Women + Place

A Webinar About Designing Spaces of Belonging and Gender Inclusion​

​Thursday, August 21 · 10am PST
Zoom - Free with RSVP 

How do women shape public spaces to be more inclusive, expressive, and accessible—not just for themselves, but for all genders often excluded by dominant design norms?

Join us for a powerful conversation exploring how women practitioners are reimagining the built environment to center care, safety, expression, and participation. From plazas to parks, from planning to programming, this session highlights the placemakers challenging the gendered assumptions baked into our public spaces.
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We’re honored to feature Daniela Chacón Arias, Loeb Fellow at Harvard and visiting scholar at MIT, and the former Vice Mayor of Quito, Ecuador. She will share stories from her work making placemaking central to community-building in Ecuador through strong partnerships between government and local interest groups—highlighting how inclusive design becomes a foundation for social cohesion and civic trust.

What we’ll explore:

• How women-led design practices foster inclusion across gender identities
  
• Rethinking safety, visibility, and access in public space
  
• The role of care and community in spatial justice
  
• Designing places that reflect lived experiences, not just ideals
  
• Stories and strategies from gender-expansive placemaking efforts
  

Want to Present? Share Your Vision. Have a project or idea that uplifts gender inclusion through placemaking? RSVP below with your pitch to be considered as a co-presenter in our upcoming webinar.​

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