Viewpoint: Creating a support network to address gender inequality

Sebastian Wood of engineering consultancy Whitby Wood explains his firm's decision to be transparent over gender pay disparity, and discusses some of the steps they are taking as they attempt to address this.

In 2008, Sarah Buck became the first female President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. Fifteen years later, she reflects on what has changed in this time and what's next for the industry.

Robin Jones summarises the discussions from a recent roundtable, held at IStructE HQ, which explored aspects of discrimination faced by women in the engineering profession and ways in which the industry can work to tackle this and develop a more inclusive culture.