Eight decades of womens progress in Italy, the exhibition that tells it

The exhibition Le donne della Repubblica, featuring 122 snapshots from the ANSA archive, covers 80 years of women's achievements since 1946. It showcases milestones such as the first female mayor and the recent law against femicide, but also highlights that only half of women have stable employment and that gender-based violence persists. The path to true equality remains long and demands concrete actions.

photographic montage on gallery wall, female hands holding engineering tools and legal documents, diverse group of Italian women from different decades walking forward together, a young woman pointing at a digital screen with graphs of labor statistics and gender-based violence, background with marble columns and dim museum lighting, realistic cinematic style, soft and dramatic lighting, deep shadows, texture of old photographic paper mixed with modern metallic surfaces, photorealistic technical illustration

Data and algorithms against the gender gap 📊

Analysis of labor figures reveals that the female employment rate in Italy stagnates at around 50%, well below the European average. Artificial intelligence platforms applied to the labor market could help identify biases in hiring, but without active policies for work-life balance and digital training, the wage gap will not close. Technology is a tool, not the final solution.

Gender parity, that project always left for the next chapter 🐢

Seeing 122 photos of pioneering women is inspiring, until you remember that in 2025 there are still those who debate whether Italian women should ask for permission to work. Meanwhile, Parliament debates laws with the same speed at which wet cement dries. We are advancing, yes, but at a turtle's pace with a hangover. The exhibition is a mirror: it reflects achievements and, in the background, the long shadow of what is missing.