Women education

Invest in women: Why gender equality matters for Israel’s future – opinion

There is a large emphasis on family values in Israel, which can lead to detrimental effects for women in leadership roles.

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft
YOUNG WOMEN and teens from Unistream hold a meeting. Embarking on an entrepreneurial journey at a young age offers real-life education, notes the writer.

Women’s entrepreneurship: Resilience and leadership in times of crisis - opinion

 Israel Police officers seen near a Mosque in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, in the Negev desert, Israel, November 14, 2024

Bedouin, Arab Israeli sector more likely to suffer genetic diseases

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Hebrew University offers female students year of free study on select courses


Julani tells BBC: This is not Afghanistan, we will educate women

Julani said they would not be restricting the rights of women and highlighted that Syria was very different from Afghanistan. 

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.

Israel's new innovation minister aims to lead in AI revolution

"Together, we will invest in Israeli science and the infrastructure necessary to maintain our comparative advantage," Minister Gila Gamliel said.

 Minister Gila Gamliel speaks at the Women Leaders Summit on March 27, 2024

Divorced at 9, Pakistani tribal girl earns degree in English literature

Sana's journey is destined to be one of hardship and spirit. With unwavering determination, she seized the opportunity to pursue an education.

Married at age 8 to an abusive husband and divorced by 9, Sana has devoted herself to pursuing an education, paving a path for similarly underprivileged girls.

Haredi girls lead the achievements of girls in Israel in mathematics, reading

The results are from the PISA test conducted last year, postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Ultra Orthodox girls go to their haredi school "Mishkenot Da'at" which is located on the premises of the secular "Language and Cultures" school, in Beit Shemesh, on September 8, 2014.

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Israeli becomes first woman in Bedouin town to drive an ambulance

Lina Ezberga, an emergency medic who grew up in Kuseife, received her ambulance license after she started volunteering at MDA six years ago.

 Lina Ezberga, 23, became the first woman ever in her Bedouin town to become an ambulance driver.

UNICEF concerned over ban on int'l orgs excluded from Afghan education projects

The UN Children's Agency said it was following up with Afghanistan's Taliban authorities over whether international organizations would be excluded from education projects

Female students walk in front of the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022.

Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized after school poisoning - police

In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.

 An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Israel, Morocco co-host women in innovation conference in Marrakesh

The event, meant to promote regional peace and prosperity, comes less than three years after the Abraham Accords normalized Israel’s relations with Morocco.

 Graffiti wall in Marrakesh, jointly created by three artists from Israel, Morocco and Senegal.

Jewish women's org. celebrates eight women who changed Israeli history

The campaign will be integrated into existing Momentum programs like the Momentum Fellowship and the Momentum Yearlong Journey. 

A young girl raises an Israeli flag.

Girls’ college in northern Pakistan reopens 15 years after closure

Even after the fall of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in the region, which banned girls and women from attending school, girls in northern Pakistan face significant barriers to getting an education

A boy sits in a van with others while heading to their school in Pakistan.