The exception has become the rule: the fight against gender segregation escalates

Three major civil organizations have petitioned the High Court of Justice against the law on gender segregation in academia, joining the Committee of University Heads. The petitioners warn that discrimination will spill over into the labor market and the public sphere, arguing that the law dismantles existing balances, extends segregation to advanced degrees and the campus, and was approved without supporting research. An international review found no similar model in any developed Western country.

Three of Israel's largest civil organizations have petitioned the High Court of Justice against the law on gender segregation in academia, thereby joining the Committee of University Heads. The petitioners warn that "discrimination will spill over into the labor market and the public sphere." The petition argues that the new law "completely dismantles the balances" on which a previous ruling was based, extends segregation to advanced degrees and the entire campus, and allows for the creation of entire academic frameworks organized on the basis of sex. It further claims that the law was approved without research proving its necessity, ignoring findings that contradicted it, and that an international review did not identify a developed Western country with a similar model. The petitioners emphasize that segregation does not stop at the campus but permeates the labor market, reduces opportunities, and deepens gender inequality. The initiator of the law is Limor Son Har-Melech.