800 women are on sex strike 

Over 800 Jewish women are on a sex strike-- refusing to sleep with their spouses-- to protest against a religious law. 

Adina Sash and over 800 other women took to the streets of Kiryas Joel, New York, to protest the Jewish divorce laws, which are particularly hard on women. 

Sash, a well-known activist, called it a Mikvah Strike, a play on the Orthodox rules requiring women to immerse in a mikvah (ritual bath), between finishing their periods and having sex. 

The 'Mikvah Strike' was initiated by activist Adina Sash, who is calling on Orthodox Jewish women to withhold sex from their husbands on Shabbos (Friday), which is considered an auspicious day for intimacy in the culture. 

“Please call your husband and tell him: I’m sorry. I am closed for business this Shabbos. If you want to have relations with me, please figure out a way to help free Malky," Sash said in an Instagram story recently.

Kiryas Joel's strict religious codes also require women to seek rabbinical approval before reporting domestic violence to the police.

The centuries-old laws also require a husband's written permission (get) for a divorce, leaving them trapped in unhappy and even abusive marriages. Thus, the rights for divorce entirely lie in the hands of the rabbi and the husband.