The 8th edition of Coding Girls, the project that aims to accelerate the achievement of equal opportunities in the scientific and technological sectors for young women kicks off just a few weeks after Women 20 (W20), the G20 Forum on the empowerment of women.
A Millennials’ W20
Young Women Coding the Future
Presentation of the 8th edition
November 18, 2021, 11:30 am
On-line and in Presence
Rome, American Studies Centre, Via Michelangelo Caetani 32
Live Facebook Stream
At the "Women 20 Summit" in Rome, Ursula von der Leyen emphasised the importance of guaranteeing an equal access to the market for women. In Italy, women have paid the highest price of the pandemic, both in terms of lost jobs and the time invested in taking care of others. Coding Girls aims not only to introduce young women to scientific subjects, one of the sectors in which the gender gap is wides, but also to involve young men to fight stereotypes and commonplaces that prevent young women from proving their value in education, jobs and social life. The Coding Girls Project (and a number of specific project spin-offs) is promoted by a vast alliance directed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. It involves schools, families, companies, universities and public and private organisations.
The national programme, which is promoted by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Italy in collaboration with Microsoft, has new partners that have adopted schools, area and entire educational communities: the Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Naples. Moreover, with ENI, Coding Girls have also become experts on the energy transition thanks to the COde&FraME for Self-Empowerment (Co.Me.SE) initiative. The alliance will continue to grow and address the challenges launched by W20, starting with the new generations.
AGENDA
Moderator: Mariapia Ebreo, journalist
WELCOME
- Roberto Sgalla, Director, American Studies Centre
Introduction
- Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
STORIES
- Martina Rogato, CRS consultant, W20 Spokesperson (in video)
- Valentina Drljevic, student, IIS Edoardo Amaldi - Rome
- Maria Sofia Sessa, teacher, IIS Leonardo Da Vinci - Rome
- Marina Carini, Deputy Rector for Third Mission, Cultural Activities and Social Impact, University of Milan (in video)
WITNESSES
- Christina Tomlinson, Minister Councillor for Public Affairs, United States Embassy in Italy
- Marwa El Hakim, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, ENI
- Annamaria Bottero, Customer Experience & Success Division Director, Microsoft Italia
- Rosanna Ventrella, Vice President, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (in video)
CONCLUSION
- Linda Laura Sabbadini, Statistician and W20 Chair
PROJECT PROFILE
THE FUTURE? IT’S UP TO ME!
The new generations of young men and women can be the “crystal stairway” that nears the objective of gender equality at work, which, according to the World Economic Forum, will be achieved in more than 100 years, if we continue at the same pace.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Coding Girls Project-Programme is to accelerate the achievement of equal opportunities in the scientific and technological sectors by acting on a range of fronts:
- Challenging prejudice and stereotypes
- Peer Training
- Positive Models
- Transformative Educational Experiences
- Orientation to Careers of the Future
- Social Campaign #dipendedame (It’s Up to Me)
- Impact Evaluation
ACTIVITIES
- On-line coding for schools
- Training with university tutors
- Local events
MODEL
Coding Girls is a collaborative alliance based on the Life Education Model amongst schools, universities, organisations and companies that act in unison on common objectives:
- Help young students to trust science
- Raise the awareness of young women on the importance of commitment in the working world
- Provide orientation to STEAM studies and professions for careers of the future
TRAINING CONTENT
- Computational Thinking
- Stereotypes and Self-perception
- Fake News, Social Media, Cybersecurity
- Team-building Activities
- Storytelling
METHODOLOGY
- Train the trainers
- Peer to peer
- Team building
- Learning by doing
EDUATIONAL TEAM
- Select FMD Coaches
- Facilitators and Volunteers
- Role Models
GREAT EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE
Coding Girls was conceived in 2014. Since then, it has developed into a large educational programme to prepare the new generations for STEAM, but especially to help young women trust science and orient them towards the careers of the future. Today, supporting Coding Girls (and several specific project spin-offs) is a vast alliance directed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. It involves schools, families, companies, universities and public and private organisations. The national programme, which is promoted by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Italy in collaboration with Microsoft, has new partners that have adopted schools, area and entire educational communities: the Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Naples. Moreover, with ENI, Coding Girls have also become experts on the energy transition thanks to the COde&FraME for Self-Empowerment (Co.Me.SE) initiative.
EIGHTH EDITION
Coding Girls involves over 15.000 young female students in over 30 cities to share knowledge and skills with local communities.
Ascoli Piceno
Bologna
Brescia
Cagliari
Campobasso
Catania
Chieti
Cosenza
Frosinone
Genoa
Isernia
L’Aquila
Latina
Matera
Milan
Naples
Novara
Padua
Palermo
Perugia
Pisa
Reggio C.
Rome
Salerno
Turin
Trieste
Udine
Venice
Vicenza
12 Project months with
- 150 FMD coaches and tutors
- Educational sessions in 100 schools
- 32 academic partners, with the extraordinary participation of SISSA in Trieste
- 800 hours of training
