Parity Talks

Since 2016, on March 8, the International Women’s Day, Parity Talks take place at the Department of Architecture. The first three editions of Parity Talks, members of the Parity Group – a bottom-up initiative set up and maintained by assistants – organized the event.

The aim is a public debate on gender equality and diversity in architectural education as well as in the profession in Switzerland and abroad, and – within the framework of ETH Gender Action Plan, introduced in 2014 – to developed strategies and tools for achieving gender parity (equal opportunities for men and women) in our department – especially towards increasing the unusually low number of female Professors.