equality

RTPI: Women’s chances of promotion are ‘limited’ because of gender

06.03.2020

Laura Edgar

Many women working in the planning profession face inappropriate comments at work and feel their opportunities for promotion are limited because of their gender, concludes an RTPI study.

Women of Influence 2020

06.03.2020

The Planner

Who are the women working in and around planning who are having an impact - both on individual planners, teams and organisations; and on planning policy and practice? Here's our Women of Influence for 2020...

The gender agenda: How planning with women in mind can improve our towns cities

03.03.2020

Natalya Palit

2018/19’s RTPI George Pepler award-winner used her grant to investigate the impact of ‘gender mainstreaming’ in Austria’s capital city. Natalya Palit MRTPI finds out what UK planning can learn from Vienna....

Whose transport system is it anyway?

03.03.2020

Joanna Ward

Joanna Ward considers the gender imbalances in transport planning and how the profession should refocus to ensure our transport infrastructure serves everyone.

News report: ‘Boys’ club’ culture is holding back women in planning, research suggests

21.05.2019

Simon Wicks

A widespread boys’ club mentality is limiting women’s opportunities in the workplace, new research by the RTPI suggests.

We need to look at the person, not their haircut

14.03.2019

Richard Douglas

Employers should hire individuals based on ability not their ethnic background, argues Richard Douglas

How filling the data gap could help to fill the gender gap

07.03.2019

Charlotte Morphet

There is still a long way to go to get more women into leadership roles in planning, argues Charlotte Morphet

Women of Influence 2019

05.03.2019

The Planner

Who are the women working in and around planning who are having an impact - both on individual planners and the broader planning process? Here's our Women of Influence for 2019

Breadth of field: Recruiting for diversity

04.03.2019

Serena Ralston

The argument about why planning should embrace diversity within its ranks is clear. But what about the how? Serena Ralston finds out how planning can recruit for diversity

All together: Inclusive planning

04.03.2019

Huw Morris

A significant proportion of the population lives with a disability of some kind. Why then, asks Huw Morris, are we so bad at planning for and designing environments that work for everyone?

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