Hundreds of young girls from the third edition of the Pink Cloud visited our pavilion

Last Tuesday, the EU pavilion was pleased to welcome hundreds of young girls from the third edition of the Pink Cloud. This year´s theme is "Science & Technology: Food for the Mind, Energy for the Future." This special initiative developed by Microsoft is aimed at closing the gender gap in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in order to create a society based on gender-equal opportunities. Young women are encouraged to undertake STEM studies and to inspire professional STEM careers. Because science is indeed a girls' thing!  We are sure that our young visitors have been inspired by Sylvia, the scientist of our story, who graduated in Ecology and Hydraulics, and shows how her skills led her to find better solutions to the challenges she had to face. The message applies to all of us, and we should better invest in science if we want to overcome the global food challenges and bring as many young people possible to study STEM no matter their gender.