Israeli women

In Air Force first, IDF promotes woman to brigadier-general, appoints her Washington attaché

Col. 'G.,' whose full identity remains classified, commanded the Uvda Air Force base since May 2024 and had already broken new ground as the first female base chief in air force history.

Col. G, set to become the Israeli Air Force's first female brigadier-general, is seen in this undated image released by the IDF on July 14, 2026
Hagit Pe’er (second from the right) during the World Na'amat visit to the Gaza Envelope.

Deep in the trenches of women’s rights, Na’amat fights the good fight

Frieda Ross, President of World Emunah

World Emunah: The women who are holding Israel together

Police officers securing the Old City in Jerusalem before Ramadan Friday prayers, March 29, 2024.

Fifteen percent of Israelis victims of crime as fears rise, reporting remains low - survey


Israeli exhibition about violence against women premiers at Geneva UN office

The new exhibition presents the clothes of women who were murdered by their partners and is designed to raise awareness of violence against women.

 A clothing item owned by Michal Sela Z"L.

Yelena Gerenberg murder: Jason Blaze admits to killing her

An Israel Police representative has cited concerns that Blaze attempted to tamper with the crime scene and conceal evidence.

 Police find the body of a young woman in Rehovot

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

Electronic tracking of domestic abuser approved in preliminary vote

The bill, if it passes fully, would require confirmed domestic abusers for whom a protection order has been issued to wear electronic tracking bracelets.

 Protesters outside the Talmon Prison where Real estate promoter Alon Kastiel is being early released. Kastiel had been charged with sexual harrassment and rape, after 12 complaints by different women. June 27, 2022.

After Roe v. Wade, protesters in Tel Aviv demand abortion rights

Some 100 people gathered in Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening in a show of solidarity with women in the United States after Roe v. Wade was overturned last week.

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

For the first time, female Israeli authors outpaced males in publishing in 2021

Just over half of books published, 52%, were credited to female authors, giving them a majority for the first time since the library began collecting statistics.

 Lihi Lapid, wife of opposition leader and Chairman of Israel's Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid, attends the funeral of Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan at the Habima Theatre in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, May 31, 2021.

Bar Ilan awards honorary doctorate to Matan founder Malke Bina

“Women's’ entry into the Beit Midrash is one of the innovations of our generation.” 

 Matan founder Malke Bina receives an honorary doctorate on May 22, 2022 from Bar Ilan University.

Frances Raday: Paving the way for Israel women's fight for equality

In Israel, where buying an ice cream has political implications, gender issues can make women’s hair rise, whether it’s covered with a wig, scarf, hijab or blowing in the breeze.

 Frances Raday

COVID-19 pandemic led to more postpartum depression cases in Israel

Some 15% of the approximately 180,000 pregnant women in Israel annually report developing symptoms of depression and anxiety during pregnancy.

 A newborn baby lying on her mother moments after birth in a delivery room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem on June 18, 2011.

Olympic gold medalist and Israeli trailblazer Linoy Ashram set to retire

Ashram etched her name in history books when she became the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

 OLYMPIC GOLD medalist Linoy Ashram is greeted by family and friends as she arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this month