28/11/2024 - The fifth edition of the initiative, organised on 10 December by EWA Network, EURO-MEI and EFAD in partnership with Cineuropa, will monitor the evolution of the presence of women in the film industry

The 2024 European webinar on gender equality statistics and strategies in audiovisual production will take place on Tuesday 10 December, from 13.00 to 14.30 CET.

For the fifth consecutive year (watch the 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 editions on YouTube), the event organised by the European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA Network), UNI Europa - Media, Entertainment & Arts (EURO-MEI) and the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFAD) in partnership with the International Federation of Actors (FIA), the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA), the Lab Femmes de Cinema, the European Audiovisual Observatory and Cineuropa, is training the spotlight on the place of women in audiovisual production. The organisations and research bodies' objective is to keep monitoring the evolution of the presence of women on and off European screens, to maintain the topic of gender equality firmly on the audiovisual industry agenda, and to keep advocating for relevant and efficient actions.

During the webinar, a platform will be given to the latest reports from the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Lab Femmes de Cinéma. It will also welcome Emma Rafowicz, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, and Member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, and invite sector representatives to give their perspective on the state of play and make recommendations for actions going forwards.

Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be available during the webinar. The session will be recorded and then made available for replay on our website.

Register to participate here.

The full programme is as follows:

13:00 Welcome and presentation of the webinar;
13:05 Opening words by Emma Rafowicz, Member of the European Parliament, S&D Group, France, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, and Member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality;
13:15 Female professionals in European Film, TV and SVoD Production. The most recent statistics from the European Audiovisual Observatory (Gilles Fontaine, head of the Department for Market Information);
13:35 The 2024 edition of the qualitative study of the Lab Femmes de Cinéma on the existing measures and policies to promote parity in cinema in Europe (Fabienne Silvestre, co-founder and director, and Lise Perottet, general coordinator);
13:55 Can we evaluate the impact of equality strategies? Insights from two European countries;
14:10 Gender equality in the European audiovisual sector: should we be happy with the direction of travel? How do we understand the state of play? Any lessons learned for future actions? (Alexia Muiños Ruiz, director, EWA network; Pauline Durand-Vialle, CEO, FERA; Daphné Tepper, policy director, EURO-MEI; speaker tbc, FIA);
14:30 End