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A study from the Women’s Media Center, a non-profit organization founded by Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and writer Robin Morgan, has released a new report tracking the number of women nominated for non-acting Oscars this year. No female directors were nominated, the study points out (via Variety), while one female screenwriter, stories three times as often as women
¿Puede colgarse ya la institución la medalla de lo políticamente correcto? Ni por asomo: un análisis de la ONG Women’s Media Center señala que la representación femenina en los Premios de la Academia sigue dejando mucho que desear. Fundado por la actriz Jane Fonda y las activistas Robin Morgan y Gloria Steinem, el Women’s Media Center se ha apartado de las categorías dramáticas (donde las actrices tienen reservadas sus propios lugares donde destacar) para fijarse en los premios técnicos y en los correspondientes a dirección y producción. Sus conclusiones: sólo un 20 por ciento de las categorías no dramáticas cuentan con mujeres nominadas, lo cual se queda muy por debajo de la proporción real entre géneros en la industria de Hollywood. Y no sólo eso, sino que también desciende un 2 por ciento sobre la cuota de 2016.
Overview of the findings of the report and downloadable pdf of the full report.
A slideshow of images from the Women's March on Washington by WMC photojournalist Jenny Warburg.
Wars fought because of ethnic hatred often seem to be more brutal than others. This is just a personal observation, having studied many. Just look at Rwanda, whose 1994 war saw between 250,000 and half a million women raped, often with objects and often publicly, in order to spread maximum humiliation and terror.
Four hundred guests attended the Women’s Media Awards on September 29 at Capitale in New York City.
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sally Field was the host for the Women's Media Center event. Gayle King, co-anchor of "CBS This Morning” and three-time Emmy winner, gave opening remarks.
Last week's WMC Women's Media Awards honored media leaders who have paved the way for other women.
The women ([Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem] who are giving me this award have always been very pas-sionate in wanting to train other women so that they could be in positions of leadership.”
“One of the things that the Women’s Media Center does: it trains women in media. It has a terrific website, Womens-mediacenter.com...We’re celebrating our 11th year with the gala awards.”
The Women’s Media Center analyzed 27,758 pieces of news content (TV, print, Internet, wires) and found that 62.1 percent was produced by men. As Ms. Magazine cofound-er Gloria Steinem said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
The author, a founding editor of Ms. Magazine and longtime journalist and advocate, remembers how she was inspired by civil and human rights activist Patricia Derian, who died last month.
Women Get Fewer Than 1 in 5 Nominations in Non-Acting Categories
Initiative Spotlights The Effects of Toxic Online Harassment on Women
WMC co-founder and longtime feminist activist Gloria Steinem added, “The American public—and especially women—deserve accurate, informed, and experienced media coverage on reproductive health, state and feder-al legislation, abortion and contraception. This research is offered in the hope of increasing public information about reproductive justice—which means the right to have or not to have children—as a basic human right.
Gloria Steinem calls for more accurate, informed and experienced reporting
The go-to source for reliable, women-centered health information is turning to the public for much-needed support.
The report comes out of the Women’s Media Center(which counts Gloria Steinem as a co-founder) and it sheds light on some problematic trends in the coverage of sexual assault on high school and college campuses.