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Gender equality in science a win-win proposition

Ihave two sons and a younger daughter. While it was obvious, and almost natural, for both of my sons to choose science topics as their major in high school, and then at university, that was not the case for my daughter. Most of her girlfriends chose subjects like arts and literature, opting to avoid "hard sciences" like math, physics or chemistry.

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2020 recap: Israel's women in tech | Lisa Damast


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Miriam Schwab, Co-founder and CEO of Strattic, speaking at MassChallenge Israel days before the first lockdown.
It was a bright winter’s day in Tel Aviv in February 2020 when Microsoft for Startups and Yazamiyot, Israel’s largest female entrepreneur community, launched its first joint deep-tech accelerator. Touted as the first such program in Israel supported by a multinational like Microsoft, the program was “aimed at helping female founders scale their businesses and prepare for global success”, Raz Bachar, Managing Director for Microsoft for Startups in Israel said in a statement at the time.

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"Israel must transition from the Startup Nation to the Innovation Nation"


The year 2020 was marked by a global pandemic, yet the State of Israel wasn’t deterred and marked many impressive feats in scientific research, technological achievements, and is gearing up for sending the second Israeli astronaut, Eytan Stibbe, to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021. It also has plans in the works for its next lunar spacecraft, Beresheet 2, to be sent to the Moon in 2024, and the local high tech industry is booming, despite the crisis.
 
In an exclusive interview, Minister of Science and Technology Yizhar Shai spoke to CTech about Israel’s next ventures in space, future scientific collaborations, diplomacy, and how Israel can retain its innovative edge as the Startup Nation.

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'Israel Must Transition From the Startup Nation to the Innovation Nation' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com


Israeli experts and former political officials weighed in Wednesday on the still-emerging 2021 election results, expressing hope that Israel’s politicians...
Shai, 57, was a partner at the venture capital fund Canaan Partners Israel, a former Chairman and CEO of V-Secure Technologies, and was an entrepreneur in the field of Israeli startups prior to being appointed minister. He was a member of the Blue and White party led by Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, but recently quit. It is unclear whether he will be in the transition government. Shai replaced outgoing minister MK Ofir Akunis from the Likud party in May 2020. Shai has also been a guest speaker featured at

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