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Illustrative: Chairwomen and female CEOs of tech and biomed companies ring the opening ball at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in celebration of International Women's Day, March 7, 2024. (Courtesy)
March 6, 2025, 8:20 pm
Only one-tenth of Israeli startups are headed by female CEOs as gender gap persists
Women hold around 17% of senior management positions in private tech firms; overall share of women in Israeli tech workforce stagnates, study by Israel Innovation Authority shows
By Sharon Wrobel
She codes holds female community events for aspiring software developers. (Inbal Marmeri/Courtesy)
March 8, 2023, 1:23 pm
From seamstress to software developer: A female community helps women take the leap
Ruth Polachek, founder of she codes, says if women focus and persevere they can make up 50% of software developers and triple their salary
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative view of the lobby of a building in the Bnei Brak Business Center, on October 23, 2017. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
March 8, 2022, 10:37 pm
Women underrepresented in Israeli tech ecosystem, annual study confirms
New report by Israel Innovation Authority shows low participation at all levels, reflecting ‘discouraging reality’
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: A woman walking toward a building at the Bnei Brak Business Center on October 23, 2017. Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
March 8, 2021, 11:41 am
Tech economies losing a ‘powerful force’ by sidelining women, researchers say
Interim study shows that in Israel, Norway, Sweden and Ireland just 12%-15% of entrepreneurs are women; why is still unclear, but could be because ecosystem is tailored to men
By Shoshanna Solomon
Lisa Damast
January 12, 2021, 4:54 pm
Lisa Damast
2020 recap: Israel’s women in tech
In February 2020 Microsoft for Startups and Yazamiyot, Israel’s largest female entrepreneur community, launched a joint accelerator, touted as the first such program in Israel
An illustrative image of working women (iStock by Getty Images).
November 23, 2020, 4:12 pm
Mastercard ranks Israel as best country for female entrepreneurs
In 2020 index, Israel rises from fourth place last year; report says that women globally have borne the brunt of the pandemic
By Shoshanna Solomon
left to right: Dorit Sokolov, Yael Gruenbaum-Cohen, Ronit Harpaz and Irit Yaniv, the founders of We@Heathtech (Courtesy)
August 2, 2020, 3:25 pm
Breaking the glass thermometer: Women seek to give women a leg up in health-tech
We@Heathtech program hopes to propel junior women managers to executive positions; ‘We can either complain or bring about change from within,’ says co-founder
By Shoshanna Solomon
For illustration: A team works on a high-tech project (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 18, 2020, 1:28 pm
Global network to boost women in tech sets up Israel chapter
WomenTech Network’s Israel chapter will be headed by Canadian immigrant Jenyfer Maisonneuve, and will be launched at 24-hour virtual global conference later this month
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Intel development center in Petah Tikva opened in September 2019. (Courtesy/Intel)
March 8, 2020, 6:06 pm
Intel Israel uses AI to distill career tips for women entering the workforce
Company marks International Women’s Day with five pieces of advice for young professionals, using algorithms to sift data from thousands of workers
By Luke Tress
A high-tech company which employs ultra-Orthodox women in Modiin Illit. August 17, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90/File)
February 7, 2019, 11:40 am
Israel Innovation Authority sets up program to boost woman-led startups
Only 8% of Israeli startups are led by women; women-led enterprises account for just 10% of total applications for early-stage funding received by the authority
By Shoshanna Solomon
Hilary Faverman
June 6, 2018, 3:36 pm
Hilary Faverman
On a conference call from my kid’s piano recital
1,000 women who know how tough it is to hold all the pieces together and do it anyway, at the Temech conference
Illustrative: The WE2 delegation of women from Silicon Valley seeks to set up networks and mentorships to create an equal playground in tech. The delegation is seen here accompanied by SNC representatives, January 16, 2018 (Ido Weisman, courtesy Start-Up Nation Central)
January 18, 2018, 3:30 pm
Silicon Valley women visit to boost gender equality in Israel, Gaza tech scene
‘We need more women at the table to create a more peaceful world,’ says leader of visiting US delegation
By Shoshanna Solomon
Darya Henig Shaked is the founder of WeAct, an organization that brings Israeli female entrepreneurs on networking missions to Silicon Valley. (Courtesy of Shaked)
November 21, 2017, 6:20 am
How Israeli women techies are opening doors for each other in Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurs are working to give females the tools to advance in this notoriously male world
By Ben Sales
Hilary Faverman
November 16, 2017, 3:05 pm
Hilary Faverman
My working mama mojo
Put a bunch of career-minded, English-speaking mothers in Israel together, and the energy is invigorating
Fernanda Moura and Taciana Mello in Jerusalem, August 29, 2017. (Courtesy/Rick Rachman)
August 31, 2017, 3:47 pm
From Cuba to South Korea, the ‘Girls on the Road’ survey businesswomen worldwide
Two Brazilian filmmakers making a documentary on women entrepreneurs now put Israel and the Arab world under the lens
By Luke Tress
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