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Plight of Iran’s Jews a reminder of its terror against women, minorities - opinion

Iran's Jews were forced to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. Yet Tehran tellingly turned a blind eye to the Hamas' horrific crimes against women.

|ByMORDECHAI KEDAR
Iranian women gather during the funeral ceremony of Milad Heydari and Meghdad Mahghani, members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, held in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2023.
R. Kelly sits with his lawyers during Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in a courtroom sketch in New York, US, September 17, 2021.

R&B singer R. Kelly's obstruction trial begins in Chicago

R. Kelly faces multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, enticement of a female and possession of material containing child pornography.

|ByREUTERS
Taliban fighters march in uniforms on the street in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, in this still image taken from social media video uploaded August 19, 2021

UN rights boss says has reports of Taliban executions, millions fearful

Furthermore, a senior Afghan diplomat described an "uncertain and dire" situation where millions of people fear for their lives amid reports of door-to-door searches.

|ByREUTERS
Nesma Nasr, an Egyptian textile engineer, works on her computer at her home in Cairo, Egypt March 26, 2021. Picture taken March 26, 2021.

Balcony death spotlights social pressure for single Egyptian women

A 35-year-old fell to her death from a balcony in Cairo last month after neighbors confronted her over suspected pre-marital relations, prompting an outpouring of anguish from single Egytpian women.

|ByREUTERS

Protests held across Israel as violence against women continues

Wafa Masarwa was the 13th woman murdered in Israel since the beginning of the year

JULY 5, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Women block King George St. in Tel Aviv in protest against government inaction concerning domestic violence

Female Jewish filmmaker gives voice to oppressed women

Kweskin tackles hard-hitting subjects in her films like female genital mutilation, honor violence, forced marriage and systemic exclusion of women from education.

MARCH 5, 2020ByRENEE GHERT-ZAND
Paula Kweskin created the Censored Women’s Film Festival out of a growing concern that women’s voices worldwide were being silenced.

Gilad Erdan: Violence against women should be 'top priority'

The Knesset passed legislation in 2017 for a program that would deal with domestic abuse and violence against women, but which was never implemented due to lack of funding.

DECEMBER 1, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
A protester holding an "Abuse isn't Love" sign at a protest against violence against women in Tel Aviv