WPS prague mapping women experts in architecture, urban planning and other professions related to increasing quality of urban life in Prague
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CONTEXT 2012 + ‘urban planning in Prague visibly opens up’ towards other disciplines and wider groups of actors * Prague Institute of Planning and Development * Strategic, Metropolitan plan * Ladíme Prahu campaign * Metropolitan board and non-governmental sector on rise
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CONTEXT Prague has more than 1.2 million inhabitants living in 57 municipal districts. In 2015 Czech Chamber of Architects officially registers 4567* (building&landscape) architects. 1033 (22.61 %) of them are women** Several hundreds of architectural graduates are leaving universities every year*** * www.cka.cz **There is a fair amount of architects who are not registered and work ‘under the registered ones’. There is no official statistics on this pool of architects, nor their gender ratio. ***There is no official number of women graduates. Currently in the research process
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ASYMMETRY significant lack of visible women experts in traditionally male dominated professions - architecture, urban planning
to be invited to expert dialogue
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OPPORTUNITY With the ‘new wave’ calling for more inclusive urban planning in Prague we have to stand for integration of diverse professions and look for gender balance
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QUESTIONS before the project starts
1. WHERE ARE WOMEN EXPERTS from the field? Are they really architects, urban planners? Are they in cultural sector? Education? Politics?
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2. HOW MANY OF ACTIVE AND VISIBLE WOMEN STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING? Many women engaged in the field of architecture, urban planning and increasing quality of urban life studied architecture and urban planning - but they are not always designing
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3. WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS OF THESE WOMEN? What is the ratio between top, lower positions and freelancers?
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4. THERE IS NO DEBATE ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THESE FIELDS IN PRAGUE Is this really possible??
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5. THERE IS NO NETWORK CONNECTING WOMEN EXPERTS FROM THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING AND OTHER PROFESSIONS RELATED TO INCREASING QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE Although we cooperate and know about each other, do we actively support each other?
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MISSION Women Public Space Prague (WPSP) aims to become an active umbrella network for women (but not only women) from diverse urban related professions (architecture, urban planning, education, cultural activities, art, research related to public space and development of community life) to exchange personal and professional experience, support, promote professional activities of women experts. In long-term horizon WPSP aims to investigate barriers to women participation in planning and decision-making processes in mentioned fields and identify steps leading towards bridging this gap.
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GOALS 1. Map and build the first active database of women experts in the fields of architecture, urban planning, cultural activities, art, research related to public space and development of community life 2. Promote professional activities of young and established generation of women experts in Prague 3. Provide support and networking opportunities for women experts active in proposed fields.
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4. Cooperate with similar minded individuals and organizations outside of Prague and Czech Republic 5. Carry on research activities related to gender aspects in urban planning practice 6. Organize cultural, educational and networking events to exchange personal and professional experiences, and support women in building their careers balanced with other aspects of their lives and the gender dimension in urban planning
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7. Advocate for increasing ratio of women experts in public debates, working tables and projects in urban planning, architecture, community life and cultural activities related to positive development of public space and the integration of the gender dimension in public space 8. Inspire and encourage active women experts in these fields in other cities in Czech Republic and countries.
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FOUNDING MEMBERS Milota SidorovA, initiator of the project, consultant of urban strategies Micheala HeCkovA, program director, piána na ulicích KatERina FiSarovA, PR manager, Praha 14 Kulturní Tereza StOckelovA, sociologist, professor, Univerzita Karlova KristYna StarA, architect, urban planner, co-founder of the platform Architekti ve škole Veronika FajmonovA, psychologist, researcher, NVU, VŠE MONIKA GRILLI WAGNEROVA, doctor, photographer
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PILOT MAPPING - RESULTS (28. March -15. June 2015)
Note: The practical outcome of the mapping is the expert database. The research outcome is deeper insight into the specific working context of women experts in Prague. It also indicates key areas for future research. For these reasons results can’t be generalized.
SELECTION CRITERIA - currently active and visible in architecture, urban planning, development of community life, education, cultural activities and art related to public space. - only designing is not enough
MAPPING METHODOLOGY 1. joint networks of team and invited experts (organization) (Czech Chamber of Architects) 2. survey LIMITS: team networks, short period of time (2 months), blending professions at times
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- first database established - 84 active experts from diverse professions - 23 exclusively architects, urban planners
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30 % ARCHITECTURE 18 % URBAN PLANNING 13 % LINGUISTICTS 12 % CULTURAL STUDIES
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SUMMARY EDUCATION - PROFESSIONS - all respondents have university degree education - 36 % has studied or finished doctoral studies (PhD) - respondents with architectural (30 %) and urban planning (18 %) background create a significant group of active women experts - less then half of respondents with architectural and urban planning background is really designing (9 architects, 2 urban planners) - other active women experts are cultural managers, teachers, professors, linguists, social workers, researchers, journalists by profession
PROFESSIONS - 59 % of respondents are engaged in more than 1 organization (working position) TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT, TOP POSITIONS - 11,8 % of respondents founded, iniciated project, organization or are members in organizationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boards - 23.6 % work as freelancers - 64.5 % work on employee type of contract out of whom, top positions (directors) are being held by 46.6 %. Middle and lower positions (in hierarchy) are being held by 53.4 % of respondents with employee type of contract
KIDS - 37 % of respondents have kids - less than half of respondents with kids took maternity leave - 75% of respondents who took maternity leave worked on part time
CONTACT Ing. Milota Sidorova, PhD. Initiator Women Public Space. Prague milota.sidorova.696@gmail.com + 420 773 02 99 11