Women's Month Series: “Empowering Women in the Workplace”
March 8th is International Women's Day and at Aticco we have organized a series of talks to highlight the importance of women in the workplace and in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th, a month to recognize women's achievements and support the fight for equality. The role of women in the workplace continues to evolve, however, gender inequality is still very present, affecting women, families, and organizations. Women have still not achieved equality in the workplace, despite being equally prepared and having the same skills as men. Proof of this is the statistics, the wage gap in Spain is more than 23%, and also, 64% of workers with low wages are women.
Many companies are beginning to implement equality policies, focusing on aspects such as equal pay, non-discrimination in hiring, flexible hours, and part-time work. One of the keys to reducing the gap is to ensure a corporate culture based on gender equality and to recognize women's achievements by giving them opportunities.
At Aticco, we want to join in supporting and celebrating Women's Month with our series "Empowering Women in the Workplace," which includes talks, Startup Talks, and Aticco Learnings, with the goal of spreading and highlighting the importance of women in the workplace.
We will discuss the role of women in the technology sector and the impact they have. We will also delve into the social change that their evolution in the workplace has brought about, and what their development in certain male-dominated sectors has implied. We will have several women who will share their experience and talk about how diversity is the way to accelerate change.
Schedule:
ATICCO LEARNING - March 3rd 18:00h - The 'Women in tech' movement as an accelerator of social change
STARTUP TALK March 08, 18:00h - How women entrepreneurs are struggling in times of crisis
STARTUP TALK March 11 18:00h - Female entrepreneurship in a man's world
ATICCOLAB March 16 18:30h - Pitch Competition women Edition - Barcelona
TALK March 17, 18:00h - Leading in femininity
ATICCOLAB March 17 18:30h - Pitch Competition women Edition - Madrid
ATICCO LEARNING March 24 18:00h - Gender Equality in your organization
ATICCO LEARNING March 31, 18:00h -How to communicate in an inclusive and non-sexist way.
ATICCO LEARNING March 03 18:00h
The 'Women in tech' movement as an accelerator of social change
Reports indicate that today women in IT development professions represent only 20% of the total number of people working in the sector. In recent years there have been many initiatives linked to the 'Women in Tech' movement, which give tools and visibility to these figures, and fight to reverse them. In this talk we will have Laura Fernández, CEO&Co-founder of AllWomen, one of the leaders of the 'Women in Tech' movement that started in Barcelona and is already spreading throughout Europe. We will know some success stories of women who have converted their non-tech profile to tech and how we can use technology to solve female problems.
STARTUP TALK March 8th 18:00h
How women entrepreneurs are fighting in times of crisis
In this Startup Talk, we will open a space to discuss the companies working at Aticco María de Molina from the perspective of their female entrepreneurs. We will delve into their careers, tasks, and responsibilities, learning about their vision of the startup ecosystem and its evolution in recent years. We will open a debate on the obstacles that arose this past year with the pandemic and how they have been able to help their companies sustain themselves and/or reinvent themselves in a hostile environment for success.
We will count with Marta Gracia Verdura, Business Intelligence consultant at Visualitics, María Martínez Aníba-Álvarez, director of Mayordomo Smart Point in Madrid, Maria Aranguren, part of the Bulb team, 100% renewable energy startup and part of the "Energy specialists" team, the talk will be moderated by Ornella Marconi, community builder events at Aticco Coworking.
STARTUP TALK March 11th 18:00h
Female entrepreneurship in a man's world
According to data from Women Who Tech, only 3% of businesses that start with venture capital are allocated to companies with women in positions of responsibility. What are the biggest challenges a woman faces when starting a business? Is it easier for a woman to start a business in one sector than another? Is it true that women tend to start businesses in more precarious sectors or those that generate less profit? If startups led by women have better results on average, why do they receive less funding from VCs?
In this talk we will have the experience of 4 women entrepreneurs from traditionally male sectors. Talia Bonmatí, founder of Dinbeat, Sara Serantes, Founder of Freshperts and Eli Abad, co-founding partner of Between Technology and mentor of the M2m program of the UPC and the NetMentora network. Moderating the table will be Taryn Andersen, CEO & Co-Founder of Impulse4women.
ATICCOLAB March 16 18:30h
Pitch Competition Women Edition – Barcelona
In this Pitch Competition in collaboration with Netmentora, we will have the opportunity to listen to the finalist projects of women entrepreneurs. At the end of all the presentations, the jury will announce the winner of this call, who will obtain a package of aid in kind for their project valued between €15,000 and €50,000, depending on the project.
TALK March 17 18:00h
Leading in feminine
The objective of this talk is to speak openly and frankly about various topics related to women in the workplace and personal sphere, such as: female leadership in both women and men, gender diversity in companies, what is usually the professional cycle of women, or whether motherhood hinders women's professional growth opportunities.
To address all these issues from different perspectives, we will have Mercè Brey, Diversity and Leadership Expert and Founder of BLUE and Azahara Espejo, Country Manager Spain at Crowdcube, and a great fighter for equality between women and men. This talk will be moderated by Mireia Carbonell, Brand Manager and Head of Communications at Aticco.
ATICCOLAB March 17 18:30h
Pitch Competition Women Edition – Madrid
In this Pitch Competition in collaboration with Netmentora, we will have the opportunity to listen to the finalist projects of women entrepreneurs. At the end of all the presentations, the jury will announce the winner of this call, who will obtain a package of aid in kind for their project valued between €15,000 and €50,000, depending on the project.
ATICCO LEARNING March 24 18:00h
Gender equality in your organization
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, it is one of the essential foundations for building a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world, and is therefore included in the agenda of the United Nations' priorities for the coming years (SDG 5).
In this talk, Paloma Orte, consultant and teacher of sustainability and Agenda 2030 at 17Actions, will give us her point of view on what we can do to build the path that will allow us to achieve this goal. In addition, we will review some good practices of equity in organizations, and we will define 5 practical keys to align it with our reality and apply it in our day to day.
ATICCO LEARNING March 31 18:00h
How to communicate inclusively and non-sexistly
The words we choose to communicate matter. Many people are trying to make a change towards non-sexist communication, but this implies a change of habit, a learning process, and unlearning all the expressions we have heard since we were little.
In this talk, Ana López Ramos, psychologist specialized in Organizations and Human Resources and currently an Equality Agent at Amaltea Consultoría, presents language as a tool for social change. We will talk about how sexist language causes the invisibilization and discrediting of women, and how we can replace it with inclusive alternatives. We will also delve into techniques for working with inclusive language in the workplace.
