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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NATAN dignity kits
A scene from ‘Girls Like Us.’

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

Girls Like Us tells the story of a neglected teen whose life shifts after forming a bond with a young female soldier, drawing on director Lee Gilat’s South Tel Aviv upbringing.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
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

Mass kidnappings for ransom have become common in northern Nigeria, where armed gangs target schools and rural communities, often overwhelming local security forces.

|ByREUTERS
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

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Girl power

JUNE 20, 2018ByGALIT EDUT
CYBERGIRLZ IS currently conducting an all-girls marathon in which they’ll feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes

TAU students protest employment of former minister convicted of indecent assault

Haim Ramon was convicted of forcibly kissing a young female soldier.

MAY 31, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Haim Ramon

Honoring the Torah

Clearly, we do have female rabbinic leadership, one that is vibrantly glorifying the Torah.

MAY 10, 2018ByYAEL ROCKMAN
Religious IDF women

Afghani girl coders design games to fight opium and inequality

One of the games designed by the all-female team has caught the eye of developers and gamers as it illustrates the scourge of opium cultivation and the challenges the Afghan security forces face as they try to stamp it out.

MAY 8, 2018ByREUTERS
Afghan coders practice at the Code to Inspire computer training center in Herat, Afghanistan April 24, 2018

Could the next Knesset rabbi be a woman?

Women will finally get their shot at being Knesset rabbi.

APRIL 26, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
The Knesset building

Ritual Impurity and Giving Birth to a Baby Girl

APRIL 25, 2018ByMICHAEL JARON
The Jerusalem Post

Planned Parenthood boss: Kushner threatened to defund us over abortions

Kushner, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, was appointed senior advisor to the President of the United States after leading Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

APRIL 4, 2018ByJTA
Jared Kushner

'Feeling fine' at 85: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fends off retirement

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg intends to remain on the court as long as she's capable.

MARCH 15, 2018ByRICHARD WOLF / USA TODAY
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A league of their own

MARCH 9, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Galia Toren Hen and Michal Elbaz pose for Guilty's 'Community is inspiration' campaign

These Jewish women say celebrating Purim in the #MeToo era is different

Queen Vashti is often made out to be evil for standing up for herself and disobeying her husband’s command to expose herself to his guests.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
A Jewish family dressed in costumes celebrates the festival of Purim