Research & Resources
Third-party Research and Resources
Education & Learning
- Four-year-olds’ beliefs about how others regard males and females
- Parents and Educators
- Study says infants’ screen time can cause language delays
Entertainment Industry
- DGA Publishes Feature Film Inclusion Report: Study Reveals Feature Film Director Diversity Remained Low in 2017
- Script Girls, Secretaries & Stereotypes: Gender Bias in Pay on Film and Televisions Crews
- Major new study into gender inequality among UK film and TV writers
- GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index
- Reality Check: How many women in top UK film jobs?
- First-Time TV Director Diversity Significantly Improves, Study Finds
- MS FACTOR TOOLKIT: The Power of Female Driven Content
- Director List – Women Directors at Work
- Employment Eligibility Search – Directors Guild of America
- Female Filmmakers Initiative Resource Map
Entertainment Industry – Filmmaker Grants
- Film Grants Directory – Film Daily.tv
- A Massive List of Spring 2017 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About – No Film School
- Grants – International Documentary Association
- Filmmaker Fund
- Grants & Awards – Film Independent
Entertainment Industry – Programs for Directors, Producers, Writers
- Industry Diversity Writing Programs, Conferences and Festivals – Writers Guild of America West
- Writers Lab
- Television Director Development Programs – Directors Guild of America
- Directing Lab – Film Independent
- Emerging Film Directors Workshop
- Emerging Director Program – Warner Bros.
- Disney | ABC Directing Program
- Directing Fellowship – HBO Access
Media
- Critic’s Choice? Gender and Race/Ethnicity of Film Reviewers Across 100 Top Films of 2017
- YouTube, Instagram And Snapchat All More Popular Than Facebook Among Teens, Pew Reports
- Fewer than one in seven front page photos are taken by women
- The Status of Women of Color in the US Media 2018
- The Status of Women in the US Media 2017
- Study: CAA Finds That Diverse Films of All Budgets Fare Better at Box Office
- Gender Bias Goes Indie: Only 25 Percent of Films at Major Festivals Had Female Director, Study Finds – Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film
- MPAA 2016 Annual Report: Women dominating ticket sales, audience and attendance
- First Findings of EWA’s Pan European Research Project – European Observatory
- DGA Report Finds Director Diversity in Episodic Television Remains Static
- Are there unspoken rules about how boys and girls should act on social network sites?
- TV Writing Remains a White Man’s World, WGA Study Finds.
- USC Sundance Study Barriers for Female Filmmakers
- Academy Award-nominated Movies Lack Females, Racial Diversity – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- The Women’s Media Center 2012 Report on the Status of Women in US Media
- “Shake It Baby, Shake It”: Media Preferences, Sexual Attitudes and Gender Stereotypes Among Adolescents
- Gender Oppression in Cinematic Content – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- Asymmetrical Academy Awards – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- Research from the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film – SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film
- Reflections of Girls in the Media – Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation
- GLAAD Network Responsibility Index (NRI)
- Funding for Filmmakers – The Women’s Film Institute
- Parent Rating System
- 2016 Hollywood Diversity Report
- 2013 WMC Status of Women in US Media Report – Women’s Media Center
- Girl Scouts: Girls and Media Research
- Equal Opportunity Objectification? The Sexualization of Men and Women on the Cover of Rolling Stone
- 2006 Research on Teens & Media – Womens Foundation of California
- International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television – IZI
- Media’s Effect On Girls: Body Image And Gender Identity – National Institute on Media and the Family
Status of Women & Girls
- NYC Campaign to Improve Girls’ Self-Esteem
- The Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California 2013, Prepared by Mount St. Mary’s College.
- Sexualization of Girls is Linked to Common Mental Health Problems in Girls and Women – APA
- Facts and Stats about Gender Disparities – California State Controller Betty Yee
Technology
- Trends in the State of Computer Science in U.S. K-12 Schools – Gallup and Google
- Diversity Gaps in Computer Science: Exploring the Underrepresentation of Girls, Blacks and Hispanics
- The Digital Lives of African American Tweens, Teens, and Parents Report
