Sparkle Supports Fondazione Ortygia for the Professional Development of Female University Students in Sicily
For the fifth year in a row, Sparkle joins the “Young Women Empowerment Program” by offering a mentoring experience to Sicilian female students
Sparkle renews its adhesion to YEP - Young Women Empowerment Program, an initiative promoted by the Fondazione Ortygia to support the personal and professional growth of female university students in Southern Italy. As part of the project, Sparkle will accompany the development of young women in Sicily, which has always been a strategic region for the operator.
Born from an idea of Lucrezia Reichlin, President and co-founder of Fondazione Ortygia, the Young Women Empowerment Program intends to offer new generations useful tools to make informed and conscious academic and professional choices, to better direct their future careers.
In this context, Sicilian students enrolled in master’s degree courses in various disciplines (Economics, STEM and Digital Humanities) at the University of Palermo, the LUMSA University of Palermo, the University of Catania, the University of Enna Kore, and the University of Messina will be supported by female managers in an individual mentoring path.
Thanks to the exchange and discussion with the mentors, the students, in addition to gaining understanding of their potential to propose themselves in the world of work with greater awareness, will have the opportunity to get in touch with a high-tech working reality with an international vocation and solid roots in the territory.
It is precisely in Sicily that Sparkle has developed, through its poles in Palermo and Catania, the Sicily Hub, one of the top internet hubs in the Mediterranean, heart of technological innovation and gateway for the exchange of data traffic between Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Joining the YEP project confirms the commitment of Sparkle and of TIM Group to the development of female presence and to the reduction of gender disparity because “La parità non può aspettare”.