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In the Anglophone world, why do women leave architecture?
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>In the Anglophone world, why do women leave architecture?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">"Over the past 10 years drop out rates amongst women students during the Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 stages of the course have generally reduced. However, after qualification, the percentage of women falls from being over 30% of those passing Part 3 to around only 14% of the architectural profession. This compares poorly with law and medicine where women now make up almost half of the active profession."</p>
<p>Is it the same across the world?</p>
<p><b>Find more: RIBA, </b> <a href="http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/WhatTheRIBADoes/Policy/EqualityAndDiversity/Research.aspx">http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/WhatTheRIBADoes/Policy/EqualityAndDiversity/Research.aspx</a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;">"Over the past 10 years drop out rates amongst women students during the Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 stages of the course have generally reduced. However, after qualification, the percentage of women falls from being over 30% of those passing Part 3 to around only 14% of the architectural profession. This compares poorly with law and medicine where women now make up almost half of the active profession."</p>
<p>Is it the same across the world?</p>
<p><b>Find more: RIBA, </b> <a href="http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/WhatTheRIBADoes/Policy/EqualityAndDiversity/Research.aspx">http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/WhatTheRIBADoes/Policy/EqualityAndDiversity/Research.aspx</a></p>
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