Multidisciplinary, International, Inclusive

Global Wo.Men Hub promotes equality at work and co-responsibility at home for women in partnership with men;
We believe that a culture of collaboration between women and men at work and at home will bring effective changes in the gender equality agenda.

Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: The Rise of Women Leaders in Africa & Beyond

With Patricia Murugami-CEO of Riseschool

The webinar demonstrated that leadership development in Africa and globally requires a holistic approach addressing both skills and character, individual growth and systemic change. The enthusiasm and engagement from participants across multiple countries suggests a strong appetite for this type of transformational leadership development. The combination of practical frameworks (like the 4 H’s), personal vulnerability from leaders, and community building creates a powerful model for sustainable leadership development that could indeed “light up Africa and the world, one person at a time.”

IEEE WIE ILS Paris 2025

Magali Anderson, Board member of GWMH, will be representing Global Wo.Men Hub (GWMH), to the IEEE WIEL ILS Paris 2025 Stage!

Magali is a Board Member at Anglo American and the Capitals Coalition, and a global leader in sustainability and innovation. She mentors start-ups through the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) and invests as an angel investor, empowering the next generation of changemakers. Previously, she served as Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Holcim, where she led the company’s net-zero transformation and contributed to global sustainability initiatives. Her impressive career began as a field engineer on offshore oil rigs in Nigeria, leading to senior executive roles at SLB.

IEEE WIE ILS summit brings together global leaders, innovators, and changemakers to empower women in STEM through leadership, collaboration, and inspiration.

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EU Projects

As a results of our skills, know-how and experience, WE are Your expert partner for EU projects: Erasmus+, REC, Daphne, Digital Skills, and EaSI.

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Inspire, Connect, Empower

The Hub’s achievements are propelled by committed volunteers and financial backing from stakeholders. Over the last four years, we served our audience through in-depth academic analysis across various themes (explore our academic resources in the menu), engaging newsletters (check out our GlobalflashInitiatives menu), insightful blog posts, and interactive webinars.

Our primary focus is on fostering connections among stakeholders and advocating for initiatives that effectively promote gender balance and work-life integration through collaboration between women and men. What truly distinguishes us is our collaborative spirit between women and men. To sustain our work, we rely on your generous contributions. Take a moment to make a difference by clicking the DONATE button and contribute to shaping a cooperative society.

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Inspire, Connect, Empower

The Global Wo.Men Hub is an International Multidisciplinary Data driven Research and Analysis Hub; an EU and International Projects driven Action Tank; an Education and Training Hub for Women in Partnership with Men in a Society in Transition.

Members are physical persons as well as legal persons (academia, associations, corporations, etc.)

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Raffaella Folgieri

GWMH Vice-President and Assistant Professor and Researcher at Università degli Studi di Milano

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Luc Castan

GWMH President-Executive Digital Catalyst IT & Business

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Isabelle de Hennin

Executive Coach and GWMH Bpard Member

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Our Activities

The different working groups of the Hub works together with public authorities, industries, individuals, social organizations, academia to achieve a culture of collaboration between women and men in their professional and private life in a society in transition.

Research & Analysis

This working group will promote existing research and analysis and and create a network of experts from different fields to develop multidisciplinary research.

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Projects Development

This working group aims at facilitating access to funded projects by public authorities, foundations or private companies.

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Training & Education

This working group will promotes existing trainings modules and develop others for organisations on the objectives of the Global Wo.Men Hub.

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Communication

This working group aims first at creating the credibility and visibility of Global Wo.Men Hub at EU and international levels.

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A huge THANK YOU to our members for making this movement a success.

Engineering – Meet the women who are making a difference

“From day one, we’re taught that girls should be kind, and pretty, and beautiful, and boys are allowed to get their hands dirty. So what does that mean for women in engineering?”

So said Marisa Kurimbokus, Head of Engineering at Raeon, last December, as she stepped on stage to receive the prestigious Young Woman Engineer of the Year award. As an engineering student, she acutely felt the lack of female role models, and an important aspect of her career to date has been to inspire new engineers entering the profession, and to make herself visible as a high-flying woman in engineering.

“Having my achievements recognised through this award has been a huge honour and moment of personal and professional pride. I’m now at a stage where I’m fortunate to be able to inspire and support more young people to enter the industry and realise their ambitions through a career in engineering. There are so many girls and young women out there that we need to welcome into engineering, as it’ll be their ideas and designs that help us to deliver a better tomorrow.”

Another young engineer who has made it her mission to inspire the next generation of engineers is Alexia Williams, current holder of the Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices. She has spent over 200 hours at air shows, careers fairs and in schools promoting engineering as a career – speaking particularly on entering the profession via an apprenticeship route. She said: “Anyone I meet, I always say, do it via an apprenticeship, especially if you want to go into the engineering field, because it’s second to none with hands-on experience – and no student debts!”

Natalie Parker is another outstanding young engineer who has made supporting others central to her career. In her role as Technical Specialist at Sellafield, she manages a team of nine, and provides technical advice and project support to front-line and facility-facing engineers. She also developed a primary school workshop called ‘Get Wired…Get Coding’ to introduce students to electrical circuits and programming through fun interactive activities, and to show how STEM skills can be utilised in careers.