Women and Work: Dicastery for Laity Family and Life Seminar, Rome, 4-5 December 2015

1. LECTURES
Women work and they have always done so,
Stefano and Vera Zamagni
Where feminine genius is to be found: women's work
today around the world, Ester Jiménez
II. PANEL DISCUSSIONS
II.1. Male and female roles: an idea to be discarded?
The paradox of gender theory: recent neurological and
psychological research on the masculine
and the feminine, Marco Scicchitano
The professional roles of men and women: stereotypical
or interchangeable? Geneviève Sange
Today's families and yesterday's roles? Stereotypes and reality,
Josefina Videla
II.2. Women at work with difficulties and opportunities
Career and private life: Getting ahead? Holding back?
Which equality should we aspire to? Helen Alvaré
Women in leadership: is there a need for 'pink quotas??
Ilva Myriam Hoyos
Good looks: an advantage or an obstacle?
Maria Teresa Russo
II.3. Family and work: how to reconcile the two
Effective policies to find a balance, Engenia Roccella
Family: the primary driving force for development,
Mina Ramirez
Motherhood: a burden or added value for a business?
Elizabeth Schiltz
Working at home does not stop at the front door: Women and Work
a contribution to the growth of all, Bryan Sanderson
II.4. To foster a feminine presence that can make the world
richer in humanity
Care ethics: the inestimable value of embracing fragility,
Susy Zanardo
Educating girls: feminine genius at the service of humanity,
Terry Polakovic
Career and family can be balanced (a personal story),
Clara Gaymard