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“Women are harmed by workplaces designed without their needs in mind and it’s time to rethink them. The world of work needs a wholesale redesign led by data on female bodies and female lives. Designers are rarely equipped to see and understand the unique challenges created by gender inequality. By designing workplaces that work for women we have more opportunities to attract them”.

Lucía Velasco - Director, ONTSI

“Manufacturing industry has a patriarchal structure designed by men, for men and to keep women out at the beginning. Nobody wants to keep it this way and it is the system we are fighting against. We have cultural, domestic and business barriers to break”.

Rhonda Barnet - President and COO, AVIT Manufacturing

“Let’s claim the space. Let's make this a formal mandate for the World Manufacturing Forum. It’s not only about writing reports, but about engaging people”.

Rhonda Barnet - President and COO, AVIT Manufacturing

“If we want more girls to choose manufacturing as their career, curriculums related to manufacturing should be updated to match what really is going on in the industry”.

Fiona Zhao - Associate Professor, McGill University (Canada)

“Contribution of women is already there, but it is not yet recognized enough. Once we recognize it, we give it relevance”.

Fiona Zhao - Associate Professor, McGill University (Canada)

“The starting point is to show women have many things to say”

Giulia Artibani - Head of Communications, EFFRA

“As women we are not asking for our share, we are asking for our job’s value recognition, whatever it is”. 

Luciana Ciceri - CEO Ciceri de Mondel

“Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but the basis for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world, states SDGs Goal Number 5: jobwise gender equality must be based on equal job, risks, benefits and salaries”.

Luciana Ciceri - CEO Ciceri de Mondel

“Flexible and remote work environments are important and can promote women’s labor market inclusion. However, they are not free of risks: detachment from the workplace could weaken connections with peers and leaders, which could reduce opportunities for career advancement.”

Alina Sorgner - Research Affiliate, John Cabot University in Rome

“Gender-based discrimination starts in early childhood and continues at school, universities and the workplace. For a future where leadership is not associated with any gender, education, training and professional opportunities must equally empower girls and boys, women and men”.  

Cecilia Ugaz Estrada - Director of Gender Equality & Empowerment of Women Office, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

“Flexible work arrangements, family-friendly policies and parental leave for women and men enable families to overcome gender stereotypes and distribute unpaid care work more equally”.

Cecilia Ugaz Estrada - Director of Gender Equality & Empowerment of Women Office, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

“Educational institutions should be mindful of existing gender gaps in high-demand skills and take steps to help female students improve their skills portfolios.”

Alina Sorgner - Research Affiliate, John Cabot University in Rome

“White papers are powerful when accompanied by key stakeholders’ concrete actions.”

Alina Sorgner - Research Affiliate, John Cabot University in Rome

“Women are not a homogeneous group. Different income levels, class, ethnicity or physical ability changes our experiences of the crisis. We should address all women’s concerns in the recovery”

Judith Kirton-Darling - Deputy General Secretary, IndustriAll European Trade Union