USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
China
Home / China / Society

Women making gains but more work needed at the top

By Liu Hui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-06-28 20:01

Creative Industries

Tim Payne

Senior Partner & Head of Asia, Brunswick

Women making gains but more work needed at the top

Tim Payne speaks at the 2017 Women Leadership Forum on June 26 in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"Despite a growing broad recognition of the need to provide more opportunities for women in creative industries, such as film and media, the actual statistics haven't improved in recent years," Payne says.

Women made up just 7 percent of all directors working on the top 250 US films in 2016, according to a report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University earlier this year. That figure represents a decline of two percentage points from 2015's 9 percent.

"Discrimination against women in media has resulted in a high turnover and a vacuum of coverage for women-related stories. Among Hong Kong's entertainment magazines, nearly one third of coverage is linked to females', particular negative ones," Payne said.

"Joint efforts must be done to dismiss this traditional challenge."

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US