Knesset advances controversial HE gender segregation bill

The Knesset plenary, in a preliminary reading, passed a proposed law that would amend the Students Rights Law, allowing most Israeli higher education institutions to implement gender separation, the Knesset spokesperson announced on Wednesday 4 December, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The proposal seeks to amend the Students Rights Law of 2007, which stipulates that separate academic tracks for men and women for religious reasons will not be considered discrimination, the statement read.

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech proposed the law, which 55 members of the Knesset (MKs) supported and 45 MKs opposed. Har-Melech said: “The uniform structure of Israel’s higher education system does not always suit the complex reality of Israeli society in all its diversity. On the ground, we see populations forced to remain outside the system simply because it does not accommodate them.”
Full report on The Jerusalem Post site