Latest items for Israel
July 22, 2025, 1:03 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Any woman can apply to the Pregnancy Termination Committee at any hospital of her choice The Committee approves the termination of pregnancy if it meets one of the conditions defined by law: The woman is under 18 or over 40 years old. The pregnancy is not within marriage. The pregnancy is a result of relations prohibited by criminal law (for example, rape or incest). The pregnancy is abnormal and there is a defect or medical problem with the fetus. Continuation of the pregnancy may harm the physical or mental health of the woman. In case the request does not match the cases listed - the request for pregnancy termination will...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Any woman can apply to the Pregnancy Termination Committee at any hospital of her choice The Committee approves the termination of pregnancy if it meets one of the conditions defined by law: The woman is under 18 or over 40 years old. The pregnancy is not within marriage. The pregnancy is a result of relations prohibited by criminal law (for example, rape or incest). The pregnancy is abnormal and there is a defect or medical problem with the fetus. Continuation of the pregnancy may harm the physical or mental health of the woman. In case the request does not match the cases listed - the request for pregnancy termination will...more
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Several storylines in the hit Israeli television show Shtisel, about a haredi family in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, offer insight into ultra-Orthodox attitudes on abortion. In its third and most recent season, the young and married Ruchami (played by Shira Haas) is revealed to have had an abortion; she has a condition that makes pregnancy dangerous, and her rabbi insisted she have an abortion to save her life. Her husband, Hanina, is shown consulting with the rabbi about whether they should now try to have a child via surrogacy, which the rabbi allows, noting that Jewish law in most cases would advise against any pregnancy that could endanger a...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Several storylines in the hit Israeli television show Shtisel, about a haredi family in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, offer insight into ultra-Orthodox attitudes on abortion. In its third and most recent season, the young and married Ruchami (played by Shira Haas) is revealed to have had an abortion; she has a condition that makes pregnancy dangerous, and her rabbi insisted she have an abortion to save her life. Her husband, Hanina, is shown consulting with the rabbi about whether they should now try to have a child via surrogacy, which the rabbi allows, noting that Jewish law in most cases would advise against any pregnancy that could endanger a...more
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Reaching out to Lada’at-Choose Well, a Jerusalem-based reproductive and sexual health nonprofit" (Para 3).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Reaching out to Lada’at-Choose Well, a Jerusalem-based reproductive and sexual health nonprofit" (Para 3).
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Israel has among the highest birthrates per capita in the developed world, with an average of more than 3.01 kids per family, compared to 1.6 in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries" (Para 29).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Israel has among the highest birthrates per capita in the developed world, with an average of more than 3.01 kids per family, compared to 1.6 in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries" (Para 29).
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"'Abortion is something that is relatively easy to get in Israel but not easy to talk about,' explains a hospital insider who asked to remain anonymous" (Para 5). "It is reforms to these committees that are the focus of activists, even as they acknowledge the pitfalls in attempting to change, or even draw attention to, a fairly permissive and liberal system in a country that is becoming increasingly traditional and socially conservative. 'It really bothered me that I had to go through a committee, that other people had to give their approval,' says Bailey. While the committee discussed her abortion case, she and her boyfriend sat in the adjacent hallway,...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"'Abortion is something that is relatively easy to get in Israel but not easy to talk about,' explains a hospital insider who asked to remain anonymous" (Para 5). "It is reforms to these committees that are the focus of activists, even as they acknowledge the pitfalls in attempting to change, or even draw attention to, a fairly permissive and liberal system in a country that is becoming increasingly traditional and socially conservative. 'It really bothered me that I had to go through a committee, that other people had to give their approval,' says Bailey. While the committee discussed her abortion case, she and her boyfriend sat in the adjacent hallway,...more
