Academics and Haredi Activists Petition Israeli Supreme Court Against Gender Segregation Expansion in Higher Education
How 11 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Mako · 15 hours ago
What happened
A group of Israeli academics and Haredi women activists petitioned the Supreme Court against a new law expanding gender segregation in higher education. They argue it restricts freedoms, deepens segregation, harms women students and faculty, and limits Haredi integration in academia and society. The law permits gender-segregated graduate studies and separate institutions, extending segregation beyond classrooms, which the petitioners say violates constitutional rights and Supreme Court precedent.
- 01Ten academics and six Haredi women activists petitioned Israel's Supreme Court against expanded gender segregation in academia.
- 02The new law allows gender-segregated master's and doctoral programs and separate institutions with CHE approval.
- 03Petitioners argue the law restricts choice, deepens segregation, harms women, and reduces Haredi integration.
- 04The law circumvents a 2021 Supreme Court ruling limiting segregation to undergraduate classrooms only.
- 05Petitioners say segregation already extends beyond classrooms without enforcement from the Council for Higher Education.
- 06Haredi women activists warn the law will reduce opportunities and increase exclusion of women in academia and society.
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