Women at Work in Progress

Community Meetup About Women But Not Only For Women
Women at Work in Progress

Despite equal representation of women in society, gender inequality remains a problem even in 2022. A report by the Israel Innovation Authority and "A Woman in High-Tech" Initiative from March 2022 demonstrates staggering figures.

Although approx. 50% of the students majoring in mathematics are girls, only 23% later join the IDF in R&D positions, and 13% are in cyber security positions. Whereas women make up only 33% of the Israeli workforce, they hold only 28% of the tech positions. In academia, women are less than 31% of all tech professions BA degree holders, and little less than 28% are integrated into technical positions. What about the great startup nation? about 16.5% of senior positions in local VCs are held by women, and about 9.4% of the startups established in the last decade were Established by women CEOs and entrepreneurs.

The Women at Work in Progress meetup will discuss this gap and various life frameworks - the family, education, society, industry, and work. Our top-notch speakers, experts in their fields, will discuss the needed changes to shatter the glass ceiling and gender barriers and open up new opportunities for the younger generation.

Agenda:
18:30-19:00 - Gathering
19:00-19:40 - Professional Panel

• Neta Feller, Chief People Officer, Natural Intelligence
• Meytal Bercovich, Founder of Women In Hitech Initiative
• Hilla Bakshi, Tech Ecosystem Leader, Founder of HaMeetupistiot
• Maayan Arzi-Mlinarski, Chief Executive Officer, Shavot Female Leadership

19:40-20:00 - Q&A
20:00-21:00 - Mingling & Networking

About the Speakers

• Neta Feller has been in HR for over 25 years. For the past decade, she has served as the Chief People Officer of Natural Intelligence, leading various organizational initiatives such as establishing human resources best practices, developing the company's culture and DNA and implementing social impact activities. Neta's social activism has inspired her to lead cross-industry initiatives to advance the LGBTQ community, including establishing a surrogacy grant for gay employees, promoting the Israel Diversity Standard for gender equality at the workplace, fostering initiatives to eliminate violence against women, adopting NGOs, and more. Neta serves on the board of directors of the NGOs "Gesher El HaNoar," and "LGBTech" and is a mentor in the "SHESHE" mentoring program. Her initiatives have earned her the Shulamit Aloni award from the Tel-Aviv municipality. She was named one of the 50 most influential women by Maariv and LGBTQ Influencing Executive by Financial Times New York.

• Meytal Bercovich - Founder of Women in Tech IL initiative.
  Meytal founded Women in Tech about 5 years ago after working for many years in Israeli high-tech, including corporates and startups, experiencing many of the challenges women in the high-tech face every day.
  The Women in High-Tech project is an innovative and unique initiative that brings together more than 15,000 women working in high-tech in Israel to discuss, help and support one another professionally and personally.
  "Mentoring program", "Women on maternity leave", "Build yourself up events" & “Wommunity - small groups" are among the programs that run as part of the “Women in Tech” project.

• Hilla Bakshi - Founder and director of HaMeetupistiot community on Facebook, promoting women's personal and professional development through exposure to informal learning like Meetups and professional workshops. Hilla holds a B.A. in Communication and Management from the College of Management Academic Studies and has 18 years of experience in the Israeli tech industry as a Product, Marketing, and Business Development Manager.

• Maayan Arzi-Mlinarski holds an EMBA from Tel Aviv University as well as a BA in communication and management from the College of Management. After a successful career in Advertising, Maayan specialized in Marketing and Strategic Consulting for non-profit organizations and municipalities. During the last decade, Maayan has led strategic marketing plans for social change organizations in the education sector while building professional infrastructures and leading management teams. In her role as CEO of the Shavot Female Leadership program, Maayan has profoundly identified with the social need for equality for women and girls and understands the great opportunity offered by investing in the younger generation. By orchestrating the NGOs annual flagship event in Israel, "Girl's Week," last December, Maayan has brought to the local awareness the critical bond between a girl and the woman she will become.