{"id":39124,"date":"2024-02-20T18:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T18:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39124"},"modified":"2024-02-20T18:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T18:21:42","slug":"ihbc-practice-signpost-what-barriers-are-still-in-place-for-women-in-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39124","title":{"rendered":"IHBC \u2018Practice\u2019 Signpost: What barriers are still in place for women in architecture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22830\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Plan_drawing_DBW_280519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>In this professional feature, architect, educator and activist Sumita Singha suggests ways to help women thrive in the built environment.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>Sumita Singha\u2019s book Thrive: A Field Guide For Women In Architecture takes a global look at women\u2019s progress in the profession throughout history, and is a practical guide to navigating the key stop-off points during a career.<\/p>\n<p>It finds that\u2026 while there has been progress over the years, barriers still exist within the profession for women architects\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can be done about barriers in education?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting in education, chartered architect, teacher and author Sumita, who set up RIBA\u2019s equality forum Architects for Change, says the odds of completing the extended journey to Part 3 continue to be stacked against young women, particularly if they go on to have a child or undertake subsequent child-caring duties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/barriers-for-women-in-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this professional feature, architect, educator and activist Sumita Singha suggests ways to help women thrive in the built environment. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39125,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124\/revisions\/39125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}