Shelter, Care and Gathering: 10 Architecture Projects Designed for Women

Although many countries have laws establishing equal rights for men and women, gender inequality and all its consequences are still experienced every day by girls and women all around the world. The patriarchal system, rooted in many societies over the centuries, has been responsible for inequality of power between the genders which, in the most extreme cases, results in violence and femicide.

Shelter, Care and Gathering: 10 Architecture Projects Designed for Women
The Women’s House of Ouled Merzoug / Building Beyond Borders Hasselt University. Image: © Thomas Noceto The Women’s House of Ouled Merzoug / Building Beyond Borders Hasselt University. Image: © Thomas Noceto

Although many countries have laws establishing equal rights for men and women, gender inequality and all its consequences are still experienced every day by girls and women all around the world. The patriarchal system, rooted in many societies over the centuries, has been responsible for inequality of power between the genders which, in the most extreme cases, results in violence and femicide.

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