UNITED STATES:

UNITED STATES – FILM
Bechdel/538: "The Dollar and Cents Case Against Hollywood's Exclusion of Women" by Walt Hickey (2015)
"Edging out the Boys" by Terry Huang (2015)
"Gender Inequality In Film" New York Film Academy
“Gender Inequality in Popular Films” by Dr. Stacey Smith, Marc Choueiti, Dr. Katherine Pieper
Data Exposes Gender Fault Lines, Team Slated
Women and the Big Picture: Behind-the-Scenes Employment on the Top 700 Films of 2014 by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen
It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World: Portrayals of Female Characters in the Top 100 Films of 2015 by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen
Thumbs Down 2016: Top Film Critics and Gender by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen
The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 100, 250, and 500 Films of 2018 by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen (pdf)

RELATED LIST OF STUDIES via Game Changer Films
 

UNITED STATES - FILM & TELEVISION
Center for the Study of Women in Film in Television, San Diego State University
Key Findings and Executive Summaries - Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, University of Southern California


UNITED STATES - LITERARY ARTS
2014 Larger Literary Landscape VIDA Count (Women in Literary Arts)
2014 VIDA Count (Women in Literary Arts)
2014 Women of Color VIDA Count (Women in Literary Arts)


UNITED STATES – MEDIA
2015 Divided Media Gender Gap Infographic - Women's Media Center
Gender Pay Gap in US Cities by Avery Hartmans
INCLUSION or INVISIBILITY? GENDER MEDIA, DIVERSITY, & SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE by Stacy L. Smith, PhD, Marc Choueiti, Katherine Peiper, PhD with assistance from Ariana Case and Artur Tofan


UNITED STATES - TELEVISION
"Directors Guild of America 2014 Episodic Director Diversity Report"
The Hollywood Writers Report and TV Staffing Brief (2015) - Writers Guild of America, West
Showrunners for New TV Season Remain Mostly White and Male by Maureen Ryan


UNITED STATES - THEATRE
“The Count,” Dramatists Guild National Study (2018) by Julia Jordan - Dramatists Guild
"Who Designs in LORT Theatres by Gender" Infographic by Porsche McGovern (June 2015)
Who Designs and Directs in LORT Theatres by Gender: Phase Two by Porsche McGovern (June 2016)
"Women Count: Women Hired Off Broadway 2013-2018" by Martha Wade Steketee & Judith Binus - League of Professional Theatre Women
Why Are There So Few Women Leading Theatres and What Can Be Done About It? by Sumru Erkut & Ineke Ceder (December 2015)
Women’s Leadership: Research Results and Recommendations by Sumru Erkut & Ineke Ceder (August 2016)


REGIONAL: 

California
The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative [2011] “The Study,” lead by Ella Martin. 
The Counting Actors Project by Valerie Weak
"Not Even - A Gender Analysis of 500 San Francisco/Bay Area Theatrical Productions" by Valerie Weak in collaboration with Martha Richards and Christine Young - Counting Actors Project Illinois
Gender Equity Report, 2010


Massachusetts
"Boston, Gender Parity Task Force, Spotlight on Gender Parity in the New England Theatre Community 2013-2014 Season." [2015]


New York
“Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender: An Integrated Economic Analysis of Discrimination in American Theatre” by Emily Glassberg Sands (2009)
“Introduction from Town Hall on Women’s Parity in Playwriting” by Julia Jordan (2008) 
“Report on the Status of Women: A Limited Engagement” [2002] by Susan Jonas and Suzanne Bennett


Ohio
Cleveland 8 of 10 shows at Cleveland Public by women, 2013-14: Cleveland Public Theatre


WORLDWIDE:

GLOBAL
"Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media - International Women's Media Foundation" 



AFRICA (CONTINENT) - FILM
Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema


AUSTRALIA - THEATRE
Australia Council, Women in Theatre, 2012 Report


Related:
Career Playwrights: [Australian] Working Women Dramatists, 1928 – 1968, by Michelle Arrow, University of Sydney.


CANADA - THEATRE
"EQ&A - A Snapshot of the Life of an Actor in Canada" Equity Quarterly Spring 2012
“Adding it Up” – 2006 Study on Status of Women in Canadian Theatre. 


GERMANY - FILM
Statistics on Women Filmmakers by SchspIN Blog, 2012


NEW ZEALAND - THEATRE & FILM
Gender Issues for Female Playwrights and Filmmakers by Marian Evans


SWEDEN – FILM
Swedish Film Institute Annual Report 2012 – Facts and Figures


UNITED KINGDOM - FILM
“Scoping Study into the Lack of Women Screenwriters in the UK” (2006)
“Succès de plume? Female Screenwriters and Directors of UK Films, 2010-2012“


UNITED KINGDOM - THEATRE
Sphinx Theatre Archives
The Guardian Datablog in collaboration with Elizabeth Freestone (2012) 
Gender Counts: An analysis of gender in Irish theatre 2006-15 

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Updated on 8/6/2023 

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