This document discusses gender inequality and lack of empowerment for women in Italy. It provides statistics showing Italy ranking poorly (76th out of 153 countries) in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, with significant gaps in women's economic participation and opportunities. While more women are pursuing higher education, they still earn less than men with the same degrees. Networks like Young Women Network and its mentoring programs aim to empower women and girls by helping them develop skills and ambitions outside traditional roles. Initiatives in STEM fields are especially important to prepare women for future jobs and address the lack of women in these areas. More comprehensive policies are still needed to achieve true gender equality across political, education, labor and family domains in Italy.

1. The role of networks in
empowering
Deputy General Manager Publishing & Digital Il Sole 24 ORE
and Board Member of Young Women Network
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2. «Italy is not a place
»
is still a country in which gender
inequalities are deeply rooted and widespread.
Multiple International studies certify this, including the
World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report
2020, which analyzed data from 153 countries on four
dimensions: participation in economic life and
opportunities, education and training, health and
survival, empowerment.
The Report places Italy in 76th in a worsening
scenario: Italy lost another 6 positions

3. Employement
recorded extremely negative data:
in the economic indicator (117th place), and in
particular for the perceived for the
same type of job, an aspect for which Italy
further falls in the list, up to 126° position and
survival (118°), while a little better in terms of
education (55°) and empowerment (44°).

4. Woman greater presence is expected
To penalize italian women is the opportunity to participate in the
country's economy starting with the
In Italy, .
Recently the governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco; "Over the past
20 years, numerous studies, have highlighted the
and a fuller exploitation of the
contribution of women in the economy and in society»
"The achievement of gender equality in the labor market is still far
away". In Italy, according to the latest Istat data, the gap between the
employment rate of women and that of men is 18.9%, in Europe only
Malta is worse.

5. Light and darkness
And the more women study, the more the gap
widens: if a male graduate earns 32.6% more than
a graduate, a graduate earns only 14.3% more.
Not only.
and the
percentage of women among professionals and
managers does not help us to climb the rankings
by a few positions.
In this case, the Golfo-Mosca law is of little use,
which has brought
,
but has had no impact, not even indirectly, on the
increase in the female percentage in
management.
When we have charts for top female CEO’s they
are few and they score far in the chart.

6. Not everything is lost
Many researches shows that :
• to shape their ambitions,
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• learn how to leverage on their
• transformation and job of the future opportunities in STEM
these are where empowering girls and women networks are leveraging while commonly in not
expected that women build their networks as male do.

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• Support in the
• Quality of life
• outside your own company

8. Mentoring
• For 4 years the association has been pursuing
with the aim
of supporting young talents and
.
• The project in the last edition 2019 has seen
200 mentor / mentee couples every year
allows members to develop a one-to-one
path of professional growth.

9. Digital Education for Young Women
YWN has been dealing with STEM and digital for several years, as we believe that
on these issues regardless of their background or profession.
For this reason, although they are technical skills, we also consider them soft basic skills for "literacy"
of young people. In 2017 we created as the only Italian association a report for the G20 in Germany
focused on the theme of "digital gender equality".
The Report notes that between now and
. The analysis also denounces that at the level of
the G20 countries there will not be enough women trained on STEM and digital to seize the
aforementioned professional opportunities, and in Italy, training initiatives on these issues are
mainly dedicated to girls up to 17 years of age.
This is the main reason why we decided to take action on our target: 25-35 years.

10. Young woman network projects
We joined as a lead organization in: Digital gyms (inserted in the European Commission repository as
an initiative of interest for the promotion of the stems) where every year we train
.
We have joined of the Municipality of Milan and the advisory board of
to spread the importance of studying and investing in Stem / Steam
subjects.
On a monthly basis, in the cities of Rome and Milan we organize training on soft skills, including
training sessions dedicated to: and other related
subjects.
From the end of January we will also begin course for under 35s in
collaboration with the IBM Foundation in Rome where we will deal with various
topics: from cyber security to the cloud, and we will also be guests of Binary F.

11. Valore D and Inspiring Girls
• Valore D was founded in 2009 by twelve managers from twelve highly-respected companies: AstraZeneca,
Enel, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, IKEA, Intesa Sanpaolo, Luxottica, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft,
Standard & Poor’s, UniCredit and Vodafone.
• Today, the association has .
These numbers illustrate Valore D’s tireless commitment to promoting gender balance and an inclusive culture
in organisations and across the country. We know for a fact that these factors, when foregrounded,
produce .
• While achieving these results presents many challenges, Valore D’s integrated approach is a winning one
thanks to its ability to provide businesses with effective tools and to establish a dialogue among companies
and with institutions.
• Not by chance, our data shows that the dialogue among companies encourages mutual growth and optimises
employee potential: 50% of the managers who have participated in Valore D’s mentorship programmes have
experienced career progress within 18 months, while 87% of our member companies have launched corporate
wellbeing plans to promote wellness among employees and their families. Moreover, 74% recognised the
fundamental role played by Valore D in implementing an effective inclusion plan within their companies.
• Valore D has also develop a program
.

12. Summarizing
• The road to is far
expected for 2050
• In Italy there are
• An ‘inclusive’
political education, labour, family policy is
really needed!

13. Today we celebrate
the international
Woman Day!
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