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Women Make p Just 29% of All Israeli Computer Science Students
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Computer science remains a man's world in Israel, leaving women at a big disadvantage for jobs in the country's booming high-tech sector.
Although women account for 58% of all students pursing a bachelor's degree at Israel's universities and colleges, the rate among students of computer science was just half that (29%), according to figures compiled for the Council for Higher Education.
In the United States, the percentage of women pursuing a bachelor's degree in the field is an even lower 18%.
"The academic world has succeeded in achieving gender equality in leading areas like medicine and law, and we're determined to do the same in high-tech," says Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats, chairwomen of the education council's steering committee on high-tech studies.
From Haaretz
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