edited by Gianna Martinengo and Patrizia Toia WOMEN & DIGITAL JOBS IN EUROPE Proceedings of the event held on 6 March 2018 European Parliament - ASP Room 5E2 Brussels WOMEN & DIGITAL JOBS IN EUROPE Proceedings of the event held on 6 March 2018 European Parliament - ASP Room 5E2 Brussels edited by Gianna Martinengo Ceo & Founder DKTS and Patrizia Toia Head of the S&D Italian delegation CONTENT I Contribution of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society 2 Introduction of Patrizia Toia, Vice Chair of ITRE, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Head of the S&D Italian delegation 7 1. The participation of women in the digital sector: data from Italy and Europe 9 2. Abstract of the talk event at the European Parliament March 6th, 2018 12 3. Women & Digital Jobs in Europe - contributions 14 3.1 Paola Bonomo, Investor, Italian Angels for Growth 14 3.2 Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Full Professor at the University Pierre and N Marie Curie, Head of Multi-Agent Systems Team (SMA) 16 DEX 3.3 Manuela Lavezzari, Marketing Director Lenovo EMEA 20 3.4 Gianna Martinengo, Ceo & Founder DKTS 22 3.5 Franca Melfi , Prof, of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa; Chief of Robotic Multispeciality Center for Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa 25 3.6 Catuscia Palamidessi, Director of Research, INRIA Saclay 26 3.7 Monica Rancati, Sr. Human Resources Director Western Europe – Microsoft 28 3.8 Paola Scarpa, Director Client Solution, Data & Insights, Emea Women Leader - Google Italy S.r.l. 29 3.9 Alice Siracusano, CEO & Partner - LUZ 31 3.10 Michael Bültmann, Director Corporate Responsibility - HERE Technologies 32 4. Contributions of European Parliament & Commission 35 4.1 Silvia Costa, Culture and Education Committee - European Parliament 35 4.2 Isabella De Monte, Transport and Tourism Committee - Deputy PD delegation of S&D Group - European Parliament 37 4.3 Pina Picierno, Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee - European Parliament 38 2 WOMEN & DIGITAL JOBS IN EUROPE holistic approach. No one country, organisation orcompanycanact holistic approach. 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We need a more consistent, proactive and above all co- ordinated approach, backed by the necessary political and economic investment. It has to be a collective e ort - governments, companies, educators, and civil society all need to be involved - with a clear focus on reaching the goals of making digital careers interesting and appeal- ing to girls and women, and ensuring that they have the education and skills they need to actually get one. Combatting gender stereotypes and promoting role models Our research has shown that while up to 90% of girls are interested in ICT when at school, very few of them convert this interest into higher education studies - and fewer still into careers. The simple and yet wor- rying reason for this is that girls lack inspiration and role models when it comes to the STEM subjects. There are simply too few examples of real women making a successful and interesting career in ICT - and the issue is further compounded by the stereotypical representation of women (and relationships in general) in books, fi lms, TV series and social media. Last year I asked the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) to examine the representation of women in the European audio- visual media sector to get a clearer picture of just how widespread those stereotypes are. The EPRA’s fi ndings came as no real surprise: there is a general under-representation of women in the audiovisual sector across Europe, both on- and o -screen. When they do appear on-screen, women are less likely to appear as experts or be portrayed in scientifi c or technical roles, and a far more likely to be shown in a more stereotypical fashion than men. In o -screen creative roles, women are also generally under-represented, but most signifi cantly in senior and technical positions. There is still much to be done to change these stereotypical representa- tions and lack of role models. Social media campaigns focusing on real women in ICT, for example on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February each year, is one way of spreading the word. Another is the online exhibition at Europeana, the European portal for digital cultural heritage, which highlights the profi les of outstanding women in art and science in the run-up to International Women’s Day on 8 March 2019. Stepping up the number of women portrayed in sci- entifi c or digital technology roles in fi lms or TV series - which is hap- pening, albeit slowly - is yet another. 3 4 WOMEN & DIGITAL JOBS IN EUROPE eleven actions developedbytheEuropean Commissionaspartofits one of for girls is entrepreneurial skills training and digital is why This show justwhatacareerinICT canreallybring. itmeans havingthosepositiverolemodelsinplaceto And ofcourse, for girlsandroleswomen attheverystartofeducationcycle. ‘right’ studies stereotypes about the down thosepersistent breaking Itmeans ing thesesubjectsfun,interesting andrelevantforeveryone. teachers) andmak- dent andsupportive are taughtbydigitallyconfi dent (currentlyonly20-25%ofstudents are properlytrainedandconfi ensuringthattheteachers subjectsfromanearlyage, ty tostudySTEM right curriculumsinplaceschoolsthatgivegirlsanequal opportuni- Thismeansgettingthe ing actionfarearlierintheeducationcycle. 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By the end of 2020, the aim is for 20,000 girls in primary and secondary education across Eu- rope to take part in a series of workshops promoting the positive role models, challenging the stereotypes and giving them the skills they need to develop a digital career. Another of the actions focuses specifi cally on boosting the digital skills of all children. EU Code Week is a grass-roots driven initiative with over 41,000 activities in 72 countries in 2018 involving hundreds of thousands of school children. Italy hosted more than 20,000 events in 2018, with over 745,000 people taking part, making it by far the most committed to Code Week (for comparison, Poland, which is second in the list, hosted just over 5,000 events with around 310,000 partici-