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Current Topic: Gender Equality in the Arts & Media


In the Media

Kirsty Young on ageism in TV

BBC 2 Controller wants more female comics

Latest Contributor Articles

Kate

 When working with Equity on the recent petition for female equality in the … Read the rest

AnnKristin

I admit it. I’ve been as sidetracked as everyone else in this debate about the p… Read the rest

caroline

Yesterday I had the good fortune to spend the day at Wimbledon. As I was flickin… Read the rest

Delilah

On my way to work, I see an advert in the underground. It’s the cartoon face of a m… Read the rest

Susanwooldridge

Thirty years ago I was lucky enough to be cast as Daphne Manners in Granada’s ‘T… Read the rest

Gail Renard

It never dawned on me that there was only ever one “girl” in Footlights groups.… Read the rest

katekinninmont

What really shocks me is that we’ve had the Equal Opportunities Legislation f… Read the rest

Rebecca

As an exited prostituted woman, I have problems with the portrayal of the pros… Read the rest

jean

As a performer in theatre today most of the problems we face in the business are… Read the rest

camilla

Society increasingly requires women in the limelight to be young, wrinkle fr… Read the rest

abigail
Annie Walker

I’d like to thank my friend, Naomi Paxton, for posting this thought-p… Read the rest

lisacampbell

That 5,000 women have left the industry over the past three years compared to j… Read the rest

AnnKristin

So you want to join the celebrities on the red carpet? Use your intelligence an… Read the rest

rebeccabrand

As a big fan of comedy, one of the things that bothers me most on television is th… Read the rest

ginaparr

I still wonder , in my own Design for Television career, why one minute I was per… Read the rest

paulinemoran

Since 2007, the Gender Equality Duty (GED) has obliged employers to ensure eq… Read the rest

Kate

The current representation of women  in TV drama  neither reflects what we ar… Read the rest