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What Can Be Done to Improve Gender Equality in Israeli High-Tech?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this report, we have presented an up-to-date situation report describing the representation of women at different stages pertaining to their employment in the Israeli innovation ecosystem. A wide range of reasons leads to a low number of women in hightech, from social paving young women not to choose these subjects in academic studies, the difficulty of women high-tech professions to build a career alongside a family, and a lack of role models.1<\/sup> In the field of entrepreneurship, where we saw that less than 10% of startups\u2019 CEOs are women, the problems only intensify. Women report disparities related to the male work environment and bias of male investors, a lack of women in decision making positions, and a networking gap that negatively impacts women.2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless what can be done<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To improve the level of gender equality in Israeli high-tech, effort must be made at each of the stages surveyed in this report (and in other areas that, for lack of space, were not included). An interdepartmental government team is presently formulating recommendations for addressing the problem of human resources in the high-tech industry and to increase its number of employees. This team is addressing a significant portion of the issues presented in this report and will submit its conclusions and recommendations later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some preliminary directions of action that stem from the conclusions and insights presented in this report:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n