Italian Women Abroad: Who They Are and Why They Chose to Move

More and more Italian women are choosing to leave the Belpaese to reinvent themselves or lay the foundations for a new life abroad. According to AIRE data updated to 2024, Italian citizens Italians abroad there are over 2,8 million, representing approximately 48% of Italian emigrants. A constantly growing phenomenon that deserves attention.

Who are the Italian women abroad and where do they live?

Most Italian women living abroad are aged between 18 and 39, but the number of women aged between 40 and 50 is also increasing. We are talking about girls and women with a good level of education, often graduates, who work as professionals, researchers, artists or who are mothers looking for a more stimulating and welcoming environment.

The reasons why they leave? Simple: they are looking for better job opportunities, more equality between men and women, services that work better and, in general, a quality of life that they perceive as higher.

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The favorite destination remains theEurope, with the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Switzerland at the top of the list. But the United States, Canada and Australia also attract many Italian women.

The data also shows that, compared to men, women are integrate more easily and they tend to stay, building a new life for themselves both professionally and personally.

Between communities and new identities

Many Italian women abroad do not just adapt, but grow, assert themselves, build solid paths and often surprising. They enter professional networks and create associations.

They also share their experiences in blogs, podcasts and books, helping to reshape the image of Italian women in the contemporary world.

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They are silent but decisive protagonists of a new emigration, made of clear, courageous and often successful choices.

They set out to change their lives and end up changing themselves too: they discover new possibilities, new roles, new ways of inhabit the world. A phenomenon that says a lot about what works and above all what continues to be missing in Italy today.