10 Women-Led Ventures Win at Israel's Miss Fix the Universe Contest

By: Women Entrepreneurs Review Team | Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Ten social business ventures run by women in Israel have received prizes at 2026 Miss Fix the Universe contest. The prizes were awarded to individuals ensuring women’s economic empowerment, providing job creation and overcoming social barriers. This year’s competition was organized by Israel Women’s Network and Bank Hapoalim encouraging women to learn and join the world of technology.

The initiative is meant to increase opportunities for women in the areas of work, education, enterprise, and funding. All the projects will be provided with one year of professional support and assistance in creating their promotional videos. In addition, the project that receives the most votes from the public will receive an extra 5,000 shekels, making a total of 305,000 shekels of grants as total prize money.

Key Highlights:

• Ten women-led initiatives win recognition for advancing women's economic independence in Israel
• the winners will receive grants, professional mentoring and promotional support to expand their impact
• GameDevelopHer and other projects are opening technology career pathways for women

In the competition, many social entrepreneurs working on the challenges of finding solutions to economic disadvantages of women took part. The number of applications submitted by women entrepreneurs was 233. More than 27,000 votes were collected during the voting procedure.

Celebrating its fifth consecutive year, the competition keeps shedding light on social initiatives aimed at addressing important problems facing the community. The name of this year’s competition, ‘Mending the Fragments,’ reflects the social and economic hardships faced by women after enduring several years of unrest and instability in the country.

Speaking on behalf of Israel Women's Network, Tal Hochman, the CEO, talked about how national disasters can impact the economic standing of women. As the nation turns its gaze towards reconstruction and rehabilitation, it might ignore the economic difficulties faced by women.

Several undertaken projects deal with increasing participation of women in technology in Israel, where, with the right amount of training and networking, becomes a key factor influencing a person’s career development. This is done in order to create access channels for women into the world of technology.

More than 170 women have been beneficiaries of the training provided by GameDevelopHer. The program provides training in programming and technical skills. As stated by the event organizers, many graduates of this program have found jobs in the gaming industry.

The network helps the members’ access programs and resources related to education and job training. This solves problems that many graduates face in terms of utilizing their skills for employment opportunities.