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Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality

Knesset Chair of the Committee for the Status of Women and Gender Equality Meirav Cohen leading a committee session, December 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2026, 8:13 pm
MK vows to stop ex-minister accused of sexual assault from heading aerospace firm
During Knesset hearing, alleged victims warn against Silvan Shalom leading state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries: ‘You are placing Israel’s security in the hands of a rapist’
By Ariela Karmel
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir storms out of a meeting of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality on December 31, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
December 31, 2025, 5:42 pm
Ben Gvir upends meeting of Knesset women’s rights committee, says it ‘harmed police’
Surprise appearance follows weeks of boycott, as opposition lawmakers petition court over minister’s refusal to cooperate with the committee amid spike in murders of women
By Ariela Karmel
FILE: A woman holds a child during the funeral procession for an IDF soldier, Moshav Avnei Eitan, Golan Heights, July 27, 2025.(Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 11, 2025, 5:45 pm
War caused extensive marital, financial strain among reservists’ families, MKs told
Women and equality committee cites statistics showing half of reservist spouses reported harm to their marriage, with a third reporting thoughts of separation or divorce
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Illustrative image. (Bonciutoma/Istock by Getty Images)
August 25, 2025, 12:47 pm
Horrifying testimonies seek to lift shroud of silence around ritual sex abuse claims
Survivors tell Knesset lawmakers of organized assaults on children by those claiming mantle of religion, alleging longstanding phenomenon made worse by official indifference
By Ariela Karmel
Released hostage Raz Ben Ami (right) and Reuma Tarshansky attend status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 10, 2024, 5:25 am
At Knesset hearing, released hostage and families decry lack of state support
Relatives describe bureaucratic hurdles to getting much needed financial and emotional support for freed captives, those with loved ones still in Gaza: ‘This isn’t normal’
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Maya Regev speaks during a Knesset’s women’s rights committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
‘Every girl there is sexually harassed’: Freed captives beg MKs for hostage deal
In emotional Knesset meeting, relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 call on government to secure their release; committee chair: ‘We need to bring them home’
By ToI Staff
The Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality holds a hearing on the government's treatment of victims of Hamas sexual assault, January 8, 2024. Chairwoman MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is at left. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
January 8, 2024, 10:29 pm
Government must improve aid to victims of Hamas sexual assault – Knesset panel chief
‘Rape is murder of the soul, and no one is answering your phone,’ lawmaker in women’s rights committee says after waiting over 12 minutes on the National Resilience Center hotline
By Sam Sokol
Rabab Abu Siyam. (Courtesy)
July 27, 2022, 10:34 am
Woman fatally shot in Lod while holding 2-year-old daughter on lap
Rabab Abu Siyam is killed while visiting her 3 daughters, after ex-husband’s threats had forced her to flee the city; victim’s father: ‘You can’t separate a mother from her kids’
By Ash Obel
Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 5, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2020, 2:43 am
Knesset chooses male MK to head committee for women and gender equality
Feminist groups outraged as MK Oded Forer of Yisrael Beytenu appointed as head of Committee for the Advancement of Women & Gender Equality, despite being only male on the panel
By JTA
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset on June 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 14, 2016, 7:14 pm
MK denounces intermarriage, is ousted from Knesset meeting
Bezalel Smotrich removed from women’s issues committee as lawmakers tussle over group that reportedly acts against mixed relationships
By Michael Bachner
Arab Joint List MK, Aida Touma-Sliman, center, and Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein, left, seen during the Committee on the Status of the Women meeting at the Knesset on June 3, 2015. (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 3, 2015, 6:05 pm
Knesset votes in first-ever Arab committee chair
Aida Touma-Sliman of the Joint Arab List will head Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality
By Gedalyah Reback
Hava Karrie, deputy director of the Golda Meir Mount Carmel Leadership Training Center (left) and Knesset Secretary Yardena Meller-Horowitz attend a seminar March 11, 2015 at the United Nations for the 59th Commission on the Statues of Women. (Cathryn J. Prince/The Times of Israel)
March 19, 2015, 2:39 am
Israel’s report to UN on women shows much talk, little progress
Despite initiatives to promote gender equality, Israeli women still face discrimination in nearly every aspect of life
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Female soldiers train in the Negev desert. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
February 3, 2014, 11:31 pm
1 in 8 female soldiers has reported harassment
IDF report notes that while more soldiers filed complaints in 2013 than in previous year, 61% chose to stay silent
By Yifa Yaakov
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