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International Women's Day

International Women's Day

Investing in women is not a niche cause. It is nation-building

On the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, the head of Wizo UK shares how the charity gives vital support to women during conflict – and during peacetime

By Maureen Fisher

2 min read

Wizo recognises that women so often take on the less visible pressures (Photo: Getty)

Professor Rachel Yehuda has dedicated her career to the field of traumatic stress (Photo: Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre)

Pioneering trauma expert wins science award for PTSD and psychedelics research

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Naomi Verber receives her International Women's Day Award from the Mayor of Barnet

International Women's Day

Environmentalist receives International Women’s Day Award

1 min read

(l-r) Natalie Sanandaji, Julia Haart, Migdal Ohr CEO Amit Fraser and singer Goldy (Photo: Vinnie Kiss)

International Women's Day

Julia Haart brings inspiration to the table at Migdal Ohr UK’s lunch

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

JLC International Women's Day event 2025 (Photo: Mark Thomas)

International Women's Day

‘If women want men to be allies, they need to be allies to men’

2 min read

Chutzpah Girls by Julie Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg. (Photo: Tami Schlossberg)

International Women's Day

London artists lend their creative chutzpah to inspiring new book on Jewish women

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Where are all the men?: a previous International Women's Day event

International Women's Day

Why men should attend International Women’s Day events

By Laurence Rosenthal

3 min read

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Relatives criticise Michelle Obama for silence over female hostages on Women’s Day

Jewish women blame ‘cancel culture’ for failure of stars to repeat the campaign to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ from Boko Haram

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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March 8, 2024 14:10

Relatives criticise Michelle Obama for silence over female hostages on Women’s Day

‘Silence’ of feminists after October 7 rapes condemned on eve of International Women’s Day

It has taken the UN five months to acknowledge that women were raped and tortured by Hamas

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March 7, 2024 19:34

A rally in February outside the BBC, calling out the corporation and other media for their silence over the rape and other sexual violence which was carried out by Hamas on October 7. The UN has just published a report providing evidence that Hamas committed sexual violence against women and girls on October 7 and continues to sexually abuse the women and girls still held captive in Gaza (Photo: Gaby Wine)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

UN report exposes those who stay silent over rapes

The JC Leader, 8 March 2024

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March 6, 2024 16:15

UN report exposes those who stay silent over rapes

Naomi Lerer

International Women’s Day 2024 — joining the party we haven’t been invited to

Israeli women and girls — in fact, all Jewish women and girls — no longer feel welcome in safe spaces

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March 3, 2024 12:24

Believe Israeli women (Photo: Twitter/X)

Nicole Lampert

By Nicole Lampert

International Women's Day: Jewish female icons 2023

Ukraine ambassador Melinda Simmons, former UJS president Nina Freedman, and actor Jamie Lee Curtis all deserve recognition

5 min read

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March 8, 2023 13:29

International Women's Day: Jewish female icons 2023

Karen E H Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

Women of Valor: The Israeli ‘Suffragettes’ of the Twenty-first Century

Some Charedi women believe that they are completing the work of the original suffragettes

6 min read

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March 8, 2022 12:58

Members of British suffragist organization, the Women's Freedom League, with a touring publicity caravan, 1908. W.F.L. co-founder, Charlotte Despard (1844 - 1939) is second from left. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)