A woman in Israel can easily become trapped in a marriage if their husband won’t give her a ‘get.’ Mavoi Satum is working to make sure courts don’t close cases before that happens.

In a victory for religious freedom and women’s rights, Nathalie Lastreger fought for – and won – the right to divorce outside of the ultra-Orthodox’s rabbinical courts.

A new law, which ensures pension payouts to divorced women, is the latest victory for women’s rights in Israel.

Fifty courageous agunot – women denied a divorce by their husbands – and allies protested near the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem last week.

In the run-up to International Agunah Day, activists campaign to change divorce law in Israel.