For the next 18 months, at least, they will have the following policy; to spend the first the first 6 months after posting each new position trying to fill that new position exclusively with a woman.
So yes, in that article it does say “18 months”. It’s right in the part where it says “18” and “months”.
If you want to be pedantic, dual_dingo wrote that the university wants to (not will) hire only women for the next 18 months, which is a pretty accurate representation of their new policy. So if suitable female candidates show up for every position in the next 18 months, then no male candidates will be hired at all.
So yes, in that article it does say “18 months”. It’s right in the part where it says “18” and “months”.