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FemTech: the long-overdue revolution of women’s health

Ning Su — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:15 +0000

"FemTech" refers to an emerging category of technologies designed to support women's health. The term was coined in 2016 by entrepreneur Ida Tin, founder of the menstrual tracking app Clue. Over the past decade, FemTech has gained increasing attention among healthcare practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and everyday users. Today, it represents a dynamic frontier of innovation, encompassing wearable devices, medical diagnostics, reproductive health technologies, digital health platforms, and, increasingly, tools enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). The FemTech market has rapidly evolved...

Salute, il divario di genere costa in termini di economica e progresso sociale

Ilaria Potenza — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:00:17 +0000

Se da una parte è ormai noto che le donne vivono in media più a lungo, è molto meno noto che trascorrono il 25% in più di anni in cattiva salute. Si tratta del divario di salute di genere e colpisce le donne, i bambini, i genitori e le altre persone di cui si prendono cura. Nonchè l'economia. Un rapporto del World economic forum e del McKinsey Global Institute ha rivelato l'impatto di questo divario sanitario che, se risolto, sarebbe pari a un'esistenza più sana per circa 3,9 miliardi di donne in tutto il mondo e un ulteriore trilione di dollari aggiunto all'economia globale ogni anno. L'investimento dimostra che...

Women in politics: attacks, physical threats, insults and hate speech

Maria Paola Mosca — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:00:25 +0000

Will 2025 be the year of safety for women in politics or campaigning for a leadership role? As much as we can highlight progress, the reality is not comforting. Threats to these women are in the physical world and fueled online: because of the extensive pervasiveness of social media and accessibility to online content, menaces are far-reaching. They account for thousands of threats, easily very graphic, that are sent per person daily - as private emails and posted on open platforms. One very recent estimate on the extent of violence and harassment toward women in politics comes from Nepal. Published in mid-December, a...

Women-only housing for more equitable living conditions

Maria Paola Mosca — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:00:01 +0000

We are far from a future of equality – to use the numbers from the 2023 WEF Global Gender Gap Report, 131-years-far - even when it comes to the basic need of a home. Radical solutions to tackle the housing problem, then, are required. As radical as the interesting example represented by the recently approved plan to build a women-only block in the UK capital. In the country, women are 36% more likely than men to struggle to afford housing costs. 69% of them who rent privately worry they won't be able to afford anywhere decent if their relationship fails. In this scenario, the initiative represents an alternative...

Why Prada’s partnership with Women’s Football in China is game-changing

Ning Su — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:00:17 +0000

How to receive hundreds of millions views on social media over night, build a foundation for sustained commercial success, and, more importantly, send a positive message of equity, diversity, and excellence to society? Prada might have just found an elegant solution, in China. Queens Wear Prada The Women’s Football World Cup will kick off in Australia and New Zealand in July. When the Chinese national team, a major contender and a former Olympic silver medalist, landed in the airport of Adelaide, the entire team, from the head coach, a former football star in China herself, to the players, showed up in tailored white...

Diritti, in soli 14 Paesi le donne hanno la piena parità. E l’Italia non è tra questi.

Greta Ubbiali — Wed, 10 May 2023 05:00:59 +0000

Uomini e donne in Italia sono uguali di fronte alla legge, recita il terzo articolo della nostra Costituzione. Eppure, secondo un recente calcolo della Banca Mondiale, allo stato attuale, la parità non è ancora stata pienamente raggiunta. Con 97,5 punti (su 100) conquistati nell’ultima edizione del Women, Business and the Law Index, il nostro Paese si piazza nei piani alti della classifica (in compagnia di Estonia, Finlandia, Regno Unito e Nuova Zelanda) ma non tra i primi della classe.

Il Women, Business and the Law 2023 è un indice con cui le leggi di 190 Paesi vengono scandagliate in chiave di genere per fare il punto...

Urban planning: the need to include women perspectives

Maria Paola Mosca — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:45:00 +0000

Men and women do not perceive and use cities equally. And not only for the different purposes and activities they perform in urban areas. A lot has to do also with how they reach their destinations, the type of routes they take, and if they complete them in single (primarily men) or multiple stops (usually women). If they have exclusive use of a car or need to rely upon the availability of public transport and even how safe spaces are. During the 20th century, cities were mainly designed to accommodate the travel pattern of a sole (male) breadwinner who commuted from suburban areas and residential neighbourhoods toward,...

Anna Dorangricchia (UfM) on women entrepreneurs in MENA region

Maria Paola Mosca — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:00:30 +0000

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, women who open a business undertake a gruelling path. Female entrepreneurs face some of the highest levels of discrimination in accessing capital or productive resources: 45%, compared to the world average of 27%. In an area with one of the highest unemployment levels, over half of the female workforce is hired informally, and women tend to spend six times more on domestic work and unpaid care. If already worldwide, girls and women are the most impacted by economic downturns. In this region, they are also threatened by disasters related to climate change, economic...

The numbers of female CEO: what it means for Eu companies

Maria Paola Mosca — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:00:30 +0000

Trends wordlwide prove that greater diversity in the workplace, from junior employees to c-suits, results in better financial results. This summer, the behavioural science consultancy MindGym put down some numbers to highlight the benefits. The paper argues that businesses with higher levels of diversity outperform and are more innovative. “Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 21% more likely to deliver above-average profits than those in the bottom quartile. Those in the top quartile for ethnic diversity are 33% more likely to deliver above-average profits than the lowest quartile.” Moreover, “Inclusive...

Minimum wages in the EU: 6 countries have no law

Maria Paola Mosca — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:00:30 +0000

From January 2023, the minimum wage in the Netherlands will soar by 10%. With skyrocketing prices and inflation, globally, many countries are on the same trend. In Europe, in particular, some adjustments are being made. Even if the Dutch represents the highest jump on the continent so far, many other member states are intervening, following the European directive on minimum salaries (proposed by the Commission and approved by the EU Parliament on 14th September.) In his speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag (or budget day) - the annual address to the Parliament to set the main features of government policy for the coming...