Women
Health Ministry committee submits recommendations for womens' health system overhaul
Israel's Health Ministry is considering sweeping reforms to women's healthcare as studies reveal years-long diagnostic delays, inadequate treatment, and widespread gaps in care.
‘People think you just snap out of it’: Women describe rebuilding life after abuse
Record number of female MKs sworn in at ceremony for Israel's 26th Knesset
Lists and leadership in Israel politics: Where are all the women? - opinion
Historic 15-goal performance highlights water polo round 3
Mika Koren from Hapoel Emek Hayarden delivered an extraordinary scoring display in a 33–4 victory over Hapoel Givat Haim. Kiryat Tivon also remains undefeated, while Yokne'am are still winless.
Opposition parties urged to include women in coalition talks after pledging equal representation
The disparity is particularly notable among Yashar, B'Yachad, and the Democrats, all of which committed to 50% female representation in their party lists.
The reasons that cause women to avoid sex, and the solutions
It happens to women of all ages: Pain during intercourse, urinary leaks, and uncomfortable sensations of friction. A gynecologist explains what can be done – and without invasive surgery.
Israel’s next Knesset must give women real influence - opinion
Women hold roughly a quarter of Israel’s parliamentary seats. The next Knesset must give them greater influence over budgets, policy, and the country’s future.
Record number of women expected in next Knesset, but only seven in Netanyahu's coalition
The highest projection indicates that a record-breaking 35 women could be elected, whereas the lowest projected figure would maintain the same demographics as the current Knesset.
Syrian university restriction on female enrollment deepens concerns over women’s rights
Syria’s Higher Education Ministry announced that admission to law, economics and management, and social sciences programs at the National University of Defense Sciences would be restricted to men.
‘Years of hell’: Jewish women describe the fight to obtain a religious divorce
New documentary, Get Up: Breakthroughs in the Battle for Jewish Divorce, examines the impact of religious divorce refusal, a practice recognized in many countries as a form of domestic violence.
Israel launches NIS 25 million initiative to close high-tech gender gap
This initiative is a response to persistent gender gaps in the high-tech industry, both in representation across technical and managerial positions and in salary levels.
Indigenous women challenge Islamist oppression, call for cross-community solidarity
Beyond their shared experiences of oppression and Islamist colonial occupation, the speakers also expressed concern about what they saw as a growing trend of Western women supporting regimes.
First women on ultra-Orthodox party slate running for Knesset seek change - interview
Nahumi Yaffa and Zivva Glantz, both running on the Haredi Public party's list, voiced concerns for women in the haredi community they seek to address in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.