There is more than one way to be Jewish, says Gilad Kariv, the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s Parliament. The idea poses a challenge to the country’s Orthodox establishment.
Tag: Women and Girls
A Woman Alone in Oman: Three Weeks Along the Arabian Coast
In December, a photographer set off on a 2,600-mile road trip, traveling from the Yemeni border to the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what she saw.
Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women
A new decree recommends, but doesn’t require that women wear burqas, and says male relatives of those who don’t cover themselves would be punished.
Covid-19 has been a leading cause of maternal deaths in Latin America, a W.H.O. official says.
Officials say pregnant women in the region face an elevated risk of developing severe disease from a coronavirus infection.
Britain’s Parliament Is Rocked by Sexist Episodes. Again.
Encouraging more women to run for office, critics say, is just one way to counter pervasive misogyny and sexual harassment in Parliament.
She Promised to Empower Women. Will Honduras’s President Succeed?
The country’s first female leader, Xiomara Castro, is struggling to advance her feminist agenda 14 years after a coup ended the presidency of her husband, who pursued similar causes.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
A Crisis for Mothers
The war in Ukraine has led to familiar, but heightened, problems for women.
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Is a Women’s Crisis
A wave of displaced women and children into Poland is forcing the country to address its lack of protections for working women.