Siân Gale EHRC Wales Committee Cwmni Pawb
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Menywod yn y Cyfryngau Creadigol(tu ôl i’r llenni)
Women in Creative Media
(behind the scenes)
Siân GaleEHRC Wales Committee
Cwmni Pawb
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Creative Media SectorWelsh Government : Priority Sector : Employment
• 20,300 – across the sector
• 4,500 – TV, Radio & Film• 3,850 – interactive Media• 3,300 - publishing• 2,800 - advertising
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Creative Media Sector – RolesTV, Radio & Film
• Decision Makers • Production - Producers,
Directors, Writers, Researchers• Technical – Camera, Sound• Craft – Design, Costume, Make-
up• Post Production – Video Editors
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Creative Media Sector Its importance? Reflection of our communities?
• Factual – news, current affairs & documentaries
• Drama – contemporary & historical
• Children’s programmes• Sport • Light Entertainment
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MISS REPRESENTATIONa film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkIiV6konY
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Creative Media Sector Lack of Diversity – the statistics
UK 5,750 people left the industry in 2009. How many were women? Wales Women = 38% in 2006 – what was the 2009 %?
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Creative Media Sector Lack of Diversity – the statistics
UK 5,750 people left the industry in 2009. How many were women? 5,000 !!!Wales Women = 38% in 2006 – what was the 2009 %? 28% (UK Figure 38%)
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Creative Media Sector Why lack of gender balance?
• Informal recruitment and promotion practices (Women more likely to have undertaken unpaid work)
• Poor working practices – long hours• Significant freelance working or
fixed term contracts• Very few opportunities for flexible
working
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Creative Media Sector Is it surprising that so many women are leaving?
Balancing Children and Work in the Audio Visual Industries
“When my second child was born, I was back at work within twenty four hours. I was directing a show. I didn't have any choice."
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Creative Media Sector What can WG, NaFW & We All Do?
• Ensure Equality is considered in all policy and strategy documents (GOWA 2006). Note: Hargreaves review doesn’t mention equality.
• Ensure that social partners (i.e. trade unions and third sector organisations) are consulted as well as employers
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Creative Media Sector What can WG, NaFW & We All Do?
• Encourage women to apply for appointments such as the Creative Industries Sector Panel
• Encourage women to apply for positions such as the BBC’s Audience Council for Wales (closing date 3.12.12.) (Only chair is paid) and the S4C Authority (until last year 8 out of 9 were men.)
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Creative Media Sector What can WG, NaFW & We All Do?
• Keep up to date with gender balance of decision makers e.g. via EHRC’s Who Runs Wales etc.
• Encourage women and organisations to speak out – use the media (social media, pen & paper, telephone etc.) to let programme makers and others know your views
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Creative Media Sector What can WG, NaFW & We All Do?
• Contact the media regarding potential stories or to offer your expertise to be included on e.g. BBC Wales’ database of contributors – encourage other women and URG’s to do so too
• EHRC – Not Just Another Statistic Example
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Creative Media Sector What can WG, NaFW & We All Do?
Act on research findings e.g. Drop in number of women in industry from 38% to 28% in three years requires immediate attention
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Is there a Welsh alternative to this?
•‘employment in the creative industries is becoming a prerogative of the privileged, and that entry into the profession is largely confined to those who can afford unpaid internships or who have access to those in a position to get them into work’
• New Deal of the Mind, 2010
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