I srael's entire educational system, the key to public values, opinion, and practice, has long been marked by a lack of awareness of the importance of equity between the sexes.
Teachers fail to recognize gender differences between the sexes.
Girls and women are rarely encouraged to enter the fields of science and technology. Education IWN's Education Forum is developing a wide variety of gender equality programs aimed at reaching out to all sectors of the population in formal and informal education. The programs cater to sabras and new immigrants, to urban centers and to development regions, to infants, adolescents and adults. A disturbing phenomena, which has been placed in the spotlight due to tragic events throughout the world, is violence and sexual harassment in schools. The Ministry of Education is currently conducting research on the problem of violence in general in Israeli schools.