Schools and construction leaders must unite to help broaden pupils’ career horizons, particularly among girls

Selco Builders Warehouse has launched a new women’s forum to help highlight and encourage the ongoing career progression of females in the company 

Social media influencer Jasmine Gurney shares her experiences of working as a tradesperson, and how more women can be recruited to the industry

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.

On International Women’s Day, Womble Bond Dickinson leaders discuss what this year’s theme of equity means for the construction industry

An index released today has for the first-time ranked employers in construction according to their performance on achieving gender equality

Lucy Dixon from the CHAS Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Growth Assessment, on steps construction businesses can take to promote equity

Construction has worked hard to attract more females into the industry. But is it enough?

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.

Kier has expanded the health support app it offers employees to include a dedicated module for women’s health.

Michaela Wain on why BBC show The Apprentice has been a game changer for promoting gender equality

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

Construction bosses committed to diversity and inclusion but many will be taking stock after four years of gender pay gap reporting. Neil Gerrard reports.