International Women's Day

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March 9, 2023, 1:27 pm

Thousands of women draw human ‘red line’ against judicial overhaul

Protesters against judicial overhaul form chains around the country including along Tel Aviv’s beachfront promenade, vow not to let rights be harmed

By ToI Staff

She codes holds female community events for aspiring software developers. (Inbal Marmeri/Courtesy)

March 8, 2023, 1:23 pm

From seamstress to software developer: A female community helps women take the leap

Ruth Polachek, founder of she codes, says if women focus and persevere they can make up 50% of software developers and triple their salary

By Sharon Wrobel

Comic actresses, along with singers, musicians, writers will appear at Holon's Woman Festival, March 1-4, 2023, marking International Women's Day. (Courtesy: PR)

February 16, 2023, 8:11 pm

Ladies only (mostly) at Holon festival celebrating International Women’s Day

Central city’s Woman Festival includes four nights of performances by musicians, actors, singers and speakers

By Jessica Steinberg

A woman puts her head in her hands as she sits on a cot in a shelter, set up for displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, inside a school gymnasium in Przemysl, Poland, March 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

March 9, 2022, 12:57 pm

International Women’s Day brings little joy for Ukrainian refugees

Kind gestures of strangers handing out flowers do little to ease the suffering of anxious refugees who fled their homes in face of Russian invasion, many with small children in tow

By AP

Jazz pianist Stav Achai and her quartet will perform at Holon Theater's Women's Festival, March 8, 2022, marking International Women's Day (Courtesy Yossi Zveker)

March 8, 2022, 2:01 pm

Jazz pianist brings new sound, male band to Women’s Day event

Stav Achai and her quartet and guests offer mix of music and rhythm to Holon Woman Festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Dr. Tamar Elram, CEO of Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital (Michelle Kuperschmit)

March 4, 2022, 1:15 pm

Podcast: How women are still building – and leading – Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital

We’re marking International Women’s Day by talking about leadership, important developments in women’s health and how the #metoo movement has affected the field of gynecology

By ToI Staff

March 16, 2021, 4:08 pm

Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 16 – The daring mission to save Dead Sea Scrolls

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By ToI Staff

Supporters of the Palestinian Fatah movement march with a poster of female terrorist Dalal al-Mughrabi, who took part in the 1978 Coastal Road massacre in Israel, during a rally marking the 55th foundation anniversary of the political party in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on January 1, 2020. (Musa AL SHAER / AFP)

March 15, 2021, 11:49 pm

Female terrorists become Palestinian role models on International Women’s Day

Dalal Mughrabi, who killed 38 civilians in 1978, and Fatima Bernawi, who served 10 years for failed Jerusalem bombing, honored in special broadcast on official PA TV

By ToI Staff

Illustrative image: Various menstrual products are seen, Wednesday, February 20, 2019, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Georgia’s legislature is joining a nationwide effort to provide menstrual products for public school students in need. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

March 12, 2021, 9:05 am

Podcast: Equitable access to menstrual products is still a bloody mess

For International Women’s Day, what can be done to change the world, with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder of the advocacy group Period Equity

By ToI Staff

Israel Police close down an International Women's Day event at the A-Tur Women's Center in East Jerusalem, March 8, 2021 (Courtesy)

March 8, 2021, 2:41 pm

Police break up ‘illegal’ East Jerusalem International Women’s Day event

Cops say exhibition of traditional clothing and objects made by women at the A-Tur Women’s Center was a Palestinian Authority event and therefore against the law

By ToI Staff

FILE: Hundreds of members from the 'Women Wage Peace' do a flash mob dance at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, during a demonstration calling for peace on International Women’s Day, March 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

March 8, 2021, 2:10 pm

Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 8 – On Int’l Women’s Day, how does Israel stack up?

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By ToI Staff

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in an image released on November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

March 8, 2021, 2:09 pm

IAEA claims Iran enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges in further breach

Nuclear watchdog tells member states that Islamic Republic has started using third cluster of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at underground Natanz plant

By ToI Staff

Artist Amit Shimoni's HIPSTORY portraits of famous historical women International Women's Day (Courtesy HIPSTORY)

March 8, 2021, 1:16 pm

Women movers and shakers get moved, shook in artist’s HIPSTORY

Amit Shimoni’s latest series tweaks female leaders, artists and scientists to appeal to the younger generation

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative image. (CarmenMurillo; iStock by Getty Images)

March 8, 2021, 11:35 am

Women at Intel Israel use the power of AI to boost other women

‘AI for Women’ project gathers and processes tips from thousands of Israeli women; be ready to fail and get out of your comfort zone, they advise

By Shoshanna Solomon

Filipino women hold a protest rally during the celebration of International Women's Day in Manila on March 8, 2020. (Maria TAN / AFP)

March 8, 2020, 12:00 pm

Thousands rally in Asia for International Women’s Day despite virus fears

Many feminist groups hold online campaigns instead of street marches to raise awareness of inequality; protesters in Manila burn effigy of president they accuse of misogyny

By AFP