Israeli women

Breaking the mold: The story of Israel Prize recipient Yonina Eldar - interview

Breaking the mold comes intuitively to Yonina Eldar, a prominent Israeli professor of electrical engineering.

ACCEPTING THE Israel Prize on Independence Day, May 1
Ruti Spitzer (in red) and her team, Sayeret Tzuparim L’chayalim, dispenses warm soup and warmer blessings to soldiers stationed at the Karnei Shomron base.

‘Until the last soldier is home’: The women nurturing IDF troops with homemade food

 ARCCI CEO Orit Sulitzeanu at the Jerusalem Post 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel leading the battle against sexual violence

US first lady Melania Trump sits as International Women of Courage Award recipient Amit Soussana, an Israeli former hostage kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, speaks during a ceremony at the Department of State in Washington, DC, US, April 1, 2025

Amit Soussana among global honorees at 2025 Int'l Women of Courage Awards


As war continues, it's time to empower Israeli women - opinion

A call for action in times of crisis: we must ensure Israeli women are given the tools to succeed and are empowered to lead.

Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

Israel falls behind in female leadership in government

Israel lags behind OECD in female political representation, report finds.Israel lags behind OECD in female political representation, report finds.

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Golda Meir meets with then-US president Richard Nixon, as then-secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House, November 1, 1973.

Wisdom of the past, energy of the future: Emunah Women celebrates 90 years

With branches all over the world, Emunah Women provides social programs and funding for many Israeli women and children throughout the Jewish state. 

 At Emunah's 90th anniversary event, a portrait of Sarah Herzog, grandmother of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, is presented to him by chairperson Yifat Sela and Dina Hahn, chairperson of the board of directors, Emunah Women.

How Israeli women balanced heroism and home during the Israel-Hamas war – opinion

From combat roles to the home front, Israeli women’s wartime strength was revealed in new studies.

 IDF WOMEN at an armored forces staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, earlier this year.

Jewish groups demand UN action against Hamas for Oct. 7 sexual violence

Over 60 Jewish groups urge the UN to declare Hamas’s use of sexual violence a crime against humanity.

ISRAELI WOMEN protest outside UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, in November. Finally, yet months too late, a UN team investigating the sexual violence against women in Israel on October 7 found “reasonable grounds” to believe that such violence did indeed occur.

In Israel and on the world stage: Women face more violence, less representation - IDI

The IDI analysis focuses on the impact of the Israel-Hamas war on Israeli women and other critical issues since the start of 2024.

 A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

When women's voices are less heard, innovation suffers. Here is why

Tamar Luzzatto, Head of Business Development, Marketing, and Innovation at The Luzzatto Group, will be one of the speakers at the Jerusalem Post's Women Leaders Summit on March 27.

 Tamar Luzzatto, Head of Business Development, Marketing and Innovation,  The Luzzatto Group

Israel-Hamas War: Women share stories, strength on Instagram

The inspiration to create the initiative came from a connection formed by the war, initiative creator and manager Shifra Soloveichik explained.

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University of Haifa unveils 'Faces and Words' art installation on Israeli Women's Day

The project emerged from a sense of disappointment at the international community's failure to address the sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women.

 The art installation, Faces and Words, was created to encapsulate the stories and feelings of women in the University of Haifa community.

The 120 Women Leadership Council: Addressing a problem with no name

The 120 Women Leadership Council participants have engaged in extensive dialogues across various regions of Israel.

Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

Women from Iran, Israel call to denounce Hamas and the Islamic Republic

Co-signed by 55 female leaders from various countries across the Middle East and beyond, the letter finds rare consensus regarding the role of the terrorist group in the oppression of women.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.