Education
In the 1970’s education that focused not only on subjects like math and science but also on religion was difficult to come by. There were very few choices of good higher education. However, as time progressed the education system and the support for it grew exponentially. More money was invested to create more institutions. This development stretched above the primary school level and into high school levels. One of the key players in this was Rabbi Riskin who founded a number of high schools in 1983. He also placed special emphasis on education surrounding women. This led to the increase of women wanting to continue furthering their education by entering college.In as early as 2001, schools reported the percentage of female attendees in grades 1-5 at 98.7%(Israel Education, 2012) . In 2014-2015 Israel reported that 57.3%( Israel Education, 2012) of the people enrolled in higher education were female.
Women and the Workforce
Because of the introduction of higher education to women they now hold positions as some of Israel’s most successful engineers in technology. One example is Adi Tatarko, but there are many others such as Triinu Magi, a data and security analyst responsible for creating The Internet of Things. Additionally, in the U.S., women leaders often still hold significantly lower positions than men in the workplace. For example only 14% of the top leadership positions are held by women. And, out of the 500 large companies in the world, only 24 of CEO’s (or leaders) are women. This is significant because while Adi Tatarko is from Israel, her success happened in the U.S. where the equality in the workplace is significantly lower than that of Israel. In Israel 19% (Egan, 2015) of CEO’s in the workplace are women. Another example is 30% of the leadership positions in Israel are held by women, which is significantly higher than here in the U.S. Unfortunately that number is “down from 34% [from] the year before”( Egan, 2015). While women originally had a strong lead in leadership it has recently declined, almost like a door being shut slowly. Thankfully women are still pushing their way through that door. For example the percentage of women on company boards in Israel has increased by 1.2% from 16% in 2012 to 17.2% in 2014(Egan, 2015).
Overall, women in Israel have a better lead in the workplace than women in the United States. Since equality between genders has always been an integral part of their State, women have had a better experience both in educational setting and the workplace. Because there is no discrimination against women their society functions on a level of equality yet to attained by the U.S., which can clearly be seen in their higher level of women leaders.
