All Gender equality articles – Page 3
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IDIP pledge Q&A: Karolina Adamczyk, director and chief visionary, Ademchic
Ademchic was one of the first three firms to sign up to Property Week’s Inspiring Diversity in Property (IDIP) campaign pledge. Its director and chief visionary spoke to Stephanie Denton about why it signed and what the pledge means for the company.
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Knight Frank appoints diversity chief
Knight Frank has appointed Hannah Awonuga as group head of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
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LH1 Global joins PW’s Inspiring Diversity in Property campaign
International property consultant LH1 Global has signed up to the diversity pledge forming part of Property Week’s Inspiring Diversity in Property Campaign, joining previous signatories Watts and Ademchic.
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Property Week reveals new venue for inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards
After outgrowing our original venue, Property Week is delighted to announce the inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards will be held at the Hilton London Metropole.
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A winning start: PW speaks to six former Women in Property National Student Awards finalists
Women in Property’s National Student Awards have helped more than a thousand female graduates on the road to success. Property Week talks to former finalists about the importance of the programme.
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Employers must stamp out bad habits to attract and retain diverse talent
For many years, real estate recruiting with diversity and inclusion in mind was a tickbox exercise for many organisations.
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Shortlist revealed for inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards
More than 170 individuals and teams from across the sector have been shortlisted for Property Week’s inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards.
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Property Elite’s Jen Lemen on why diversity is not optional
Having worked with a wide spectrum of property and construction professionals over the past 15 years, I have seen some of the best, and worst, examples of best practice in terms of diversity.
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EDI Q&A: Mark Capanda, senior associate director, BNP Paribas Real Estate
Talking about your sexuality and bringing your whole self to work is not always easy. Mark Capanda, senior associate director, lease advisory, at BNP Paribas Real Estate, shares his experiences of being openly gay in the property sector and explains how employer support, having role models and networks can help.
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Property Week’s EDI White paper reveals the sector must do ‘more’ to achieve parity
A recent study conducted by Property Week sheds light on the current state of EDI in the industry. Download the study here.
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EDI Q&A: Lisa Ravenscroft, chief marketing officer at Mount Anvil
Property might not be the first career choice for many with some not realising the breadth of roles in the sector if they have no family or friends working in it.
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Celebrating 20 years of progress
This November marks the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Section 28. Introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1988, the legislation saw a series of laws rolled out across Britain that prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities.
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The Office Group’s Katrina Larkin on injecting humanity into the workplace
The running of any successful business, in any sector, relies on the people you bring together and the community you create. For women especially, this sense of community is key.
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EDI Q&A: Jon Seal, managing director, technologywithin
Jon Seal, managing director of technology within explains to Property Week his route to employment and why other options should be considered in the sector.
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EDI Case Studies: Gerald Eve’s Helen Foley on what property can learn from other sectors on diversity
In its gender and ethnicity pay gap report for the year to March 2022, real estate advisory firm Gerald Eve neatly illustrates one of the ongoing challenges the whole property sector is facing when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion: progression.
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EDI Case Studies: Cobalt Recruitment’s Charlotte John
If property as an industry is serious about improving its diversity, equality and inclusion record, it will need to rethink long-standing assumptions around how it recruits people, argues Charlotte John, director for key accounts and client solutions at specialist property recruitment firm Cobalt Recruitment.
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EDI Case Studies: essensys’ Kally Kang-Kersey on neurodiversity
Tech giants such as Microsoft and Google, among others, have long recognised the very particular skills, attributes and talents that neurodiverse employees especially can bring to the software and technology arena.
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EDI Case Studies: SEGRO's Margaret Murphy on childcare policies
Back in April, a poll by temporary work platform Indeed Flex highlighted that nearly two in five UK mothers are unable to return to work after starting a family because of the spiralling cost of childcare.
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EDI Case Studies: Savills’ Noel McGonigle and Chanelle Gray on EDI representatives
With some 8,000 employees in the UK, real estate services giant Savills last year made a very public statement of intent around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by appointing Chanelle Gray as its dedicated head of EDI.
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EDI Case Studies: Knight Frank’s Charmain Platt
With 1,332 men and 1,425 women across its commercial, residential and business services divisions in the UK, the gender split at real estate agency Knight Frank is actually looking pretty healthy at the moment.