The position of women in the architectural practice: History Thesis

This thesis aims to show the historical development of women in the architectural profession in the UK from 1950-2000. The chosen period and location illustrate a specific period in gender history of the UK where women were studying architecture and pioneer woman architects were recognised, but the field was still male-dominated. This historical...

Is Wikipedia succeeding in reducing gender bias?: Assessing the development of gender bias in word embeddings from Wikipedia

Large text corpora used for creating word embeddings (vectors which represent word meanings) often contain a stereotypical gender bias. This unwanted bias is then also present in the word embeddings and in downstream applications in the field of natural language processing. To prevent and reduce this, more knowledge about the gender bias is...

Inclusive interiorities: A focus on women; towards more inclusive designs

How can design for well-being lower the taboo of menstruation in India

In India, there is an existing taboo of menstruation which has an impact on the well-being of women in different ways - from education, economics, health, religion to different personal aspects. Many activities are happening in India towards improving the situation around menstruation - from governmental activities and plans, provision of...