ARTICLES & INFORMATION
- Women in Theatre: Why Do So Few Make it to The Top? (Guardian series December 2012)
- Women in Theatre: How the 2:1 Problem Breaks Down (Guardian series December 2012)
- Shakespeare’s Invisible Women (Guardian series December 2012)
- Women Missing Out at Top Theatres (Guardian series December 2012)
- Interactive statistics in the Guardian on women in the top 10 subsidised theatres in the UK. (December 2012)
- 1/3 of Women With Speaking Roles in Movies are Likely to be Naked (UpWorthy via New York Film Academy November 2013)
- Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender: An Integrated Economic Analysis of Discrimination in American Theater (April 2009) commonly referred to as “The Emily Sands Study.” (and here is the NY Times article that summarises her findings)
- Summary from TCG (Theatre Communications Group in the US) Conference session on Gender Parity. (June 2013)
- Counting Actors Project (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Playwright Maev Mac Coille scours Time Out for theatre by women in a monthly round-up (London)
Many more resources are available on the WomenArts website, including employment statistics for multiple arts disciplines, a database of women artists, and information on international SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now) events.
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