The Committee of University Heads (VARA) has petitioned the High Court of Justice against the law permitting gender-separate study tracks in academia, according to a report.
The Committee of University Heads (VARA) has petitioned the High Court of Justice against the law permitting gender-segregated study tracks in academia, according to a report.
The law, sponsored by MK Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit), was approved by the Knesset in July. As The Zioneer reported on July 29, the committee said at the time that the law 'pulls the ground from under the basic infrastructure of higher education' and would harm scientific excellence. The petition is one of several legal challenges to the legislation: in July, ten academics and six Haredi women petitioned the court, and five members of the Council for Higher Education resigned in protest.
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