(Adnkronos) - Petrucci: “Nelle discipline STEM il gender gap è ancora fortemente marcato. Bisognerebbe agire quando i ragazzi sono ancora molto piccoli, perché ormai studi scientifici hanno dimostrato che la differenza di genere si sviluppa già in giovanissima età”. Lo ha affermato Alessandra Petrucci, Rettrice dell’Università di Firenze, alla presentazione del report “Osservatorio STEM 2024 - Empowering the multiple transitions through STEM skills”, lo studio, realizzato da Fondazione Deloitte e dal Public Policy Program di Deloitte.
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00:00In STEM fields, the gender gap is still very strong, I must say, especially in IT, so ICT and engineering, while for others, I think we have reached a good gender equality for other STEM subjects.
00:21What to do? Actually, we should start from a very young age, even from elementary school, because scientific studies have shown that the gender gap starts to develop at that age.
00:40Perhaps we should start working to make it clear that STEM subjects are absolutely accessible to everyone.
00:50At my university, the Università degli Studi di Firenze, the situation is quite similar to that of other universities, but I must say that I have also noticed very positive signals.
01:01In some cases, we are also above the average, so I am talking, for example, about biomedical engineering, where we have a clear prevalence of girls compared to boys.
01:14Indeed, even in other disciplines, such as IT, there is still this percentage that is extremely low.