Second Runway Challege
#EmbraceEquity
Theme
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In our second runway challenge we’re traditionally looking at the International Women’s Day, which is observed on March 8th every year.
The International Women’s Day (IWD) has every year another theme to highlight the difficulties women globally have to overcome and struggle with. This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity.
IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not specific to a country, a group or an organization, but it is for all women of all colors, beliefs and cultural backgrounds. This year’s theme goes even beyond that initial inclusiveness, equality and equity for all genders being highlighted.
For our second runway challenge we are asking you to look into the situation of the country you are representing and to tell us about the difficulties women and all genders face in terms of equality and equity. Which noteable efforts (if any) are being made by women and organisations in your country to improve equity for women and everyone?
My Presentation
Male, female and equality…. There is still a long way to go in Italy to arrive at an equality of vision between men and women. Thanks to the fact of a patriarchal mentality that still sees the woman as the one who has to stay at home with the children and who is not really considered a job but a duty and even now this vision of the woman has an effect on the choice of many girls and workers who have adaptation problems.
In recent years laws have been made that protect women in the workplace but very often a woman has to deal with home, children and work.
In work there are still many differences between men and women, first of all the salary which, for the same role, has a significant difference. The male figure is always preferred and only a few women manage to emerge in job level, statistic says 1 out of 4.
But… We’re working on it. Organizations have been born and some laws have been made to protect the female working world. The path is long but I’m sure we’ll soon reach a significant result. It just takes a little patience and courage.
