This question prompted the experience of new Ashoka Fellows Giulia Detomati (InVento) and Rosy Russo (Parole O_Stili). The two experts were selected for having suggested innovative solutions involving the younger generation
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Women account for about half of the world’s population, yet the path to real gender equality is still long, even in many advanced countries. Professor Ana Marta Guillén Rodríguez discusses the causes of this phenomenon
In the second round of “WOW – Women on Wednesday”, PHYD compares the visions of Cathy La Torre, Marianna Poletti and Virginia Stagni on the future of work.
Overcoming gender inequality calls for tangible actions and original, powerful voices. ‘Women on Wednesday’ was created to discuss female empowerment.
A statutory leave is insufficient for women workers seeking a smooth return to work after childbirth. Companies are thus incorporating innovative instruments: from the Sanofi case to employers rewarded by women
Medicine, surgery, science but also technology have always moved within a gender stereotype that ignores, or belittles, women. For example, women have been excluded from scientific tests for years and smartphones are developed according to the size of men’s hands. Today things are changing, but it is still not enough.
The gender pay gap measure was unanimously approved by the House and Senate: it now needs to be integrated to render jobs in Italy truly fair and inclusive. We interviewed Democratic Party MP Chiara Gribaudo, the first to sign this law
Financial decisions rarely weigh up whether or not a product meets women’s needs. Absolutely wrong, because gender-conscious companies are the most innovative ones. In the words of Elena Casolari, professional venture capitalist
With their Women’s Empowerment Manifesto, The European House-Ambrosetti recommends a set of guidelines that companies should follow to improve women’s participation in the economy.
The Italian economy is on the mend with the latest forecasts apparently very positive: GDP growth in the second quarter of 2021 is +2.7%. This rebound, however, is missing something: women participating in the labour market, a potential of between 50 billion to 150 billion euros in terms of GDP.
Linda Scott, Emeritus DP World Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Oxford University, talks about the importance of gender equality, and what women can do in order to achieve it.
Her job consists of safeguarding medical devices in cardiac operating rooms. She is also the founder of WeWomEngineers, a community dedicated to women working in her field.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.