1. Women Representation in Higher Education
Council for Higher Education
Planning & Budgeting Committee

2. National Committees on Women in Academia
2011 – Prof. Rivka Carmi’s* Committee
2014 – Prof. Ruth Arnon** Committee (appointed jointly by the CHE-PBC & Ministry of Science, Technology & space)
* President of Ben-Gurion University
** Former President of Israel Academy of Sciences
and Humanities.

3. Women in Universities - Senior Faculty (2015)
Total
(aver.)
HEB. Uni.
TECH. INS.
TAU
BIU
HAIFA UNI.
BGU
WIZ. INS.*
REL Uni.
Open Uni.
Total (aver.)
30%
29%
17%
33%
42%
27%
32%
31%
46%
Full prof. 9%
21%
18%
23%
15% 6%
40%
Associate prof.
28%
38%
Senior lecturer
36%
34%
37%
48%
44%
41%
lecturer
51%
55%
47%
50%
57% -
39%
76%
(Source of data: universities budget units reports, planning and policy division, the planning and budgeting committee).

4. Women in Public (budgeted) Colleges - Senior Faculty (2015)
Total
(Aver.)
Colleges of art
Colleges of engineering
General colleges
total
42%
33%
34%
51%
Full prof.
13%
14% 3%
17%
Associate prof.
24%
18%
21%
28%
Senior lecturer
43%
32%
30%
56%
lecturer
53%
48%
58%

5. Women in Various Fields (Universities)
Fields of study
Total (aver.)
The Hebrew University
The Technion
TAU
BIU
Haifa University
BGU
Weizmann
Humanities
37%
40%
88%
38%
36%
35% -
Education
55%
43%
65%
58%
59%
63%
44%
57%
Social Sciences
22%
42%
46%
41%
Para-Medical
24%
69%
74%
Mathematics & Computer
Science
12%
10% 6% 9%
20%
Physical Sciences
15% 7%
11%
14%
23%
Biological
Sciences
31%
21%
30%
25%
Engineering & Architecture
16%
17%
13%
(Source of data: universities budget units reports, planning and policy division, the planning and budgeting committee. (Engineering & architecture are attached because the budget of both fields is similar).

6. Committee's Recommendations - Three Main Topics:
Fostering women towards research
Recruiting women
(senior faculty)
Promoting women (senior faculty)

7. Implementation of Recommendation According to PBC&CHE decisions (1. 7
Increase of post doctorate scholarships for women ( , , ).
Encourage the HEI to appoint an adviser to the president on gender equity.
Updating PBC/CHE various regulations regarding scholarships (such as ALON, MAOF) and guidelines (such as requests for opening new programs, self evaluation reposts).

8. Implementation of Recommendation According to PBC&CHE decisions (1. 7
A call for proposal was published on September 1st, offering budgets for the activity of the adviser to the president and for projects aimed at promoting women.
The HEI are asked to update their internal regulations regarding recruitment and promotions of professors.

9. Implementation of Recommendation According to PBC&CHE decisions (1. 7
The HEI were asked to submit (by the end of 2016) “gender report” including their policy regarding gender equality and data on the share of women among students & faculty.

10. Some of the Next Steps:
Continue to foster HEI’s to increase women representation, especially among senior faculty (Prof.)
Increasing budgets for:
PhD and post doctorate scholarships
targeted projects
Increase the number of female students in STEM fields.
Offer Support and guidance to the forum of “Adviser for Gender Equity”, including the establishment of a permanent working group.

11. THANK YOU!