“Let’s start with how real gender bias in the workplace is. It has never been more apparent than this moment when we see in actual data how much the COVID-19 crisis has impacted women more than men.”

September 10, 2020 report finds popular films show paltry progress toward inclusion

The first study to explore the intersection of race, giving and gender. The report finds that generosity is a value shared by all communities, and that women across race and ethnicity are leading through philanthropy

Learn more about systemic racism in the United States. A few organizations & voices to listen to – and learn from can be found here:
Color of Change: @colorofchange
Black Lives Matter: @blklivesmatter
Black Voters Matter: @blackvotersmtr
Black Visions Collective: @blackvisionscollective
Poor People’s Campaign: @poorpeoplescampaign
Campaign Zero: @campaignzero
My Brother's Keeper Alliance: @mbk_alliance
Equal Justice Initiative: @eji_org
Kimberle Crenshaw: @kimberlecrenshaw
Ibram X Kendi: @ibramxk
Ms. Foundation: @Msfoundation
Grantmakers for Girls of Color: @G4gc_org

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A great hub for news and conversation on philanthropy for women and girls with interviews, articles, and a funder resource database.

Film Festival Findings: New study released January found that while 2019 banner year for female filmmakers and other underrepresented directors—progress still needs to be made.

This is the third annual report on the music industry from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and was funded by Spotify.

At a time when women make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population, just 4.2 percent of the 100 top-grossing American films are made by female directors; and that statistic hasn’t changed over the last decade. Sundance Institute has offered unprecedented support to women artists, including groundbreaking women like Euzhan Palcy, Barbara Kopple, Allison Anders, and many more at our earliest labs and Festival.

Our dedicated Women at Sundance program began as a partnership with Women In Film Los Angeles in 2012. Together, we commissioned groundbreaking research with Dr. Stacy Smith and her team at USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative to better understand the key barriers and opportunities for women filmmakers.

Everything you need to know about the Equal Rights Amendment.

“Gender parity has a fundamental bearing on whether or not economies and societies thrive. Developing and deploying one-half of the world’s available talent has a huge bearing on the growth, competitiveness and future-readiness of economies and businesses worldwide.”

“Only women’s organizations focused on consciousness-raising, coalition-building, and advocacy can bring the kind of systemic change that women the world over need.”

Four strategies that can help fuel the momentum behind investing in organizations, products, and services that benefit women.

Excellent blend of research and real-world guidance for those who want to start and/or support grassroots organizations.

The Ms. Foundation invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural and economic change in the lives of women. Take a look at the 2018 annual report to see the results of their work and learn more about their inspiring leaders and supporters

GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF ARTISTS, SONGWRITERS AND PRODUCERS ACROSS 700 POPULAR SONGS FROM 2012-2018

Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti and Dr. Katherine Pieper
Hannah Clark, Ariana Case & Sylvia Villenueva
USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative (February 2019)

Supermajority is a new home for women's activism, training and mobilizing a multiracial, intergenerational community that will fight for gender equity together.

Inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller. Filmed over 211 days in nine countries and five continents over four years, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. From executive producers Seth MacFarlane, Danny Glover, Shepard Fairey, and Alfonso Cuarón.

Read the review at NY Times

Madre’s grassroots partners are women leaders who protect and provide for communities facing war and disaster. Together, they build skills, strengthen local organizations and advance progressive movements. And bring women's demands to policymakers and advocate for rights, resources and results.