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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Women rights

A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 21, 2024, 2:01 pm
Iran morality police redouble crackdown on women amid tensions with Israel
Videos shared on social media purportedly show dreaded unit enforcing hijab rules deploying in force, sweeping women off the streets and into notorious vans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Products at Be Pharmacy with purple stickers covering the faces of women on May 17, 2023. (Twitter account of Stav Ella used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 18, 2023, 6:07 am
Pharmacy chain facing boycott threat after covering up pictures of women on products
Shufersal Be says move to put stickers on female faces at Bnei Brak branch meant to cater to ultra-Orthodox; activists post warning signs outside stores, turn stickers into a meme
By Iddo Schejter
Activists protest to raise awareness of sexual violence against Ukrainian women and children in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on April 20, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 4, 2023, 11:13 am
Raped, abused, exploited: Ukrainian women seeking refuge in Israel find no haven
A harrowing examination reveals much abuse sliding under the authorities’ radar — or being willfully ignored — while the perpetrators remain free to commit further crimes
By Inna Lazareva
In this October 1, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, tear gas is fired by security to disperse protesters in front of the Tehran University, Iran. (AP Photo)
October 2, 2022, 9:05 am
Thousands of Iranian students protest violent crackdown since death of Mahsa Amini
Demonstrators call for release of detained students; chants of ‘death to the dictator’ as women wave scarves, rights group says more than 80 killed in unrest
By AFP
In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, photo, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand (Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch via AP)
January 7, 2019, 6:43 pm
Thailand says it won’t deport Saudi asylum-seeking woman held at airport
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun blockaded herself in a room, begged for help on social media, saying she was fleeing her family; Bangkok announces she won’t be sent back against her will
By GRANT PECK and Aya Batrawy
President Reuven Rivlin and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked stand alongside incoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut during her swearing in ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on October 26, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 4:12 pm
Five of 25 Supreme Court justice candidates are women
With only 4 women among current 16 judges, opposition lawmaker calls on justice minister, appointments committee to choose a woman for one of two vacant posts
By Sue Surkes
Linda, an Algerian mother of three who was abandoned by her husband after being diagnosed with breast cancer, in Algiers on November 15, 2017. (RYAD KRAMDI/AFP)
January 2, 2018, 1:37 pm
Algeria breast cancer survivors shunned as ‘half-women’
Hundreds have been abandoned by their partners after undergoing a mastectomy, leading some to suffer in secrecy
By Amal Belalloufi
Participants attend the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the first international chess competition held in Saudi Arabia, in the capital Riyadh on December 26, 2017 ( AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
December 28, 2017, 7:59 am
Women’s world champion skips Saudi-hosted chess tourney over women’s rights
Riyadh’s effort to polish its image hurt by controversies over women’s rights, refusal to allow Israeli players into country
By ToI Staff and AFP
Participants attend the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the first international chess competition held in Saudi Arabia, in the capital Riyadh on December 26, 2017. (AFP/STRINGER)
December 27, 2017, 6:30 am
Saudi Arabia’s chess PR gambit mired by controversies
Riyadh is hosting international tournament to polish up its image, but feuds with players from Israel, Iran and Qatar, as well as women’s rights issues, have sullied that plan
By Alison Tahmizian Meuse
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, and Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, arrive to hold a joint press conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 12, 2017. (AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
April 23, 2017, 10:21 pm
Watchdog slams UN for electing Saudi Arabia to committee on gender equality
Kingdom which severely discriminates against women to serve four-year term on Commission on the Status of Women
By ToI Staff
Rachel Levmore
March 9, 2017, 1:31 pm
Rachel Levmore
Taking stock on Int’l Agunah Day 5777
Israel takes one step forward and then two giant steps back, when it comes to protecting women in rabbinic courts
Illustrative photo of Saudi Arabia's stock exchange. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 20, 2017, 5:18 pm
Women named to head Saudi stock exchange, major bank
Achievement comes despite kingdom’s tight restrictions, including the need for a male relative to grant permission for study or travel
By AFP
Protesters outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv on US President Donald Trump's first day in office on January 21, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
January 21, 2017, 10:06 pm
In Tel Aviv, hundreds rally in solidarity with DC Women’s March
Chanting ‘Love not hate, makes America great!’ protesters join marchers across globe in defiance of new US president
By ToI Staff
Kandahar, Afghanistan (YouTube screenshot)
December 17, 2016, 9:23 am
Gunmen kill five female airport workers in Afghanistan
Victims had received death threats from those opposed to women working outside the home
By AFP
Malka Simkovich
August 18, 2016, 1:31 pm
Malka Simkovich
She works hard for the money
Forget about Orthodox women rabbis (and what they should be called) for now; let’s talk equal and transparent pay
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