In 2022, APID – Imprenditorialitá Donna, won the best practice award in inclusive entrepreneurship .
Together with the team from Acción contra el Hambre (leader of the European Network of Innovation for Inclusion), KMOP and Cyprus Energy Agency (finalists in the call for good practices) and Matera Hub (National contact point of the ENNI in Italy), we traveled to Torino to learn about the DIGITAL project and how they are involving young girls in STEM through role modeling and entrepreneurship.
The study visit gave us the chance to meet Cinzia Bellasio and Giovanna Giordano who participated in the awareness sessions aimed at showing young girls the major role played by women in key technological and scientific achievements. As authors of the book Feminine computing. Untold stories of women who changed the world, their passion and in-depth knowledge of women in science and technology resonated with the young girls and encouraged them to participate in later stages of the project.
We also had the opportunity to meet with Clara Besson, a female entrepreneur participating in the DIGITALL project who provided some insights into how to integrate digitalization in businesses.
The visit was also the opportunity to we also got to meet the work done by Torino Social Impact, supporter of DIGITALL project and Elena Ferrero, co-founder and CEO of Atelier Riforma, a project that has come to revolutionize the fashion industry.
A day to reflect on the importance of bridging the gender-digital gap and ensuring female entrepreneurs and leaders in science and technology are visible to inspire the new generations.
