נלחמות בכמה חזיתות: ד"ר אפרת הרצברג-דרוקר מאוניברסיטת תל אביב, המתמחה בחקר אי שוויון מגדרי בשוק העבודה ובקשר שבין דמוגרפיה של משפחות ואי שוויון בהכנסות, הנחתה את המפגש שעסק במאמר שלה שכבר פורסם, ושיתפה בממצאי מחקר המתנהל בימים אלו.

המחקר הראשון עליו דיברה ד"ר הרצברג-דרוקר בדק האם וכיצד השתנו דפוסי התעסוקה של נשים וגברים במשפחות המנהלות משק בית משותף, בתקופת הקורונה במהלך הסגר הראשון. המחקר בדק מה קרה לשעות שהוקדשו לעבודות הבית השונות בתקופה זו - שגדלו משמעותית. מהמחקר עלה כי כאשר גברים צמצמו את שעות העבודה השבועיות שלהם, דבר זה לא שינה מהותית את שעות העבודה בבית. לעומת זאת, כאשר נשים צמצמו את שעות העבודה מחוץ לבית - הן העלו משמעותית את שעות עבודת הבית. לגבי טיפול בילדים - גם גברים וגם נשים העלו את שעות הטיפול בילדים כאשר צמצמו את שעות העבודה מחוץ לבית. מחקר ההמשך, שטרם פורסם, בודק האם וכיצד השתנתה חלוקת העבודה במהלך כל סגרי הקורונה ואחריהם. מהממצאים עולה כי חלוקת העבודה עמידה לשינויים. ברגעי משבר נשים נושאות יותר בנטל ונפגעות יותר בטווח הקצר, אבל לממצאים יש גם צד אופטימי לפיו אין אפקט ארוך טווח - לאחר תקופת הסגרים חלוקת העבודה חזרה להיות כפי שהיתה קודם לכן.

Playing the male game:Dr. Tair Karzi Pressler, from the gender studies program at Bar Ilan University, moderated the meeting that was the subject of this article. Dr. Karzi Pressler researches issues related to the sociology of gender and organizations with an emphasis on experiences of power among subjects, in different social locations and in different organizational contexts. Her research deals with the meanings of defined practices in the workplace and the place of these practices in maintaining gender order in hyper-masculine work environments.

The article discussed by Dr. Krazi Pressler at the meeting focused on the experience of power in the field of military organizations, from the perspective of women who served in the army as junior officers. The study examined the way in which the women who were studied created power for themselves, in order to gain value and recognition, and demonstrates how the women who were studied sometimes use the same mechanisms that create the Equality in order to create professional value for themselves.

Doing more, having trouble saying no:Prof. Lori R. Wingert, a professor of organizational behavior at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, moderated this session about her book. From studies done and reviewed by Prof. Wingert and her colleagues, presented in the book, it appears that women find it difficult to say no to tasks that do not advance their careers. The studies show that not only do women volunteer more to carry out tasks that advance the organization but not their personal career - they are also asked to do more such tasks compared to their male counterparts. Prof. Wingert mapped these tasks and presented how they are manifested in the academic field, the reasons why women do more of these tasks compared to men, and how this burden affects the women themselves, on a personal and professional level, as well as the organization. In addition, Prof. Wingert presented methods of action to change the situation on a personal and organizational level.

The way to realize the potential: Prof. Sigal Alon moderated the meeting that dealt with this article. Prof. Alon is in charge of the Zalman and Sima Weinberg Chair for the Sociology of Stratification and Inequality, and the head of the B. Y. Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research at Tel Aviv University. The meeting dealt with the question of what is required in order to realize the potential for academic excellence, understanding the challenges Female doctoral contestants compared to male doctoral students and in the sense of nurturing the career and academic socialization of the scientific reserve of female researchers.

Underrepresentation of girls in science studies and the paradox of free choice: Prof. Hilleli Pinson from Ben Gurion University of the Negev moderated the meeting that dealt with this article. Prof. Pinson is a political sociologist of education, a member of the faculty of the Department of Education, and deals with a variety of issues examining the roles of education and the school in an era of global changes. Gender participation patterns in high school science subjects is one of her main research topics. The meeting dealt with the underrepresentation of girls in the studies of scientific subjects, examined how the gap changes in different population groups in Israel, and whether these gaps are universal. It was also examined whether a gender-separated learning framework solves the gap, in order to understand the paradox revealed in the research results.

Academic neoliberalism and balance between career and family: Prof. Michal Frankel moderated the meeting that dealt with this article. Prof. Frankel, from the department of sociology and anthropology, serves as the head of the program for advanced studies in Israeli studies at the Rettberg School for students from abroad at the Hebrew University. Prof. Frankel is also the head of the Eshkol Institute for the Study of Society, Economy and Policy in Israel, and previously served as a member of several national committees to promote their integration and advancement of women in the world of work, and to improve the integration between work and family. The meeting dealt with the development and expansion of the discourse on the issue of balancing home and career in the lives of women, and in particular in the light of the academic career. The participants shared their experiences, the many conflicts and the desire to succeed in getting everything done. The discussion was incomplete.

Discourse of inequality: Prof. Orna Sasson-Levy moderated the meeting that dealt with this article. Prof. Sasson-Levi, from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Gender Studies Program at Bar Ilan University, serves as the president's advisor for gender fairness at the university. The meeting dealt with the development and expansion of the discourse on the efforts being made to promote gender equality in academia and why these efforts are not bearing fruit. The participants described how these steps are reflected in their academic lives and how it would be useful to specify the steps from the equality coefficients in a way that would achieve the goal.