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[A]bortion is legal, accessible at hospitals and clinics throughout the country and subsidized under the national health care system" (Para 4). "Despite its accessibility, abortion is not an automatic right. Israel’s abortion law, passed in 1977, includes criteria for allowing the procedure: If the woman is under 18 or over 40; if the fetus is not viable or would have severe medical problems if brought to term; if the pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or an 'illicit union' (including not being married or having a relationship outside of marriage); and if the woman’s mental or physical health is at risk. As part of the law, a pregnant woman...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[A]bortion is legal, accessible at hospitals and clinics throughout the country and subsidized under the national health care system" (Para 4). "Despite its accessibility, abortion is not an automatic right. Israel’s abortion law, passed in 1977, includes criteria for allowing the procedure: If the woman is under 18 or over 40; if the fetus is not viable or would have severe medical problems if brought to term; if the pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or an 'illicit union' (including not being married or having a relationship outside of marriage); and if the woman’s mental or physical health is at risk. As part of the law, a pregnant woman...more
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"8 percent of those who apply for an abortion ultimately receive one, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics" (Para 5). "Government statistics show that pregnancy out of wedlock or from rape or incest were the most cited reasons in 2020 given to the committee, representing 49 percent of termination requests" (Para 19). "According to the Health Ministry, abortion rates have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, staying largely at 20,000 abortions annually even as the number of pregnancies has risen—from 103,000 per year in 1990 to 182,000 in 2019. The drop in abortion rates is attributed to better sex education in schools and access to contraception, says reproductive...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"8 percent of those who apply for an abortion ultimately receive one, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics" (Para 5). "Government statistics show that pregnancy out of wedlock or from rape or incest were the most cited reasons in 2020 given to the committee, representing 49 percent of termination requests" (Para 19). "According to the Health Ministry, abortion rates have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, staying largely at 20,000 abortions annually even as the number of pregnancies has risen—from 103,000 per year in 1990 to 182,000 in 2019. The drop in abortion rates is attributed to better sex education in schools and access to contraception, says reproductive...more
July 22, 2025, 11:38 a.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Israel on Monday eased its regulations on abortion access in what the country’s health minister said was a response to last week’s 'sad' U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The new rules, approved by a parliamentary committee, grant women access to abortion pills through the country’s universal health system and remove a longstanding requirement that women appear physically before a special committee before they are permitted to terminate a pregnancy" (Para 1-2). "Abortion is widely available in Israel and far less controversial than in the U.S., but women still don’t automatically have the right to the procedure. Under the new rules, Israeli women will now have access to...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Israel on Monday eased its regulations on abortion access in what the country’s health minister said was a response to last week’s 'sad' U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The new rules, approved by a parliamentary committee, grant women access to abortion pills through the country’s universal health system and remove a longstanding requirement that women appear physically before a special committee before they are permitted to terminate a pregnancy" (Para 1-2). "Abortion is widely available in Israel and far less controversial than in the U.S., but women still don’t automatically have the right to the procedure. Under the new rules, Israeli women will now have access to...more
June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.01. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 97% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 96%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.01. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 97% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 96%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced that the temporary law prohibiting the consumption of prostitution, introduced in July 2020, will now become permanent. The law will make it illegal for individuals to purchase sex, with penalties ranging from administrative fines to criminal charges" (para 2-3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced that the temporary law prohibiting the consumption of prostitution, introduced in July 2020, will now become permanent. The law will make it illegal for individuals to purchase sex, with penalties ranging from administrative fines to criminal charges" (para 2-3).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-1
"The military has gradually opened up 90 percent of its roles to women but they are still excluded from frontline combat roles in the main infantry units and some of the most elite commando units that traditionally operate across enemy lines in wartime" (par. 25).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-1
