Mind the STEM Gap – Together: A manifesto exhibition to counter gender stereotyping

Mind the STEM Gap – Together (30 June – 29 October 2023 at CDI-Centro Diagnostico Italiano, No 20 Via Sant Bon, Milan) is an exhibition of works produced by 150 students of both sexes participating in the “Mind the STEM Gap” Manifesto, an initiative run by Fondazione Bracco to encourage girls and women to transcend sexist stereotypes by entering and prospering in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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Women and science: “A week as a woman scientist “

Women make up just 34% of researchers in Italy according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD ). The percentage is very low, but it is rising. The Pathways for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO) is guiding the “Week as a woman scientist ”, created in 2016 by the Bracco Foundation in collaboration with Centro Università degli Studi di Milano (CusMiBio). The initiative, which is aimed at girls in their fourth year of secondary school or technical college, revolves around the six points set out in the #Forwomeninscience manifesto.

Photographic exhibition “Colpo di scena. Dalla A di attrezzista alla S di scultrice”

From 30 January to 30 June 2024, Centro Diagnostico Italiano is hosting at its premises at No. 20 Via Saint Bon in Milan) a photographic exhibition titled “Colpo di scena. Dalla A di attrezzista alla S di scultrice” (‘Plot Twist: From A for Artisan toolmaker to S for sculptress’) (free entry) created and promoted by the Bracco Foundation in collaboration with Accademia Teatro alla Scala.