Almost 90% of Performers Have Experienced Violence, Harassment in Latin American Screen and Arts Industries

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K.J. Yossman Almost 90% of workers in the audiovisual and performing arts industries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced harassment and violence in the workplace.The shocking figures were revealed in a new report published by the UNI Global Union’s media, entertainment and arts department together with the International Federation of Actors (IFA).Responding to the joint UNI and IFA survey, 87% of women said they had experienced violence or harassment in the workplace while 95% of trans and non-binary workers reported the same.

70% of men responding to the survey said they had also experienced violence and harassment at work.37% of respondents across the entire region said they had been sexually harassed at work, rising to 54% in Mexico alone.

In Peru, 65% of workers in the industry said they were afraid or reluctant to go to work because they had been harassed or experienced a violent situation, or someone on their team had.

81% of women also said they had experienced “micro machismo” in the workplace (compared to 26% of men), meaning they had experienced “entrenched attitudes of male superiority and the occurrence of daily incidents of normalized macho behaviour.”“I was ‘invited to retire’ from two comedies in the middle of rehearsals because I was pregnant,” one anonymous performer reported while others reported producers asking them out in exchange for casting them in a role.The report was collated from 1,423 people working across 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean who work in performing arts, audiovisual and media industries.53% of respondents work in film, 39% in theater and 36% in television.