"The military has gradually opened up 90 percent of its roles to women but they are still excluded from frontline combat roles in the main infantry units and some of the most elite commando units that traditionally operate across enemy lines in wartime" (par. 25).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In recent years, women have made up about 18 percent of the military’s combat force" (par. 14).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In recent years, women have made up about 18 percent of the military’s combat force" (par. 14).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"The integration of women into the military’s combat units has been the subject of a lengthy debate in Israel, home to one of the world’s few armies that conscript women at 18 for mandatory service" (par. 7). "Ultraconservative rabbis have disparaged women’s service in general and railed against Orthodox women, in particular, who waive religious exemptions in order to serve. And some conservative activists have discredited the success of female soldiers, asserting that women are held to easier standards and drag the army down" (par. 22).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"The integration of women into the military’s combat units has been the subject of a lengthy debate in Israel, home to one of the world’s few armies that conscript women at 18 for mandatory service" (par. 7). "Ultraconservative rabbis have disparaged women’s service in general and railed against Orthodox women, in particular, who waive religious exemptions in order to serve. And some conservative activists have discredited the success of female soldiers, asserting that women are held to easier standards and drag the army down" (par. 22).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-3
"Ultraconservative rabbis have disparaged women’s service in general and railed against Orthodox women, in particular, who waive religious exemptions in order to serve. And some conservative activists have discredited the success of female soldiers, asserting that women are held to easier standards and drag the army down" (par. 22).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-3
"Ultraconservative rabbis have disparaged women’s service in general and railed against Orthodox women, in particular, who waive religious exemptions in order to serve. And some conservative activists have discredited the success of female soldiers, asserting that women are held to easier standards and drag the army down" (par. 22).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern Gaza. There she commands a company of 83 soldiers, nearly half of them men. It is one of several mixed-gender units fighting in Gaza, where female combat soldiers and officers are serving on the front line for the first time since the war surrounding the establishment of Israel in 1948" (par. 1-2). "'The borders have been blurred,' Captain Busi said of the decades-long limits on the roles of female combat troops in Israel. The military, she said, ;needs us, so...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern Gaza. There she commands a company of 83 soldiers, nearly half of them men. It is one of several mixed-gender units fighting in Gaza, where female combat soldiers and officers are serving on the front line for the first time since the war surrounding the establishment of Israel in 1948" (par. 1-2). "'The borders have been blurred,' Captain Busi said of the decades-long limits on the roles of female combat troops in Israel. The military, she said, ;needs us, so...more
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-2
"When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern Gaza. There she commands a company of 83 soldiers, nearly half of them men. It is one of several mixed-gender units fighting in Gaza, where female combat soldiers and officers are serving on the front line for the first time since the war surrounding the establishment of Israel in 1948" (par. 1-2). "A recent survey by the Israel Democracy Institute found that among the secular public, about 70 percent of women and 67 percent of men indicated support for increasing...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-2
"When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern Gaza. There she commands a company of 83 soldiers, nearly half of them men. It is one of several mixed-gender units fighting in Gaza, where female combat soldiers and officers are serving on the front line for the first time since the war surrounding the establishment of Israel in 1948" (par. 1-2). "A recent survey by the Israel Democracy Institute found that among the secular public, about 70 percent of women and 67 percent of men indicated support for increasing...more
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Despite those accomplishments, the war has come at a low point for women’s representation in government, which is currently the most far-right in the country’s history. The war cabinet, assembled after Oct. 7, includes two former chiefs of staff and a general, but no women" (par. 20).
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"Despite those accomplishments, the war has come at a low point for women’s representation in government, which is currently the most far-right in the country’s history. The war cabinet, assembled after Oct. 7, includes two former chiefs of staff and a general, but no women" (par. 20).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"The newly retired president of Israel’s Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, was among the country’s most influential officials, recently dealing an important blow to the efforts of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb the powers of the judiciary" (par. 19).
