The Clinic for Legal Feminism

The Clinic for Legal Feminism examines how Israeli society, perceived as a modern, democratic, and egalitarian society, relates to the women living in it in various contexts.

What does gender equality look like? Do we live in a society where gender equality exists? How do we identify gender inequality? And most importantly, what tools do we, as legal professionals, have to identify and try to correct gender inequality?

All these questions will be asked during the clinic, and we will try to answer them theoretically and practically, dealing with various aspects of inequality such as women in the workplace, society and law’s handling of sexual assaults and harassment, economic violence, women in poverty and debt cycles, gender in the healthcare system, and more.

The clinic will allow participants to look at society from a critical feminist perspective and identify mechanisms, customs, structures, and relationships that perpetuate gender inequality, directly or indirectly, both from the perspective of academic writing and from what happens “on the ground.”

In the theoretical session, which will be led by Prof. Noya Rimalt, various feminist legal theories will be presented, focusing on the unique contribution of each to the development of a critical and aware feminist discourse, while highlighting the dilemmas and challenges facing the promotion of gender equality.

Adv. Efrat Lupo Moskowitz, a social lawyer who has been engaged in social law for many years, will lead the practical activities, connecting theory to the practical social and legal world and examining the actual impact of feminist theories.