Low-tech women? A Sicilian startup helps them train

Unfortunately, Information Technology is not an area in which women find much space and the data in this sense are merciless: only 10% of software developers in the world are women. However, all the more reason in an environment of men only it is necessary to change things, and some realities are trying: this is the case, for example, of Edgemony, a technology hub in Palermo that focuses entirely on female training in the technological field. The initiative is called “Coding Women Sicily” and it is no coincidence that Sicily is of interest, a region where female unemployment is close to 30%, double the national average. Edgemony, in collaboration with digital partners such as Bending Spoons, Facile.it, Microsoft, Musement, Subito and Uala, therefore organizes computer programming courses for women, also providing 12 scholarships with a total value of 36 euros.

Coding Women Sicily, claims a statement, is the first intensive course in Sicily aimed at promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion in the tech and digital industry, in order to provide the skills required by the market today. A market that says that in Europe the estimate for 2020 was 500.000 missing software developers, while in Italy there are 135 vacancies in the ICT sector. “The initiative aims to encourage the job and employment growth and reduce the gender gap in the technology sector with a 4-month course that combines practice and theory, with business simulations and real case studies”, explains the note. The project is part of Ambizione Italia, a Microsoft Italia program for the digital training of students and professionals which aims to reach 3 million people by 2023. Edgemony is a startup born in the 2020 by the initiative of Daniele Rotolo and Marco Imperato, both former managers of Mosaicoon, to which is added Ugo Parodi Giusino, founder and CEO of Mosaicoon and now a partner of the company.