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Promoting women, Arabs and haredi in hi-tech

Posted on January 22, 2017

The Israeli government has announced a $325 million six-year program to boost the number of higher education students by 40%, and to encourage women, Arabs, and ultra-Orthodox to get hi-tech jobs.  The program aims to address the future likely shortage … Continue reading →

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Imaging tech to save women’s lives

Posted on May 22, 2016

Israeli startup Illumigyn, is using IDF technology to develop the Gynescope – an advanced machine-vision image-recognition device for gynecologists to identify cervical cancer and other diseases in routine inspections. http://illumigyn.com/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-medical-company-hopes-to-save-thousands-of-womens-lives-per-year/

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Israeli women are making hi-tech history

Posted on December 21, 2014

Shecodes, a network of around 4,000 female programmers in Israel has grown so fast in its first year it hasn’t even had time to finish its own website yet.  Its goal is that 50 percent of Israeli programmers will be … Continue reading →

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Israel’s biotech assets – women

Posted on September 2, 2012

Women outnumber men in biology and related sciences in higher education in Israel. While most high-tech employees are male, women comprise 60 percent to 70 percent of the biotechnology workforce. And Israeli biotech start-ups have an edge because women work … Continue reading →

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The technological power of women

Posted on May 20, 2012

“TechCamp Tel Aviv”, held at Kfar Maccabiah, brought Jewish-Israeli and Arab-Israeli civil society organizations together under the theme of women’s empowerment with the focus on education and entrepreneurship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRPEosvZrs&feature=player_embedded

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Female-friendly Technion

Posted on March 25, 2024

This year, 50% of new undergraduate students at Israel’s Technion Institute are women. To encourage more new mothers to enroll, the Technion has installed 18 nursing rooms. They are located in each faculty, as well as in the Student House … Continue reading →

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Israeli women

Posted on March 11, 2024

International Women’s Day is a farce at the UN, but in Israel it is a time to be proud. Fleur Hasson Nahoum (ex-deputy mayor of Jerusalem); the Presidents of Hadassah, Naamat & AZF; leaders of WZO, Health-tech, scientists, patent lawyers, … Continue reading →

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Women-led startups in the south

Posted on February 11, 2024

Israeli NGO Yazamiyot (see here previously) and Arieli Capital held an event at Microsoft’s offices in Be’er Sheva to discuss how to support female-led startups in the south. When partners are called up, women entrepreneurs often must manage both the … Continue reading →

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Prize-winning, women-led startups

Posted on February 11, 2024

The competition for female-led Israeli startups at an event organized by Yazamiyot (see below) was won by anydish (AI nutrition – see here previously). In 2nd place was Aisap (AI ultrasound heart monitoring – see here previously) and in 3rd … Continue reading →

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NIS 1.2 billion to support hi-tech

Posted on January 25, 2024

Israel’s latest aid for startups includes a huge fund to invest in deep tech breakthrough scientific developments. It ranges from 50% of a pre-seed round to NIS 50 million for series A rounds. Startups with women, Haredi, or Arab entrepreneurs, … Continue reading →

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