LISTEN: Just 13% of the UK real estate workforce is female. Even less – a lot less – of it is made of Black women. That is not right and it is not okay. As real estate continues to transition and understand its importance in delivering places and spaces for human beings to thrive, the need to diversify our workforce and become a truly inclusive sector has never been more important.
To help highlight and showcase the Black women in the sector, Black Women in Real Estate teamed up with recruitment specialist Madison Berkeley to launch the #IAMWOMAN campaign. The campaign took place last week and highlighted five Black women from across the built environment sharing their stories of success.
The campaign was designed to help improve visibility of Black women in the sector, to encourage more Black women into the sector and to show all of us that, while the numbers of Black women in real estate may be low today, there are many very highly-skilled and talented women out there.
In this podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down with Hanna Afolobi, founder of Black Women in Real Estate and new development consultancy Mood & Space; Faith Locken, development manager at Countryside and founder of We Rise In; and Clare Coe, co-founder of Madison Berkeley, to find out more about #IAMWOMAN, why the campaign was needed and how we all need to work hard to uncover the untapped talent this industry has and needs to attract.
Click here to find out more about the campaign and read Locken’s and the other women’s stories >>
