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If Women Built Cities
How different would cities be if women built them? How do we extend the rights to the city to all? Bristol24/7 hears from professional financial services firm EY and engineering, planning and design company Arup Bristol, ahead of our If Women Built Cities event in partnership with Festival of Ideas.
Young women from across the city are invited to an interactive panel discussion and networking event on Monday, October 16 to debate how different cities would be if women built them.
Featuring speakers from EY, Arup Bristol, Women in Property SW, Bristol City Council and Bristol Women’s Literature Festival, the event will develop and share ideas which will be fed into the Festival of the Future City as a whole, as well as a second If Women Built Cities panel event on October 19.
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Louise Ponting, deputy real estate leader at EY and speaker at the Young Women’s Workshop.
“To accelerate achievement of gender parity we need purposeful action by both men and women to recruit, retain and advance women in equal proportion to their numbers and commensurate with the limitless potential they offer the workplace,” says Louise Ponting, deputy real estate leader at EY.
“Putting gender on the agenda will redefine opportunities for future generations of women, forging a lasting legacy of growth, increased prosperity and stronger communities.
“EY is committed to creating and supporting pathways for young people into education, employment and enterprise. This event will provide a fantastic opportunity for young women and local employers to engage and share ideas as well as access to role models and networks.”
George Taylor, sustainability consultant at Arup Bristol and speaker at the Young Women’s Workshop.
“Arup is pleased to support ‘If Women Built Cities’, not least because we know that women have always played a powerful but often informal role in creating our urban environments. The shame is that women have so often been unable to contribute as ‘official’ designers and directors of urban development. This is changing and the future of cities may change with it,” says Erin Gill, Arup Bristol business development lead.
“As an employee-owned firm, Arup strives to offer both women and men a working culture that will allow all to achieve their potential and all to offer their best ideas to clients. Improving our gender balance at all levels within the organisation is one of Arup’s current, top priorities and has been recognised as a business-critical factor for our continued success.”
Illustrator Jasmine Thompson will capture the themes of the evening with live sketches. Currently based in Bristol, her work ranges from live sketching to design and portraiture, and recent projects have been focused on cities and the people in them. Jasmine works both digitally and with pen and ink to create illustrations.
The event is being organised and chaired by Bristol24/7 and will be free to attend, though booking is required.
For more information visit Bristol Festival of Ideas and to book visit Eventbrite.
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