Nine projects designed for and by the LGBT+ community
With London's Pride parade taking place this weekend, here's a look at nine LGBT+ design projects, from a rainbow font to a sex toy for gender-transitioning men. More
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"Make space for families" to improve gender equality in architecture, says Billie Tsien
Architect Billie Tsien has called for better child care in the US to help more women remain in her profession, rather than have to chose between work and family. More
Stalled! initiative provides open-source prototypes for inclusive public restrooms
A set of guidelines for designing inclusive bathrooms for public buildings, created to address an "urgent social justice issue", is now available online. More
Competition: win a copy of Women Design by Libby Sellers
In this competition, Dezeen readers have the chance to win one of five copies of a book profiling 21 inspirational female architects and designers. More
Hardly anyone can name more than one female architect, says director of new movie about women that built New York
"Women are doing some of the most prestigious work in New York" but nobody knows who they are, according to architect and filmmaker Beverly Willis, who wants to change this with her new movie about the women who have shaped the city. More
Female architects host flash mob at Venice Architecture Biennale to call for gender equality
Architects Odile Decq, Farshid Moussavi and Manuelle Gautrand were part of a protest that took place in Venice today, to fight against discrimination in architecture. More
Odile Decq calls for female architects to "fight against harassment, against discrimination"
French architect Odile Decq has urged people to join her in a demonstration today at the Venice Architecture Biennale, to demand gender equality in architecture. More
One quarter of UK architects experience racism at work, survey reveals
A race survey conducted by The Architects' Journal shows that 24 per cent of black and minority-ethnic architects have been victims of racism in UK workplaces. More
D&AD Awards 2018 celebrate designs for gender diversity and environmental protection
The Fearless Girl statue that faces down Wall Street's Charging Bull and the environmentally minded Palau Pledge tourist visa are among the big winners from this year's D&AD Awards, which recognise the best in communication design. More
Male-dominated architecture industry is undergoing "dramatic change" says Elizabeth Diller
Architect Elizabeth Diller has praised her inclusion on this year's Time 100 list as a positive step towards gender parity in architecture, but voiced concern that too many female architecture students are not making it into the workplace. More
Africa's largest architecture practice pledges to move the needle on gender diversity
Boogertman + Partners, Africa's largest architecture practice, has promised to tackle its gender pay gap in response to Dezeen's Move the Needle initiative. More
Brands "ask for you because you're a woman and not dead" says Cecilie Manz
Furniture brands who work with female designers shouldn't expect them to only produce feminine objects, according to Danish designer Cecilie Manz. More
UK's biggest architecture firms reveal gender-pay disparity
Hawkins\Brown has emerged as the only one of the UK's largest architecture practices with a gender pay gap better than the country average. More
Zaha Hadid Architects reveals gender pay gap in staff salaries
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed that it pays women 19.6 per cent less than men, based on the median of its staff salaries. More
"We don't need to be patronised by architectural safe zones"
Drives to tackle discrimination and harassment of women, like the London Festival of Architecture's Elephant Campaign and Dezeen's Move the Needle initiative, are failing to increase diversity and damaging society, argues Vicky Richardson. More
Design awards recruit more women to move away from "old-white-guy" juries
International architecture and design awards programmes are striving to improve gender balance among judges, a survey conducted as part of our Move the Needle initiative has found. More
10 impressive architecture projects designed by women
In light of International Women's Day, we've rounded up a series of architecture projects designed by women, from Odile Decq's bright-red bubble house to Amanda Levete's undulating MAAT museum. More
"We can't make decisions by ticking boxes" says Pritzker Prize executive director
The Pritzker Architecture Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal have defended their diversity policies and addressed the reason why women make up just one per cent of the winners of the two leading architecture prizes combined. More
Seven female designers making waves in Canada
Dezeen reporter Eleanor Gibson has selected seven women designers on the rise in Canada, following a Toronto exhibition that spotlighted the country's female talent to challenge inequality in the industry. More
Dezeen launches gender pay gap calculator to help tackle inequality in the workplace
What's your organisation's gender pay gap? We're created an online calculator to help you find out, as part of our Move the Needle initiative to tackle gender equality in architecture and design. More