In my capacity as Presidential Advisor for Gender Equity, I am working toward improving the status of women at Bar-Ilan University, and toward substantive change in the gender structure and the gender culture of the university. Together with the Office of the President and the Rector’s Office, I hope to bring about the recruitment of more women researchers to Bar-Ilan University (especially in the STEM fields), the advancement of women scientists to professorial ranks and the appointment of women researchers to senior leadership positions at Bar-Ilan. I also hope to ensure that women students and faculty have full access to the rights they are entitled to, to develop a culture that allows a healthy work-life balance, to provide support and assistance to women PhD students, to prevent discrimination against women and to work toward gender sensitization among administration, faculty and students.
The Presidential Advisor for Gender Equity
Prof. Orna Sasson-Levy