Seoul - After the success of 2022, once again this year in South Korea, a student was an Ambassador for a day. Thanks to the “Ambassador for a Day” initiative, organised by the Italian Embassy in Seoul to promote gender equality, the selected student experienced a typical day as an “Ambassador”, working alongside the Italian Ambassador in Seoul, Federico Failla, in his activities on the International Women’s Day. The project stems from the need to adopt proactive policies to achieve Goal 5 of the UN 2030 Agenda on gender equality. Since 2022 the Italian Embassy has held a competition for female students from Korean universities from all over the country. This year the young university students have been asked to write a short essay entitled “How breaking the glass ceiling can help contribute to peace and security around the world”, a topic that draws on the numerous studies that show the existence of a negative correlation between gender equality and armed conflict. The chosen theme is also highly topical in the light of today’s particular international geopolitical situation. The final medium-term objective of the initiative is to encourage greater participation of women in the top ranks of the labour world, thanks to a direct exchange of views with personalities from the political, institutional, economic and cultural world.