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Join UsFemale Film Protagonists in Top Films Dropped 28% in 2020, Report Says
Diane Haithman /
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film
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It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World
The proportion of women on the boards of the 100 biggest listed companies in Singapore rose 1.4 percentage points to 17.6% as of end-2020 from a year earlier, falling short of the target of 20%. Some companies didn’t view board diversity as a priority last year as they battled the global outbreak, the Council for Board Diversity said.
Could the Pandemic Prompt an ‘Epidemic of Loss’ of Women in the Sciences?
Apoorva Mandavilli /
The New York Times
Even before the pandemic, many female scientists felt unsupported in their fields. Now, some are hitting a breaking point.
Around the World, the Greatest Gender Disparities Are in Politics
Kaia Hubbard /
US News and World Report
Some countries are better at promoting women’s representation in politics, suggesting social norms may create barriers.
Despite a rise in female board members, the number of women in managerial roles in Italy remains very low. Women accounted for nearly 39% of board members of listed companies at the end of 2020. However, at the end of 2020 showed female CEOs headed 15 companies, which accounted for 2.5% of total market capitalization on the Milan stock exchange, down from 17, or 2.6% of total market capitalization at the end of 2019.
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One and Done: The Long Eclipse of Women’s Televised Sports, 1989–2019