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A Palazzo Marino together with Elena Lattuada, the Mayor's delegate for gender equal opportunities, the directors Donatella Sciuto and Giovanna Iannantuoni. From them the invitation to young women: "Choose STEM careers!" - Photo gallery - Website

Milan, March 3 2023 – Women protagonists, always. In the history, art, science, life and future of Milan. On the day dedicated to them, March 8, and on every other day and place where a woman has made and is making a difference.

Today at Palazzo Marino, in the Clock Room, the delegate for Gender Equal Opportunities, Elena Lattuada, illustrated some of the initiatives of "Milan City of Women", the program created by the Municipality of Milan on the occasion of International Women's Day.

He did so by relaunching, at the same time, the importance for young women of choosing technical-scientific study paths - the so-called STEM careers - by asking two authoritative figures, the new rector of the Polytechnic of Milan, Donatella Sciuto, and the rector of Milano Bicocca, Giovanna Iannantuoni, to tell stories of women of yesterday and today who have contributed to research in the national and international field. A way to outline a challenge for the future.

Present in the room and greeted with great applause was the "lady of the comets", the aerospace engineer Amalia Ercoli-Finzi.

"We have chosen to create events and meeting opportunities – said Elena Lattuada – to talk about the many women who have made the history of our city, who are too often little known. From this awareness was born the idea of ​​the site on female toponymy, with the intent to constantly update it with other symbolic places for Milan and a museum itinerary with significant works. Likewise, the many initiatives scattered throughout the city throughout the month of March will increasingly support a city fit for women. today with the rectors of Milan - she continued - has the meaning of giving further impetus to scientific study paths and to support career paths: starting again from important women in the scientific world is a way of saying that every woman can build her own future. A city of women is a better city for men and women, of this I am sure."

Milan will celebrate March 8 with numerous initiatives from the center to the neighborhoods thanks to the collaboration between the Municipality, institutions, museums and town halls.

All appointments are published on website of the Municipality of Milan.

Female toponymy site

The "women's streets" page is online from today (access from the Milano-città-delle-donne website) created by the municipality's toponymy sector which groups together the streets, squares, monuments and stumbling blocks in a single itinerary ( memory of those deported to concentration camps) dedicated to women.

Milan has the tradition of naming city streets and places after women; since 2017 we have set ourselves the goal of rebalancing gender in the headings, to make Milan, also symbolically, a city of women and men. Knowing the biographies of the women to whom streets, squares, monuments, gardens, walks and stumbling blocks are named is a way to not forget and also to renew the commitment to recognizing equality.

Parco 8 marzo - Area of ​​the former Porta Vittoria station

On 8 March in Viale Umbria in the area of ​​the former Porta Vittoria station, the "8 March Park" will be inaugurated by Mayor Giuseppe Sala, a new green area with cycle and pedestrian paths, games for the little ones with spaces and tables for socializing of the whole neighborhood. The ceremony will begin and end with two poems by Antonia Pozzi read by the actress and director, Elisabetta Vergani.

Discover the works on display… feminine  
March 10, all day

Path of works of art dedicated to the female universe in museums, house museums, at the Monumentale and at the Sforzesco Castle. In particular, the museums involved will be: Museo del Novecento, Gam–Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Casa Museo Boschi di Stefano, Palazzo Morando, Mudec. Museum of Cultures, Archaeological Museum, Museum of the Risorgimento and the Monumental Cemetery, open-air museum.

Entry to these museums for women on that day will be free.

Walk "Getting to know the women of Milan"   
10 March at 11

A first path to enhance the women who made Milan great. Some city streets will be walked, remembering not only those to whom the place is named, but remembering the many women who in various disciplines contributed to the creation of our city and our country.

Participating in the walk will be the Mayor's delegate Elena Lattuada, the President of the City Council, Elena Buscemi, the councilors Arianna Censi, Elena Grandi and Gaia Romani, the president of the Equal Opportunities and Rights Commission Diana De Marchi and the councilors Alice Arienta, Simonetta D 'Amico, Roberta Osculati, Marzia Pontone, Natascia Tosoni, Angelica Vasile and Claudia Buccellati of the Stumbling Stones Association.

Conversation on "Gender G.ap in the scientific world"  
March 10, 11 am – Ex Fornace Alzaia Naviglio Pavese 16

Assunta Sarlo converses with Adriana Albini, head of the Vascular Biology and Angiogenesis Laboratory of the IRCCS MultiMedica, scientific director of the MultiMedica ONLUS Foundation and considered by the BBC to be one of the hundred most influential women in the world. March 10th at 18pm.

WORKOUT - Training for the destruction of the Patriarchy   
4 March, 11am - Noble courtyard of the Royal Palace

The courtyard of the Royal Palace will host video footage of the "Work out" action, an invitation to active participation, a training towards the destruction of patriarchy. The artists Silvia Levenson and Natalia Saurin will create a participatory video work "Work out" open to all. From 11am to 16pm, it will be possible to take part in the action. Video footage will be taken during the action and the video will then be projected. The video will show faces and fists in slow motion, highlighting the effort and time needed to change the preconceptions and stereotypes rooted in a chauvinist culture.