A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media.

To mark International Women’s Day, readers of CIOB’s editorial titles have voted the most inspirational woman builder.

Although progress is steady, more needs to be done to encourage women from diverse backgrounds into the industry, explains Ridha Shah.

How could construction sites be more welcoming to women? Female industry professionals speak to Kristina Smith.

Help us celebrate the achievements of women builders by voting for your favourite.

A former dressage champion who was nearly killed by her horse is on a mission to have women comprise 30% of construction tradespeople in Australia by 2030, up from just 3% now.

On World Mental Health Day, the National Association of Women in Construction is encouraging construction organisations to bolster the workplace support offered to female employees.

Woman crane operator Katie Kelleher tells her story to CIOB People editor Nadine Buddoo in the latest episode of the 21CC podcast.

Progress in bridging the gender pay gap among the largest construction companies remains slow – and in some cases, it has widened.

Females in site-based construction roles often have to overcome barriers and can find themselves battling ‘imposter syndrome’. Nadine Buddoo reports.

UK Research and Innovation has named Zijing Li, the co-founder of a company implementing biomimetic self-healing concrete technologies, as one of the UK’s leading women entrepreneurs.

Construction has worked hard to attract more females into the industry. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Kris Hudson looks at whether this is working.

A new initiative aims to support women into site management roles in home building.

Three in five people would hire female plumbers, carpenters, electricians and builders to work in their homes, research by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has found.

North American delegation of 50 tradeswomen aims to share best practice during two-week visit.

More than 120 young women attended an event designed to attract females into construction and engineering in March.

Glazing Vision’s managing director, Jon Shooter, discusses his efforts to create an equal workplace and encourage more women of all ages into the industry.

Rebecca Rees asks whether more could be done at procurement level to encourage a gender-balanced supply chain