All Gender equality articles – Page 4
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EDI Case Studies: Carter Jonas’s Claire Matthews
Since its launch back in 2017, property firm Carter Jonas’s School Ambassadors Network has grown from just a single employee to 38 people from within its 1,000-strong staff.
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EDI Case Studies: British Land’s Brona McKeown
Often credited to management guru Pete Drucker, there is a saying popular in HR circles that ‘if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it’.
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EDI Case Studies: Sovereign’s Kathryn Bowe on social mobility
One of the great strengths of property as a sector is that it houses the whole nation, whatever our nationality, age, colour or gender.
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EDI Case Studies: The Hill Group’s Victoria Anthony on diversity in construction
The idea that modern-day construction sites are awash with unreconstructed ‘white van man’ brickies is, of course, a stereotypical cliché. But, like all clichés, what makes them resonate is the fact there is often at least some element of truth to them.
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EDI Case Studies: Grosvenor Property UK’s Anne Sloper on the visibility of property as a career
The lack of visibility of property as a sector – and as a tangible career option – within schools, colleges and even universities is a key barrier hindering greater equity, diversity and inclusion, especially greater social mobility, within the industry, argues Anne Sloper, head of organisational effectiveness at Grosvenor Property ...
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Property’s gender pay gap figures paint mixed picture
Analysis of 20 of real estate’s largest firms shows some perform better than others on gender pay equality.
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Women In Property appoints Randerson as chair for Yorkshire and the North East
Helen Randerson, land director for West Yorkshire at Gleeson Homes, has been appointed as the branch chair for Yorkshire and the North East for Women In Property (WIP).
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IWD 2023: Carter Jonas’s Aoife Hand on how we can make cities more inclusive
Public spaces are fundamental to our everyday lives. They offer an important place for sparking social interaction, freedom to express an opinion and bringing people together from different backgrounds, ages and cultures.
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IWD 2023: Boyer’s Olivia Docker on how planning can address women’s safety fears
Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the city.
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International Women’s Day: Confidence is key
As progress continues to diversify the male-dominated property industry, women discuss their experiences and explain how confidence and allyship are key for those looking to enter the sector.
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What’s in store for the year ahead?
Last month, Freeths and Property Week brought together a panel of nine senior figures from across the industry to discuss what the next 12 months might have in store for the property sector and how developers and investors can prepare themselves to make the most of 2023 and beyond.
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Interview with WIP’s Chithra Marsh: A focus on people
Chithra Marsh, new national chair of Women in Property, tells Property Week about her plans to make the sector more forward-thinking and the need to focus on social value as well as profit.
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Vail Williams launches menopause awareness campaign as government rejects Equality Act changes
Property consultancy Vail Williams has launched a campaign to raise awareness of menopause, following the government’s rejection of proposals from the Women and Equalities Committee for menopause leave pilot schemes.
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Diversity can benefit real estate
As we enter a challenging new year, it is important that we continue our commitment to improve diversity in the real estate industry.
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The pick of the bunch
Wates Residential’s executive managing director Helen Bunch tells Property Week what steps the development business is taking to improve diversity across the board.
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The growing affordability gap
Research has shown that on average women earn less and have lower levels of wealth than men. In most regions in the UK, women need higher multiples of income to buy their own home. This affordability gap means access to the property market is more difficult for women.
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Intersectionality is key to success
Intersectionality is an approach to diversity that acknowledges how someone’s race, gender, class, age and other characteristics interconnect to form a personal experience – of life and work – bringing both disadvantages and privileges.
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Let’s look to the next generation
‘The future of the industry is in good hands’ has become the standard response from the judging panel for the Women in Property National Student Awards.
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Shining a spotlight on equality, diversity and inclusion in the build to rent sector
When better to shine a spotlight on equality, diversity and inclusion than during National Inclusion Week? Now in its 10th year, National Inclusion Week celebrates inclusion and encourages employers to take action to create inclusive workplaces.
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Mace cuts gender pay gap, but ethnicity pay gap widens
Consultancy and construction firm Mace has revealed a 13.2% improvement in its median gender pay gap over the past year, from 36.4% to 31.6%.