At the start of W20 Rome Summit: gender equality and policies for women

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13 July 2021 The fight against violence against women, female unemployment and the gender pay gap, but also the protection of girls, more accessible vaccines all over the world and sustainability. These are just some of the issues that will be addressed in the final summit of the Women 20 engagement group starting from 13 to 15 July in Rome at the Temple of Hadrian.

The Summit, hosted for the first time by Italy, will be an opportunity to bring issues related to gender equality in the various sectors of social and economic life, starting from work, to the fight against violence against women, gender medicine, women's contribution in the resolution of international conflicts, the role of women in science.

The Summit program, divided into three dates, includes several work sessions spread over the entire day. Due to restrictions due to the pandemic, seats inside the hall will be limited and reserved for guests, organizers and technicians. It will be possible to follow the work sessions of the Summit in digital mode in live, at the link

Personalities from the Italian and international political scene such as the President of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, the President of the EU Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, the Minister for equal opportunities and the Elena Bonetti family, the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, the Deputy UN Secretary General Amina Mohammed, the Minister for Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility Enrico Giovannini, the Minister for Technological Innovation Vittorio Colao, the Minister of Labor Andrea Orlando, the Minister of the South and Territorial Cohesion Mara Carfagna, the Director General of Cern Fabiola Gianotti, the President of Cnr Maria Chiara Carrozza, the National President of Aidda Antonella Giachetti.

Host organization of Women20 is

(Association of Entrepreneurs Women Company Managers) Main sponsor of the W20 Summit are QuoJobis, Mastelli srl, Levico Acque, Paglieri Spa, Samer & Co Shipping, Bayer, Credit Suisse. Partner is Consenso Europa, Media Partner are Rai, Fortune Italia and Dire press agency. 

On the occasion of the final summit of Women 20, an engagement group of women from the G20 countries, in addition to participating in the event with a specially created minidoc, Rai Teche offers a small archive jewel on RaiPlay: "Donne incammino", a 1960 program signed by Ugo Gregoretti, together with Luciana Giambuzzi, the historic female face of our television journalism. Broadcast on April 25, 1960, the documentary in just under 25 minutes recounts half a century and more of women's battles and conquests in terms of emancipation. After the opening on the images of the 1959 session of the UN Commission on the status of women, the long road faced by women's movements to obtain the recognition of equal rights, first of all that of voting, is retraced.in different countries of the world.