2024-12-22T03:42:34-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150341743/29-equal-podcast-explores-the-impact-of-women-in-architectural-practice-today Josh Niland 2023-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 >2023-03-08T15:30:25-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1d/1dc8e0e17812466895c30b61bed8b1a7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Just in time for&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1281863/international-women-s-day" target="_blank">Women's History Month</a>, a new podcast called 29% Equal recently launched, bringing attention to the influence of several women architects on the way the profession is practiced today.</p> <p>Produced by <a href="https://archinect.com/NewcastleUniAPL" target="_blank">Newcastle University</a> doctoral candidate <a href="https://www.saraheackland.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Ackland</a>&nbsp;with support from the <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150175724/royal-institute-of-british-architects" target="_blank">RIBA</a> Research Fund, three episodes of the six-part series are available so far, featuring voices like <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/63743334/farshid-moussavi-architecture" target="_blank">Farshid Moussavi</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150253940/the-2021-w-awards-announces-the-mj-long-prize-winner" target="_blank">2021 MJ Long Prize</a> winner Alice Brownfield, activist architect <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/679843/elsie-owusu" target="_blank">Elsie Owusu</a> (herself <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/147131407/so-far-to-go-so-much-to-gain-discussing-diversity-with-elsie-owusu-on-archinect-sessions-one-to-one-9" target="_blank">a guest</a> on Archinect's podcast in 2016), and others working in the UK &mdash; in close association with the <a href="https://www.part-w.com/" target="_blank">Part W</a> action group &mdash; towards similar goals aligned with gender equity and the representation of women in academia, professional practice, and architectural history.</p> <p>&ldquo;In an effort to eliminate this continual erasure of women, I have invited a young architect, designer, artist or activist from Part W (and friends) to have a discussion with a woman they feel deserves recognition, or perhaps more recogn...</p>