On 26 May 2025, , the Global Wo.Men Hub hosted a powerful and thought-provoking webinar titled “Discover Women Who Inspire: Leaders and Innovation in Europe and the Americas.” The event brought together thought leaders, experts, and advocates for gender equality to highlight the transformative role of women in innovation, leadership, and social change.
If there is an area in which innovations are inserted in the social sphere, it is the legal world. Three pioneers in Spanish law, Clara Campoamor (1888-1972) , Mercedes Formica (1916-2002) and María Telo (1915-2014), faced problems that had existed for centuries and introduced changes with the aim of eradicating them in a sustainable way in space and time, creating value for society, so it can be said that they were true social innovators.
The new study, ‘Women Founders in European Deep Tech Start-ups’ reveals that women founders in the field receive less total funding compared with men founders. According to the study, women
are underrepresented in deep tech start-ups, with less than one quarter (24%) of deep tech start-ups created in 2022 having at least one woman in the founding team. 7,165 start-ups founded since
2010 were analysed as part of the study using the Dealroom database (a global provider of data and intelligence on start-ups and tech ecosystems) across 37 European countries.
This policy brief puts forward policy options to ensure that women and men alike can benefit from AI at work, including: applying a gender lens when monitoring AI’s impact; following an inclusive approach to upskilling and reskilling; bridging gender divides in tech; combatting AI-induced bias; and using AI to combat bias.
Artificial intelligence (Al) is “a machine-based system that can, for a given set of humandefined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Al systems are designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy/’ (OECD, 2020). Al is rapidly being integrated into both workplace and domestic settings. The world of work is changing as a result.
Based on the past mentoring programs and experiences, Women STEM-Up project has developed a mentoring program for female undergraduate students as mentees, and university staff and women STEM professionals as mentors. The project partners have now launched a call for mentors: women STEM professionals, scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are interested or involved in supporting women in STEM fields. Whoever is committed and passionate about women staying in STEM fields and look for ways to inspire and support them, this is a great opportunity.
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