Twenty-five women architects and designers you should know
To mark International Women's Day, we asked our current and former Dezeen Awards judges to nominate a woman in architecture and design who should have greater recognition. More
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"Many cities do not work for women"
This International Women's Day, Arup's Sara Candiracci reflects on how cities are still overwhelmingly designed for men – and how to change that. More
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Women make up just one in five top positions at biggest architecture firms despite "huge jump"
The percentage of women in top jobs at the biggest architecture firms has doubled over the past five years – but men still occupy four out of five key roles, according to research conducted by Dezeen to mark International Women's Day. More
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Part W creating map "to draw attention to built projects by women" in London
To coincide with International Women's Day architecture collective Part W has launched a campaign to populate a map titled Women's Work: London. More
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Twenty-two women architects and designers you should know
To mark International Women's Day, we asked 22 of the world's most inspirational women architects and designers to nominate another woman who should be better known for their work. More
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Five "undervalued" women architects Part W is creating Wikipedia pages for
Women's architecture collective Part W is one of several organisations working to increase the number of female architects listed on Wikipedia. On International Women's Day, Sarah Ackland has picked five significant women that she believes should have pages on the site. More
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"By highlighting the problems faced by women in architecture, are we making it worse?"
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
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Ten champions for women in architecture and design
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
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Grimshaw sends all-woman team to MIPIM property fair
A team of women will represent British architecture practice Grimshaw at this year's MIPIM, the property fair with a notorious boys' club reputation. More
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Morphogenesis celebrates "gender-positive" pay gap
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
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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
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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
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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
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Barbie launches collection of female role models for International Women's Day
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin are among 17 historical and modern-day role models to be immortalised as Barbies, in celebration of International Women's Day. More
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Iconic logos replaced with female figures for International Women's Day
Male characters featured in the Monopoly, Pringles and Dreamworks logos have been swapped for women by organisation Creative Equals, as a way of tackling "unconscious bias" in the media. More
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BrewDog launches satirical "beer for girls" to highlight gender pay gap
Scottish brewer BrewDog has released a pink-branded "beer for girls" ahead of International Women's Day, to trigger debate about sexist marketing and the gender pay gap. More
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Help us Move the Needle on gender equality
This week we launch an initiative to improve gender equality in architecture and design, to coincide with International Women's Day. We're calling on readers everywhere to help us Move the Needle. More
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On International Women's Day, 50 inspirational women in architecture and design
To celebrate International Women's Day, the Dezeen editorial team has nominated 50 women and female-led studios from the architecture and design industry who inspire us. In no particular order... More
