In Italy, there are still too few women who actively participate in the world of work (less than 50%), and who contribute to the digital economy. Yet in the top 10 of emerging jobs, technology is predominant.
Include more and more women in technical and scientific study and work paths it then becomes essential: on the one hand to increase the number of competent professionals who can contribute to the growth of our country, on the other to allow more and more women to access lucrative professional paths of sure interest in the labor market of tomorrow.

But what is the reason for the gender disparity in the STEM world and what actions are we taking in Italy to eliminate it?
He talked about it Costanza Turrini — member of the Board of Directors of Officina Futuro Fondazione MAW and creator of the project — in her speech at the Strategy Innovation Forum, the only Italian think tank on the subject of strategic innovation organized by Ca' Foscari, of which MAW was once again a premium partner.
The Forum involved numerous entrepreneurs, managers, professionals, academics and policy makers who analyzed in different panels the impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain on business models.
As part of the session relating to the impacts on “Labor & Welfare 4.0", C. Turrini presented Girls Code It Better, the MAW Foundation project that aims to bring girls from first and second grade secondary schools closer to STEM disciplines, through afternoon design, creativity and digital technology clubs.
“We must go back, in training - explained Turrini - A stereotype in the world of education is that women are naturally suited to humanities, while men are suited to scientific subjects.
This stereotype affects the school and professional choices of men and women, because it affects their performance. Males actually do better in mathematics and therefore choose scientific paths of study, but there is no biological basis for this to be the case.
With the MAW Foundation, we have tried to create a more inclusive context, in which girls can experiment with scientific subjects, because that is where the choice to attend scientific universities, to approach digital and also to consider interesting work paths for the future labor market, starts. We need to start thinking about a 'full team'.
So we created the GCIB project to bring girls closer to the STEM field. With GCIB we go to schools and organize afternoon clubs where girls work on the creation of electronic cards, automation, design, modeling and 3D printing, Web Design and Web Development, app and gaming programming, virtual and augmented reality.
This year we will still be there, with many more workshops and if necessary we will create them online, with the lockdown we have done them remotely and the girls have worked very well.
GICB is a doubly inclusive project, because by going to first grade secondary schools, we are able to involve even girls who come from the most fragile backgrounds.”
To discover the MAW Foundation's all-pink project, click here
To listen to the full speech by Costanza Turrini click here
To also listen to the speeches of the other speakers, watch the streaming recording on the Strategy Innovation Forum YouTube channel: click here

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