Gender equality in israel

Haredi women, academics file petition against Israel's new gender-segregated education law

The petition was filed hours after the Knesset approved an amendment to the law which expressly allows the Council for Higher Education to approve separate programs for men and women.

Activists protest against a bill promoting gender-segregated academic study tracks, introduced by MK Limor Son Har-Melech, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.
MK Limor Son Har-Melech reacts during a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 5, 2024; illustrative.

Knesset approves gender-segregated graduate degree programs in late-night vote

Ladies in Bnei Brak watching as the men leave to protest outsidem of Military Prison 10 on June 24, 2026.

Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise on May 15, 2026.

The controversy over mixed-gender IDF units still ruffles Israeli society - opinion


Israel ranked 64th in progress towards gender equality by World Economic Forum

Despite maintaining best record in region, Jewish state drops 18 spots since 2018

Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

Business leaders meet to discuss gender inequality and workers’ rights

“Israel is at the bottom of the income distribution inequality scale,” explained Nissim Barel, chairman of the Yozmot Atid NGO.

From right: Yanki Margalit. Yael Ovadia. Adi Sofer-Teeni, Nissim Bar-El. Hagit Adler. Yoel Cheshin

No gender apartheid in Israeli universities

Sexism is racism towards women.

STUDENTS AT Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Women in Israel earn 59% of men’s salaries - diversity index

Ethiopian and Arab women earn less than 50% of the average wage.

President Rivlin received the 2018 Diversity in Employment Index.

On gender separation in academia

Medad and Pollak talk about separated programs without mentioning or confronting the fact that the separation is asymmetric.

Students at Hebrew University, October 22, 2017..

Art, and women, making an impact on the landscape of Israel

EMET Prize laureates Michal Rovner and Hanna Herzog describe the powerful impact their work has on how we see the world.

EMET Prize laureates Hanna Herzog and Michal Rovner

Israeli educational program trains teen girls for elite cyber jobs

CyberGirlz aims to close the gender gap in an industry where women only make up 11 percent of the workforce

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him

Israeli Court allows gender-separate course in Civil Service

The ruling relates to the “Influencers” pilot program set up by the Civil Service designed to help integrate haredi graduates into the Civil Service for employment in the public sector.

INCREASED INTEGRATION of Haredim into the workforce has resulted in a record-low poverty rate in the Haredi sector.

Gender policy document removed from IDF site

The IDF said that the document was already withdrawn in March.

Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

Chief Rabbi demands Civil Service course for haredim remain gender-separate

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef ruled that gender separation is a necessary requirement in Jewish law for all study frameworks.

Young haredim take part in a protest against mandatory IDF conscription, March 2018