Girls Code It Better

Girls Code it Better is the large school project of digital creativity and entrepreneurship against the gender gap in Italy, an initiative of Officina Futuro Fondazione W-Group.

Girls Code it Better offers pathways to introduce female students to technology and STEM careers. In 10 years of activity the clubs have involved over 13,000 students in more than 300 schools in 18 regions of Italy.

“In these ten years we have had only one objective: to eradicate female students' belief that they are not suited to STEM subjects and therefore not cut out for a career in this field – states Costanza Turrini, founder and project manager of Girls Code it Better . Our task is to show female students the potential of digital resources, of course, but also their own. Not only are they absolutely capable of managing them but they can also be tools of emancipation along the paths they decide to take in their future."

Each Girls Code It Better student club includes a training workshop in each school, involving approximately 4 months of extracurricular afternoon meetings. Supported by a Teacher Coach (who supports the girls during the project and group work phases) and by the Maker Coach (who shows the girls the potential of technologies and approaches to the world of creation), the young allies tackle a theme and the development of a project. The workshops intend to introduce girls to languages ​​and new digital skills in a creative and fun way, so as to develop the ability to understand, create and consciously use the web and information technologies and encourage them to undertake study and scientific-technological career paths or to enhance their training with skills that are essential today.

SEW supports the project from the beginning - collaborating with the Clubs on the projects and welcoming the girls into the Smart Factory - as an official partner and shares its values ​​and concrete commitment towards greater inclusiveness, which must involve schools and businesses together.