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Women Lead Initiative
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Celebrating and fostering women’s achievements in design.

Women today outnumber men in AIGA’s membership—as in design schools and disciplines—yet leadership, representation, and parity remain a challenge.

AIGA Women Lead is committed to empowering women in design and advancing the vital discourse on issues facing professional women today without generalizing or segregating women designers. Instead, we aim to address persistent biases and inequities inclusively and constructively through programming around three goals.

Join us to:

  • Celebrate the achievements of women in design.

  • Cultivate awareness of gender-related issues, while building knowledge and leadership skills.
  • Connect by facilitating relationships within and beyond the design industry.

Meet the committee

The AIGA Women Lead committee works to develop programs, events, and resources for an inclusive audience—women and men, emerging designers and seasoned professionals, members and nonmembers.

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Everyone has to begin somewhere. Begin learning about the Women Lead field here.

Design for Good Webcast Series: Episode Two
Webcast 2: Face your gender bias Thursday January 19, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. EST Women Lead co-chairs Deborah Adler and Lynda Decker talk the newly-launched Gender Equity Toolkit and more
Webcast 2: Face your gender bias Thursday January 19, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. EST Women Lead co-chairs Deborah Adler and Lynda Decker talk the newly-launched Gender Equity Toolkit and more
Webcast 2: Face your gender bias Thursday January 19, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. EST Women Lead co-chairs Deborah Adler and Lynda Decker talk the newly-launched Gender Equity Toolkit and more
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Design for Good Webcast Series: Episode Two
Women Lead Resources
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
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Looking to delve deeper? Join the WLI LinkedIn group and follow #AIGAwomenlead on Twitter.

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Ready to get involved but wondering where you can jump in? Here are a few programs you can get started with today.

Women Lead Events
With the help of chapters across the country, the AIGA community is activating our Women Lead goals—to celebrate, cultivate, and connect—locally as well as nationally.
With the help of chapters across the country, the AIGA community is activating our Women Lead goals—to celebrate, cultivate, and connect—locally as well as nationally.
With the help of chapters across the country, the AIGA community is activating our Women Lead goals—to celebrate, cultivate, and connect—locally as well as nationally.
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Design Leader interview series

Last year, AIGA Women Lead launched its first interview series to ask design leaders at studios, agencies, and companies who have demonstrated a commitment to gender equity to share their unique Women Lead stories.

AIGA Women Lead

Former and current Women Lead committee members featured in the Design Leader series and based in New York. Top row, left to right: Cheryl Heller, Debbie Millman, Jada Britto, Heather Stern. Seated form left to right: Lynda Decker, Deborah Adler. Photo by John Madere.

To get involved and support the Women Lead campaign, contact AIGA Strategic Initiatives.

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Women Lead Resources
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
These resources further the goals of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative: Celebrate, Cultivate, Connect.
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Women Lead Resources
Women Lead on social media
Tag your tweets, images, and posts on social media with #AIGAwomenlead to help our initiative celebrate and foster women’s achievements in design.
Tag your tweets, images, and posts on social media with #AIGAwomenlead to help our initiative celebrate and foster women’s achievements in design.
Tag your tweets, images, and posts on social media with #AIGAwomenlead to help our initiative celebrate and foster women’s achievements in design.
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Women Lead on social media
Women Lead postcards

To commemorate the launch of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative in 2014, members and colleagues of the Women Lead Steering Committee designed postcards representing their vision of the initiative's mission: to celebrate and foster women's achievements in design.

To commemorate the launch of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative in 2014, members and colleagues of the Women Lead Steering Committee designed postcards representing their vision of the initiative's mission: to celebrate and foster women's achievements in design.

To commemorate the launch of the AIGA Women Lead Initiative in 2014, members and colleagues of the Women Lead Steering Committee designed postcards representing their vision of the initiative's mission: to celebrate and foster women's achievements in design.

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Women Lead postcards
Equal pay in design: how do we make it a reality?
Two powerful words, one unfulfilled promise. Equal pay remains a goal, not a reality, for women in design. Here are actionable steps to integrate equal pay and its values into our profession.
Two powerful words, one unfulfilled promise. Equal pay remains a goal, not a reality, for women in design. Here are actionable steps to integrate equal pay and its values into our profession.
Two powerful words, one unfulfilled promise. Equal pay remains a goal, not a reality, for women in design. Here are actionable steps to integrate equal pay and its values into our profession.
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Equal pay in design: how do we make it a reality?
Gender equality in design: fighting implicit bias with empathy
The findings from an year-long research project with AIGA’s Women Lead Initiative show the potential key to unlocking gender equality within design.
The findings from an year-long research project with AIGA’s Women Lead Initiative show the potential key to unlocking gender equality within design.
The findings from an year-long research project with AIGA’s Women Lead Initiative show the potential key to unlocking gender equality within design.
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Gender equality in design: fighting implicit bias with empathy
The habits of leading women in digital design
As women in digital design, you know the people using products, apps, and interfaces are more diverse than ever. Unfortunately, the tech industry isn’t.
As women in digital design, you know the people using products, apps, and interfaces are more diverse than ever. Unfortunately, the tech industry isn’t.
As women in digital design, you know the people using products, apps, and interfaces are more diverse than ever. Unfortunately, the tech industry isn’t.
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The habits of leading women in digital design
The female tech trailblazer we’re thankful for
You’ve probably never heard of Dame Stephanie Shirley, but here’s why we’re thanking the founder of Freelance Programmers for her leadership during the Mad Men era.
You’ve probably never heard of Dame Stephanie Shirley, but here’s why we’re thanking the founder of Freelance Programmers for her leadership during the Mad Men era.
You’ve probably never heard of Dame Stephanie Shirley, but here’s why we’re thanking the founder of Freelance Programmers for her leadership during the Mad Men era.
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The female tech trailblazer we’re thankful for
The 3-step girl’s guide to angel investment
Everything you wanted to know about funding your business but were afraid to ask.
Everything you wanted to know about funding your business but were afraid to ask.
Everything you wanted to know about funding your business but were afraid to ask.
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