Rome hosts “Starting From Girls. Women’s Forum On Equality and Sustainable Growth” conference, April 7th-8th,, 2017.

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Close to 200 guests-experts were on hand for the conference on women’s rights under the auspices of Italy’s G7 presidency. It was held in Rome at the Farnesina, the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry.   

(Monica Maggioni, the president of RAI, Italy's state-run tv network)

(Emma Bonino, Italy's former Foreign Affairs Minister)

(The EU's foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, in a video-conference chat with the participants)

(Italy's health minister Beatrice Lorenzin on the left with Emma Bonino)

Italy’s health minister Beatrice Lorenzin and former Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Emma Bonino were part of the two-day panel as well as Diego Piacentini, the former senior international vice-president of Amazon who is currently running the Digital Agenda division of the Italian government. 

(Amazon's senior international vice-president and the current head of Italy's Digital Agenda program Diego Piacentini giving advice on how to get more women into the world of high-tech)

(Amazon's senior international vice-president and the current head of Italy's Digital Agenda program Diego Piacentini giving advice on how to get more women into the world of high-tech)