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PANEL: Create Space: Policies for an Inclusive and Equitable Workspace with Women in Architecture

20 Nov 2024
DIVERSITY IN CONSTRUCTION STAGE

 WIA UK curates the panel “CREATE – SPACE: Workspaces that provide a physical and social environment build on inclusiveness and equity through the generation of policies’’ addressing the following aspects:

  • Maternity Leave

  • Paternity Leave

  • Return to work

  • Inclusive Design

  • Menopause

  • Mental Health 

The objective of the panel is to learn from the experience of practitioners and institutions representatives, about the creation, implementation and evaluation of policies that have been are contributing to improve the construction industry work/ life balance.

Chairperson
Grace Choi, Director - Grace Choi Architecture Ltd., RIBA NE Co-Chair
Speakers
Anne Cosentino, Wellbeing Programme Lead - Architects Benevolent Society, WIA UK Steering Committee
Jean Hewitt (She/Her), Inclusive Environments Specialist - Buro Happold
Caroline Dove, Partner - HTA Design
Nicola Mclachlan, Director - Collective Architecture
Jamie Pearson, Associate Principal - Grimshaw