Gender equality isn’t built in silos. It’s built together.
This is the challenge we began to address on October 13th, at the first meeting of the co-design process for the Torino Social Impact ecosystem’s Ethical Charter for Gender Equality.
A new, participatory process to move from the commitment of individual organizations to gender equality to concrete, shared change across an entire ecosystem.
A commitment to build together
I had the pleasure of guiding the reflections and discussions among the 18 participating organizations, starting with the results of a questionnaire that allowed us to capture practices, tools, strengths, and areas for improvement.
What emerged was an ecosystem that is already sensitive and active on equality issues, but also the need to take a further step.
Best practices, often developed within individual organizations, must be transformed into a shared heritage capable of generating a broader impact.
We therefore worked on three closely related dimensions:
- shared principles, to identify the common values and commitments that will guide the Ethics Charter;
- KPIs and concrete activities, to translate the principles into verifiable actions, identifying indicators that allow us to measure progress and evaluate results over time;
- ongoing synergies, to move beyond the logic of occasional collaborations and build stable relationships, joint projects, and new opportunities for collaboration among the organizations in the ecosystem.
The Ethics Charter should not be merely a document to identify with, but a living tool, capable of guiding decisions, accompanying change, and making results visible.
Because gender equality is not just the responsibility of individual organizations. It can become a collective responsibility and a lever for innovation and social impact.
Thanks to Torino Social Impact and all the organizations that contributed with their experiences, ideas, and willingness to engage.
