Africa's largest architecture practice pledges to move the needle on gender diversity
Boogertman + Partners, Africa's largest architecture practice, has promised to tackle its gender pay gap in response to Dezeen's Move the Needle initiative.
The South African studio made the commitment after using Dezeen's simple calculator, which showed that it pays women 19 per cent less per hour than male employees.
"Boogertman + Partners saw Move the Needle not only as an opportunity to publicly commit to change as an industry leader, but also as a chance to bring local challenges to the ongoing debate on a global level," the firm wrote in a statement.
The firm, which employs 96 registered architects among a staff of 260, is the latest to commit to change following Dezeen's initiative, which highlighted gender imbalance in firms as well as among conference speakers, on awards juries and recipients of major industry honours. Leading conferences and architects commit to change
Five of the world's leading conferences committed to improving the gender balance of their speakers, while three leading architecture and design award programmes promised that they will increase the number of female judges on board.
Last month architect Foster + Partners committed to improve equality in the light of our initiative, while three of the world's largest architecture firms ? AECOM, IBI Group and HOK ? all contacted Dezeen with commitments to improving gender diversity. Dozens more organisations have written to Dezeen expressing support and committing to make changes.
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