Next Wednesday, September 28 at 11 am, Project “Coding Girls” will host a press conference at the American Embassy in Rome. The protagonists will be 1000 students in Milan, Naples and Rome who are working to fight gender stereotypes and prejudice in this field.
Sixty young women from the three cities were trained at the first Coding Summer School. Now, they have accepted the challenge to attract a further 1000 young women to coding. The objective is to promote gender equality in the working work, which the World Economic Forum, estimates will be reached in 100 years if we continue at the present pace.
Thirty teachers from 12 school will coordinate this effort in three cities: Milan, Naples and Rome. American Coach Emily Thomforde, Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist, will supervise the project.
The final aim of the Coding Girls Project promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the American Embassy in Rome in collaboration with Microsoft is to is to catalyse a multiplier effect that will accelerate gender equality in the scientific and technological sector.
The presentation press conference will be held on Wednesday, September 28 at 11 am at the American Embassy in Rome (Via Sallustiana 49).
Participants include:
- Gloria F. Berbena, Councillor for Press and Cultural Affairs, United States Embassy
- Sabrina Bono, Head of Department for Planning and Management of Human, Financial and Real Estate Resources, MIUR
- Paola Cavallero, Director, Marketing & Operations, Microsoft Italy
- Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Virginia Raggi, Mayor of Rome (tbc)
The conference will launch the first edition of the Phyrtual Innovation Week (Oct. 3-8, Rome Città Educativa and Campidoglio), an entire week of events dedicated to debates with experts and ICT managers to discover the best didactic practices, experiment with innovative tools, and learn more about the new digital environments at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym in order to develop new strategies to empower women.
Coding Girls are also testimonials for the European “e-Skills for Jobs” Campaign.
