Sex and Gender Informed aspects in medical and health professions curricula
The study was commissioned by the Health and Gender Subcommittee of the National Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology. Gender and sex informed medicine is a field designed to develop tools for optimal diagnosis and treatment for men and women, with the awareness that the functioning of all body systems is […]
Reforming Parental Leave: doing good to newborns, their parents and the economy
The policy for parental leave written in this research will accomplish 5 goals: achieving best development of the child, securing the mother’s physical and mental health, enabling the father’s participation in raising the child, reducing the gender gap, and alleviating the financial burden on young families. These goals are achieved without the need for high […]
Changes in productivity amongst Jewish women
The following short report attempts to examine some of the data relating to the total fertility trends amongst Jewish Orthodox women , as they were presented in the research of several scholars . Moreover, the document contains a preliminary analysis of the reasons for these trends . The tests mentioned in the paper point to […]
Orthodox Employment – Information Booklet
This information booklet was written on the basis of knowledge and experience accumulated at the Samuel Neaman Institute during the running of the “Ultra-Orthodox Integration Project”. The booklet is designed for managers and owners of companies and organizations, and human resource managers in these organizations – especially secular ones. It should provide them with the […]
Choosing a Male Specialty:Women Surgeons
The revolution in society which occurred in the last decades due to social and organizational changes has a great impact on our life in general and on occupational changes related to women in particular. Slow changes started appearing in life styles, to which many medical students reacted, by changing their list of priorities in ranking […]
Gender Issues in Computer Science and Software Engineering
This research focuses on women in the software industry. It addresses three sub-topics: Female high-school pupils studying of computer science: Formal and informal data indicate that the percentages of the high-school female pupils who study computer science at the level of 5 points (the higher level) of the matriculation exam remain relatively low (about 25%). […]
