Gender is a sociocultural category, often transparent, but impacting every area of our lives. Gender is a major underlying principle of social order and relations within every society. Gender Studies address the formation of gender identity, recognizing that gender is not a biological-fundamental category, but rather the outcome of changing social, political, and cultural processes. Gender Studies dismantle social conventions that are usually taken for granted, proposing a critical analysis of the balance of power, and promoting a more egalitarian and inclusive society.

The Program's fields of research:

• Developing theoretical and empirical tools for critical analysis of society and culture
• Gender in the context of society and culture
• Jewish and Muslim feminism in Israel
• Feminism among Jewish Israelis of Middle Eastern origins
• Palestinian feminism
• Queer theory
• Offensive behaviors in political and social environments
• Gender and environment??
• Body and sexuality
• The new fatherhood
• Motherhood and social change
• Marriage and family undergoing change (divorce, financial implications, and inequality)
• The Jewish Halacha and its approach to various gender issues and the LGBT community
• Masculinity and femininity in the Israeli military
• Intersectionality of marginal placements and multiple marginalities
• Multiculturalism
• Gender-conscious education
• Social activism