Cestaro Rossi & C. S.p.a.
received the “Tech by Her” award, a study project on the digital divide of women in the South.
As many as 20 companies from Puglia, including Cestaro Rossi Sp.A. received recognition for achieving Equal Opportunity certification during the evening. Among the aims of the Business Certification System is to encourage the adoption of policies for gender equality and women’s empowerment at the enterprise level and to improve women’s ability to enter the labor market.
The initiative, sponsored by Huawei and focused on the digital divide of women in the South, produced a documentary and research in collaboration with the University of Bari. A synergistic effort to analyze data, surveyed 689 women, which showed a surge in online training courses at the height of the pandemic. Technology, perceived as an accelerator in the professional field, has broadened horizons, despite difficulties and forced domicile. Huawei, with “Tech by Her,” has issued a challenge to break down the prevailing prejudices in Southern Italy, promote female leadership, diversity and inclusiveness in the technology sector, and raise awareness of what women can do.
The event was presented by Federica Marangio and Antonio Prota with the participation of the women protagonists of the documentary, Elena Silvana Saponaro, director of the UNESCO site of Castel del Monte, Chiara Pertosa, CEO Sitael, Angel Group, Cristina Angelillo, CEO Marshmallow Game, Mariarita Costanza, CEO and co-founder Everywhere SB, and Fabi Saad, founder of the Mulheres positivas project and among the 20 most influential women in Brazil. Speakers included Eugenio Di Sciascio, deputy mayor of Bari; Gianluca Puliga of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Equal Opportunities Department; Anna Maria Moretti, president of the national GiSeG and international IGM society of Gender Medicine; Lella Ruccia, regional Equal Opportunities councilor; and Annalisa Bellino, section executive for gender policy implementation.
Source: ONLINE EDITORIAL of La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno