The first event of Women in Architecture UK ‘Architect Mothers, Fathers, Parents Community’, was held last week at RIBA London.

We had the opportunity to discuss about Maternity and Paternity leave legal issues with Kevin Poulter, Partner at Freeths LLP , learn from Lisa Delaney's work as founder of the Parents Club at RIBA before the pandemic, Pippa Jacob Associate Partner at NJ Architects, shared her experience of becoming a new mother and returning to work, and Katherine J. presented the results of her research at Cardiff University about women leaving the profession. Long hours, overtime, gender pay gap and lack of family life-work balance appear as the main reasons to consider other working opportunities or becoming entrepreneurs outside the discipline

The challenges are still significant and Women in Architecture UK would like to make them visible and contribute to the discussion within the discipline from a constructive perspective.

WATCH THE SERIES TRAILER HERE

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Thanks to Abigail MacDougall and Robbie Turner from RIBA for hosting the event, to our speakers, to Lawrence Barraclough from You See Media for his brilliant work to record the event and create the final video and all the attendees for sharing their own experiences and ideas.

Follow our social media and join us for the next event of the series to be announced soon.