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Reel Women in Technology – Reel WiT award – Deadline Extended
You’re in luck. The deadline has been extended to March 10, 2016 for the first-ever Reel Women in Technology (Reel WiT) Award, presented by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and Google. Choose a leading woman from the following programs: Miles from Tomorrowland (TV show): Loretta, She Started It (Documentary): Various/Cast, Silicon Valley (TV show): Carla, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Film): Rey, or CodeGirl (Documentary): Various/Cast. Read More…
Geena Davis: ‘The more TV a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life’
It has been 25 years since Geena Davis held hands with Susan Sarandon and hurtled over a cliff in Thelma & Louise. The film – a trailblazing feminist road movie and box-office smash to boot – was hailed a turning point for women in film. And for Davis, at least, it was; for the past quarter of a century she has been trying to convince others of the lessons the film taught her: that society is losing out because there are too few women on our screens. “This is my passion. It’s what I do all day,” she laughs. And she’s not exaggerating – almost a decade ago she created the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media to address the gender imbalance in TV programmes and films aimed at children, while she regularly tries to convince studio heads to include more female roles. Read More…
Lack of gender diversity in the Oscars could have far reaching consequences for women globally
Discussions surrounding this year’s Oscars have been dominated by the fact that the nominees are predominantly white males and the lack of female role models could have long term effects on society and the progress of women, according to new research. Global research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and J. Walter Thompson Company looked at how female role models impact the lives of women around the world. The survey of 4,300 women reported that 90 per cent of women globally feel that female role models in film or TV are important. Six in ten (61 per cent) of the respondents said female role models in film and TV have been influential in their lives and 58 per cent said that women have been inspired to be more ambitious or assertive. Read More…
Report: Women Believe Female Role Models In Film, TV Influential In Their Lives
Commenting on the findings Davis stated: “The fact is — women are seriously under-represented across nearly all sectors of society around the globe, not just on-screen, but for the most part we’re simply not aware of the extent. And media images exert a powerful influence in creating and perpetuating our unconscious biases. However, media images can also have a very positive impact on our perceptions. In the time it takes to make a movie, we can change what the future looks like. There are woefully few women CEOs in the world, but there can be lots of them onscreen. How do we encourage a lot more girls to aspire to lead? By casting droves of women in [science, technology engineering and mathematics], politics, law and other professions today in movies.” Read More…
JWT & Geena Davis Show Vital Importance of Female Role Models on Screen
As the Oscars and Hollywood continue to draw criticism for the lack of equal representation of gender and diversity, ground-breaking global research by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and J. Walter Thompson Company shows that female role models in film and TV are hugely influential in driving women to improve their lives. Read More…
The Art of Leadership for Women Vancouver 2016 speaker list
ive world-renowned women, from Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis to legendary athletes, arrive in Vancouver Friday, April 1 for The Art of Leadership for Women. Sharing their experiences, their successes, and their wisdom, these influential speakers will help provide today’s women with the tools they need to make their dreams come true in life, and in business. Read More…
Actor, Advocate Geena Davis to Speak at U of A on Women, Diversity in Media
Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, will give a free public lecture at the University of Arkansas on the ways women are represented in the film industry – both onscreen and behind the camera. She will also discuss the Bentonville Film Festival, created last year to promote and champion women and diversity in media. Read More…
Reel Women in Technology – Reel WiT award – Call to Action
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Google, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology have partnered together to promote a brand new award titled Reel Women in Technology or the Reel WiT award. We’ve finished soliciting nominations and have narrowed the portrayals down to 5! Watch Video…
Only 1 in 10 film directors in India is woman: study
Women are greatly under-represented in the Indian film industry while their number as audience in theatres was far lesser than men, a study on Gender in Media says. The report by Geena Davis Institute, founded by Academy Award winning actress Geena Davis, was released at ‘Global Symposium On Gender in Media’ here. According to the study, funded by the Oak Foundation, the gender ratio in India’s film industry stands at 6.2 males to every female, and only one-in-ten directors is a woman. Read More…
Los Angeles Symposium for 2015 Jury Prize Winner, Jack of the Red Hearts
You are cordially invited to a screening of our 2015 Jury Prize winner for best dramatic film, “Jack of the Red Hearts,” on Thursday, February 25, in Los Angeles. Sharon Waxman, Editor in Chief of The Wrap, is the moderator and panelists include Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning actor, co-founder of Bentonville Film Festival and Founder of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Read More…
