Israel's high court on Friday put the onus on employers to pay men and women equally in a landmark ruling that may help narrow wage gaps, which are bigger than in most Western countries.

The high court struck down the decision of a lower court against a female former store employee whose wages were 35 percent lower than those of a male colleague.

At a conference on women's rights, activists from ten Arab countries agreed the focus must be on enshrining women's rights in Arab constitutions.

Participants discussed the challenges facing Arab women through this transition period, especially with the increasing role of the fundamentalist movements.

The problem of women’s singing in Israel simply refuses to go away.

As the Israeli national-religious population continues to lurch rightward, the belief that for an Orthodox man, the sound of a woman’s singing voice is inappropriately erotic and therefore violates Jewish law has gone increasingly mainstream.

By Elahe Amani with Lys Anzia:

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