National Women’s Award 2026: the VIII edition of the event of the Antonio Padovani non-profit organization in L’Aquila

Back on National Award Woman of the non-profit organization Antonio Padovaninow in its eighth edition. The splendid setting of Casale Signorini, in L’Aquila, tomorrow 8 July, at 6pm, will host the event “Plots of the future: female culture as a vision of inheritance and transformation”. A consolidated and highly anticipated event due to its high cultural value, which presents itself as a moment of reflection on the role of women in society and on the profound transformations that have marked its path over the centuries.

Four winners will receive the prestigious award:

• Rita Lofanojournalist and director of Agi
• Susanna Iacona Salafiadirector of the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi
• Annalisa Learnedmagistrate and deputy public prosecutor
• Ariadne Caccavalenational and international art critic and curator

The event, moderated by the journalist and writer, Monica Pelliccione, will open with institutional greetings from the authorities present and with the introduction of Gianni Padovani, president of the Antonio Padovani non-profit organization. During the evening, which will end with a gala dinner, the latest book by journalist Pelliccione “I’ll tell you about L’Aquila” (Masciulli Edizioni) will also be presented.

“There are stories that are not limited to being told: they become vision. There are experiences that, intertwined over time, are transformed into legacies”, declares Gianni Padovani, president of the Antonio Padovani non-profit organisation, “inspiring new generations and opening up paths of change. And there are donne that, with their talenttheirs I commit and the capacity Of imagine tomorrowweave the fabrics of the future every day. The title chosen for this year’s edition of the Women’s Award contains a profound meaning: every experience, every gesture, every achievement represents a thread that is intertwined with that of other women, giving life to a plot made of culture, knowledge, responsibility, creativity and participation”.

The National Women’s Award celebrates female figures who, in the various fields of culture, art, institutions, justice and information, intertwine skills, values ​​and vision every day, contributing to building a more aware, fair and capable society of imagining the future. “Because culture”, states Padovani, “is not just a heritage to be preserved: it is a generative force, capable of create opportunities, breaking down barriers and building communities. When culture meets the gaze of women, the future stops being a wait and becomes a project.”

“The choice of the four winners of the 2026 edition of the National Women’s Award, all of the highest profile”, says Pelliccione, “recognizes the talent and value of women protagonists of change and celebrates their contribution to building a more equitable, supportive, humane, inclusive and sustainable future.

An event dedicated to those who believe that the future is built by intertwining skills, values, culture and vision. Because every story can become inspiration and every woman can leave a tangible mark capable of crossing time. To transform the world, courage is needed: women know this well who, with dynamism and resourcefulness, become bearers of change, who contribute to regenerating the civil fabric by bringing about a radical change in the cultural paradigm which, in the past, has often relegated them to marginal roles. The Women’s Award essentially celebrates this change: it recognizes the female universe as having a unique and irreplaceable vocation as an authoritative voice on the social path. Woman as an authentic bearer of hope and a catalyst for change”.