Women empowerment

Where women are already leading

Ahead of her appearance in the upcoming Miami Conference, World Emunah Director Meira Lerner looks back at a prolific 2025: ”There shouldn’t be a struggle to find women leaders. They’re here.”

Meira Lerner, Director of World Emunah, at the World Emunah Women in the Arts event
HONOREES AT Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards together with Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Chochmat Nashim director (top row, 2nd L); and Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Foreign Ministry special envoy for innovation (bottom row, 1st R)

Israeli women honored at Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards

THE WRITER addresses a Maof-Tech gathering at the Technion in Haifa.

The strength of women in the capital market - opinion

An ‘Inspiring Panel of Women’ appears before an audience with the aim of empowering the next generation of Israeli girls.

Empowering the next generation: Israeli girls in STEM are leading the future - opinion


Investing in employee diversity and well-being is key to success

'Alma is a proud Israeli company that has established ten subsidiaries around the world in recent years, but still maintains its headquarters in Israel' says Anat Kenan of Alma Lasers.

  Anat Kenan, Executive Vice President of Global HR at Alma Lasers,

Stop obsessing about how we older women look -opinion

We shouldn’t be subjected to endless, unsolicited pieces of advice that only serve to highlight our insecurities – especially by fellow younger women.

 JENNIFER LOPEZ arrives at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in Santa Monica, California, last year. Her youthful exuberance is entirely natural, she says, and can be attributed to a healthy lifestyle, good face creams (her own) and sunscreen.

Is chivalry dead? Men help women to maintain sexism - Israeli study

Men will donate to women in need, provided that it is not a violation of male dominance, according to a new Israeli study.

 A man is seen holding an umbrella open for a woman (illustrative).

Why do women struggle to find success in business?

The topic of women entrepreneurs was discussed at The Jerusalem Post's Global Investment Forum 2022 in Morocco.

 The participants in the Three Powerful Women Entrepreneurs panel at The Jerusalem Post's Global Investment Forum 2022 in Morocco.

Women managers have improved Vatican more than men, pope says

Francis condemned male chauvinism, acknowledging there was still too much of it around the world, including in his native Argentina.

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican June 28, 2017.

1st UAE women leaders summit focuses on empowerment, education, tech

‘Digital transformation has created an equal workplace’ for both sexes, says edtech guru Divya Gokulnath on the first day of the MENA conference chaired by The Media Line CEO Felice Friedson.

 Felice Friedson, president and CEO of The Media Line, delivering the opening remarks at the Women Leaders Summit in Dubai, Nov. 2, 2022.

Afghan women’s cycling champ Fariba Hashimi to sign with Israel team

The championship was held in exile in Switzerland, with such events outlawed by the Taliban.

 Picture of Afghan women winning cyclists.

Likud's use of reserved slots keep the number of women MKs low - opinion

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's use of reserved slots in Israel's Likud Party has become the focus of bitter competition among women.

 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and the female ministers in the government pose for a photo with visiting German chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this year.

How Rakefet Russak-Aminoach revolutionized Israel’s banking system

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach will speak at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on Sept. 12.

 Rakefet Russak Aminoach, Managing Partner at Team8.

How do you make it to the top? Three female leaders give their best advice

What are three mottos you should swear by, according to three of the biggest biotechnological leaders in Israel?

  From left: Regine Shevach, head of Merck's Israel Technologies Center; Prof. Rivka Carmi, former president of Ben-Gurion University; Galia Inbar, executive vice president and chief human resources officer and head of global communications and brand at Teva