We can all benefit from listening to underrepresented groups Amplifying the voices of underrepresented groups is necessary to shift the structural disparities in the construction sector, says AJ editor Emily Booth Advertisement The RIBA’s first-ever head of diversity and inclusion is compelling and frank in her interview with the AJ’s Ella Jessel (‘I’m a woman, I’m a woman of colour, I’m a menopausal woman – all these different identifiers’). And the value Ramroop places on the importance of listening is particularly pertinent. Throughout her career she has sought to tell stories from unheard voices, and this approach is one from which the whole sector can benefit.