Nigerian designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal is using fashion to challenge racial and gender stereotypes. Speaking to Dezeen, he says he wants his label Orange Culture to kickstart a global movement for diversity. More
Designers need to change the model of leadership to create a more diverse and critical industry, says designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, who has directed the documentary I Am (Not) A Monster. More
International architecture and design awards programmes have improved the gender balance of their judging panels this year, although men still outnumber women, according to a survey conducted by Dezeen following our Move the Needle initiative. More
Change isn't happening fast enough for women in architecture says Jeanne Gang, who suggests that all firms should be set a target to close their gender pay gap. More
Campaigning for equality in architecture is at its peak, says Christine Murray, so why is the number of women in the profession still going down? More
On International Women's Day, here's a look at some of the individuals, collectives and organisations that are working hard to raise the profile of female architects and designers around the world. More
Indian firm Morphogenesis has become one of the world's first architecture practices to report a gender pay gap in favour of its women employees. More
Women's action group Part W is crowdsourcing suggestions of worthy women to create an all-female alternative to the predominately male RIBA Royal Gold Medal winners list. More
The "tradition of strong women doing creative, important things" is finally regaining momentum in Mexico, according to the female architects finding independent success in the country. More
Awarding then banning a robotic sex toy at this year's Consumer Electronics Show proves the technology industry's oblivious attitude towards women's wants and needs, says tech writer Holly Brockwell. More
Massimiliano Fuksas of Studio Fuksas has been awarded the Premio alla Carriera Architettura prize, triggereing protests from architects including Denise Scott Brown, Rem Koolhaas and Bjarke Ingels, who feel his equal partner Doriana Fuksas should have shared the prize. More
An exhibition opening this weekend at the Design Museum in London showcases the work of four female designers, including a display of plants for a community garden and an installation exploring the body's circadian cycle. More
Just one in five designers in the UK are women, according to new research by the Design Museum. More
Improving the diversity of your architecture firm will help you win more projects, says Gabrielle Bullock. More
Female designers make up 70 per cent of participants at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, proving that women are set to play a dominant role in the design world, according to curator Jan Boelen. More
The architectural profession "must redouble efforts" to improve safety and equity in practices, according to the American Institute of Architects, which has updated the rules in its members' ethics code in a bid to end sexual harassment and gender discrimination. More
It's inexcusable for architects to create CGIs that don't reflect the social demographic of the area they are designing for, says Margaret Ravenscroft. More
Italian designers Francesca Perani and Claudia Manenti have illustrated 488 scale figures that they are offering for use in architectural drawings, featuring characters of different ages, skin tones and gender identities. More
Royal College of Art graduate Hannah Rozenberg has developed a digital tool that calculates the underlying gender bias in English architectural terms, to help create more gender-neutral environments. More
Women-only co-working spaces are opening across the globe in response to a push for gender equality, according to their founders, who believe the clubs are changing the way their users work. More