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ISRAEL: Gender Equity in Public Health

ISRAEL

Gender Equity in Public Health

12 May 2022

This hackathon was organised by the University of Haifa on 12 May 2022 with the theme “ICT Accessibility for Women with Disabilities” at the Reichman University. A total of 28 participants in six teams developed and pitched their solutions to a jury composed of 4 women in leading positions in Israel’s healthcare, technology, and entrepreneurial sectors.  

Winning team & solution:

‘Eq=al’ Solution = ‘Metletes’ – ‘We are all athletes’ – a virtual exercising platform featuring personal avatars using wearable sensors for girls and gender minorities. 

© Einav Mimram (Data science / computer engineering), Noga Rosenberg (Data science / computer engineering), Eden Vilker (Data science / computer engineering), Rotem Nadler (Data science / computer engineering)  

The winning team focused on the female athletes are at risk of underperforming at an athletic task when prompted to think about gender stereotypes of athleticism. Also, gender stereotypes contribute to young women dropping out of sport participation because women in sport are often seen as being non-feminine.  

The winning proposal ‘Eq=al’ Solution = ‘Metletes’ – ‘We are all athletes’ is a virtual exercising platform featuring personal avatars using wearable sensors for girls and gender minorities. The app enables to break gender and body stereotypes through sport while being a girl-driven and women-cantered platform.  

photo of participants

Winning team

© Oren Shalev photography