activists.