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Helping minorities enter the hi-tech market

The mission of Israeli NGO itworks (see here previously) is to fill some of the 18,500 vacancies in Israeli hi-tech with talented single mothers, Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews, people with disabilities and citizens in Israel’s periphery. https://www.israel21c.org/helping-israels-minorities-find-jobs-in-high-tech/

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Helping single mothers re-enter the jobs market

Israeli NGO ‘itworks’ has partnered the Jerusalem-based Yedidut Toronto Foundation to help find jobs for the estimated 20,000 single mothers who were placed on unpaid leave by their employers when the first wave of COVID hit Israel. https://unitedwithisrael.org/single-moms-get-help-re-entering-job-market-thanks-to-2-israeli-ngos/

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Promoting workplace diversity

Nonprofit social startup ITWorks promotes diversity in the workplace by helping adults living in Israel’s social and geographic periphery to realize their professional potential. ITWorks sets up courses, boot camps and hackathons for women, Arabs, Druze, Circassians, Haredi and the … Continue reading

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Integrating minorities into hi-tech

Israel’s Economy ministry has awarded NIS 10 million to two organizations, Tsofen and ITworks, for the training and integration of Arab, Druse, and Circassian academics into the hi-tech sector.  It will help narrow the social and economic gaps between population … Continue reading

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