New research exposes “disgraceful” gender inequality across the arts

nme.com:

The Women in Theatre Forum Report gathered research from several organisations and revealed vast levels of gender inequality across the arts ranging from a lack of leadership roles to pay disparity and bullying.The report said the lack of underrepresentation in the arts should be “taken seriously” and urged the government’s Cultural Renewal Taskforce and Arts Council England to address the disparity urgently.One part of the report highlighted that “zero leadership positions are occupied by women” whilst another highlighted the extent to which women are forced to turn down work in theatre, film and television due to caring responsibilities.Elsewhere, the report revealed that only 16 per cent of working filmmakers are female and only 14 per.