Women and girls

Israeli NGO, US non-profit collaborate to deliver 2,000 hygiene kits to Khan Yunis women, girls

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief launched the initiative in response to infrastructure damage and supply shortages that have limited access to sanitation products.

NATAN dignity kits
A scene from ‘Girls Like Us.’

Behind the scenes of gritty Israeli drama ‘Girls Like Us’

A  gunmen attacked a government girls' boarding school in Nigeria's Kebbi State on November 17, killing the vice principal and abducting 25 female students, according to police, Kebbi, Nigeria, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on November 18, 2025.

Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says

 Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women


Iran president blames foreign enemies for wave of schoolgirl poisonings

The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Cica Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022.

Women in Lebanon find ways to tackle their own period poverty

In Lebanon, where 76% of its women and girls have difficulty accessing menstrual products, Rima, Mariam and Doua work to help other women.

 Playtex tampon.

Iranian girls are being poisoned to stop them from attending school

Iran's deputy health minister confirmed that "some people" were poisoning girls but didn't elaborate on who or how.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iranians stand firm in fight for freedom, wonder ‘where is the West?’

Iranians inside and outside of Iran about their determination to stay the course, support from members of the armed forces, and the Islamist regime’s secret fears of losing control

 Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022

Men doing 'women's job?': Why some men fear female-dominated career paths - study

A new study delves into the fears men have associated with certain career paths that are typically dominated by women, such as early education, due to fears of gender bias.

FILE PHOTO: Nurse Jeff Gates processes a patient sample at a drive-through testing clinic for coronavirus, flu and RSV, currently by appointment for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 9, 2020

'Wave' Festival focuses on Italian women

A ‘Wave’ to Italian women filmmakers

 A SCENE FROM ‘The Girl from Tomorrow’ (‘Primadonna’)

R&B singer R. Kelly's obstruction trial begins in Chicago

R. Kelly faces multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, enticement of a female and possession of material containing child pornography.

 R. Kelly sits with his lawyers during Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in a courtroom sketch in New York, US, September 17, 2021.

Taliban mark one year in power, provide Afghanistan with security but no hope

Afghanistan is physically safer than before, but that cannot mask the scale of the challenge the Taliban face in setting Afghanistan on a path of economic growth and stability.

 Taliban fighters hold an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag on the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

How can you reduce stress levels before giving birth?

Childbirth is a big deal and can induce loads of anxiety. Here are the ways to best prepare.

 Illustrative image of a pregnant belly.

70 Afghan refugees arrive safely in Italy after Sylvan Adams, IsraAID rescue operation

Among those rescued are the Afghan women’s national cycling team, a female robotics team, families of diplomats, female judges, police officers, human rights workers and more.

 Displaced Afghan women stand waiting to receive cash aid for displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2022.