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"The newly retired president of Israel’s Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, was among the country’s most influential officials, recently dealing an important blow to the efforts of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb the powers of the judiciary" (par. 19).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"While some women serve in mixed-gender units, tank crews remain segregated by sex. That policy was meant to account for religious sensitivities about men and women being stuck together for days in a tank" (par. 25). This suggest that there are some religious standards regarding the intermingling of the sexes in public that the military has to be conscious of in how they assign people to tanks (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"While some women serve in mixed-gender units, tank crews remain segregated by sex. That policy was meant to account for religious sensitivities about men and women being stuck together for days in a tank" (par. 25). This suggest that there are some religious standards regarding the intermingling of the sexes in public that the military has to be conscious of in how they assign people to tanks (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Israel has had a female prime minister, Golda Meir from 1969 to 1974" (par. 19).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Israel has had a female prime minister, Golda Meir from 1969 to 1974" (par. 19).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Despite years of derision from conservative quarters of Israeli society, female combat soldiers have become symbols of progress and equality, appearing on magazine covers and featured in television news profiles" (par. 12).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Despite years of derision from conservative quarters of Israeli society, female combat soldiers have become symbols of progress and equality, appearing on magazine covers and featured in television news profiles" (par. 12).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Canada, France, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Sweden
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
5
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
5
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"Women must carry out military service alongside men and are called back to serve in the Army Reserve in times of crisis" (para 29).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"Women must carry out military service alongside men and are called back to serve in the Army Reserve in times of crisis" (para 29).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"An all-female combat unit of just 13 soldiers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) took on and killed nearly 100 Hamas gunmen when they fought off a terror attack on an army base and helped liberate a kibbutz, it has emerged. Lieutenant Colonel Or Ben Yehuda and her 12 women soldiers of the Caracal Battalion led the frontline fightback from armoured personnel carriers after racing to a military post on the Egyptian border that was being attacked during the Hamas onslaught" (para 1-2). "She also acknowledged the bravery of an all-female tank crew under her command that led the attack on Hamas fighters who had ransacked the nearby Holit kibbutz,...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"An all-female combat unit of just 13 soldiers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) took on and killed nearly 100 Hamas gunmen when they fought off a terror attack on an army base and helped liberate a kibbutz, it has emerged. Lieutenant Colonel Or Ben Yehuda and her 12 women soldiers of the Caracal Battalion led the frontline fightback from armoured personnel carriers after racing to a military post on the Egyptian border that was being attacked during the Hamas onslaught" (para 1-2). "She also acknowledged the bravery of an all-female tank crew under her command that led the attack on Hamas fighters who had ransacked the nearby Holit kibbutz,...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, D R Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Israel, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, El Salvador, Israel, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, South Korea, Suriname, Thailand, Venezuela
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
6.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
6.0
May 23, 2024, 10:03 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The government maintained overall law enforcement efforts but law enforcement actions against labor traffickers remained inadequate. The 2006 anti-trafficking law criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties of up to 16 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking of an adult and up to 20 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking of a child... Inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, the law did not establish the use of force, fraud, or coercion as an essential element of the crime." (3). "376A of the Penal Law 5737-1977 prohibited holding a person’s passport against their will and carried a penalty of three to five years’ imprisonment; the government investigated two...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The government maintained overall law enforcement efforts but law enforcement actions against labor traffickers remained inadequate. The 2006 anti-trafficking law criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties of up to 16 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking of an adult and up to 20 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking of a child... Inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, the law did not establish the use of force, fraud, or coercion as an essential element of the crime." (3). "376A of the Penal Law 5737-1977 prohibited holding a person’s passport against their will and carried a penalty of three to five years’ imprisonment; the government investigated two...more
May 9, 2024, 11:52 a.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Israel although there are strict brothel-keeping laws that make it impossible to work indoors without breaking the law. Soliciting on the streets is legal. In a recent case a judge appeared to suggest that it is legal for individual sex workers to work indoors or for collective working situations as this prevented them working on the streets. This is open to appeal and it may well be as this was a lower court. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes. The final bill, “Penal Code (Amendment No. 137), 5769, (230-236) 2019” was passed by the Knesset on 31st December 2018. The law came...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Israel although there are strict brothel-keeping laws that make it impossible to work indoors without breaking the law. Soliciting on the streets is legal. In a recent case a judge appeared to suggest that it is legal for individual sex workers to work indoors or for collective working situations as this prevented them working on the streets. This is open to appeal and it may well be as this was a lower court. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes. The final bill, “Penal Code (Amendment No. 137), 5769, (230-236) 2019” was passed by the Knesset on 31st December 2018. The law came...more
May 2, 2024, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"In a research by Grynbaum et al. [39], screening of women who visited a primary care setting in Israel showed that lifetime prevalence of family violence is 30.8%, while 10% suffered from violence during the previous year" (8). This cited study is from 2001 so the results may now be outdated (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"In a research by Grynbaum et al. [39], screening of women who visited a primary care setting in Israel showed that lifetime prevalence of family violence is 30.8%, while 10% suffered from violence during the previous year" (8). This cited study is from 2001 so the results may now be outdated (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 12:04 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"A new study by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev shows that around forty percent of Israeli women aged 16-48 have suffered physical, psychological or verbal violence from their partners" (para 1).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"A new study by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev shows that around forty percent of Israeli women aged 16-48 have suffered physical, psychological or verbal violence from their partners" (para 1).