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As the Paralympic movement expands, intellectual impairment is still under-represented
2 weeks, 2 days ago

As the Paralympic movement expands, intellectual impairment is still under-represented

ABC  

Mac Russell loves coastal rowing. But a clamber for increased Games representation, the development of new sports classes and the continued growth of Paralympic alternatives suggest elite sport may be slowly learning to embrace athletes with an intellectual impairment. For the one Paralympic class in which II athletes could compete, there were three main criteria of eligibility: An IQ of …

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The power of ‘allyship’ in creating an inclusive workplace
4 months, 1 week ago

The power of ‘allyship’ in creating an inclusive workplace

Hindustan Times  

The beloved American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, once said, "…in diversity there is beauty and there is strength." While strides have been made in women's representation in the workplace, significant progress is still needed for underrepresented communities, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. As per a report from 2023 by Diversity for Social Impact, companies embracing diverse allyship …

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One thing that hasn’t changed in Hollywood: Male characters still more than double female ones
4 months, 2 weeks ago

One thing that hasn’t changed in Hollywood: Male characters still more than double female ones

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In recent years the movie industry has gone through the streaming revolution, the pandemic, labor strikes and “Barbenheimer.” But after countless upheavals in Hollywood, you’re still more than twice as likely to see male speaking characters in theatrical releases than you are female ones. Just 32% of speaking characters in the top 100 movies at the box …

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Hollywood’s ‘epidemic of invisibility’: Study finds regression of representation
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollywood’s ‘epidemic of invisibility’: Study finds regression of representation

LA Times  

Despite the box office triumph of “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie, left, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt and America Ferrera, the number of top movies starring women in 2023 dropped significantly. According to a new report released Monday by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and its founder, Stacy L. Smith, the number of top-grossing movies starring girls and women in 2023 …

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Hartbeat company pumps up underrepresented comic talent
5 months ago

Hartbeat company pumps up underrepresented comic talent

LA Times  

“Look at this office daytime show, scouting at the worst hours possible!” Vinny Fasline jokes. “You can’t be cozy and watch comedy while you’re getting fed shrimp.” The Hartbeat entertainment company’s content, branding and distribution divisions are here, plus executives, industry collaborators, invited talent, and Hartbeat friends of all stripes. Following roughly two dozen comedy releases in 2023, 2024 highlights …

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Ava DuVernay: A-list auteur, voice of the underrepresented
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ava DuVernay: A-list auteur, voice of the underrepresented

LA Times  

A typical afternoon at Ava DuVernay’s sprawling, 14,000-square-foot creative headquarters in Historic Filipinotown is a buzzing, bustling sight: Staff from the Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s arts and social impact collective Array meet in bright and welcoming alcoves over production, distribution, education and public programming projects; visitors head across a sun-drenched courtyard to the buildings that host writers rooms, preproduction, editing suites and …

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Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds
7 months ago

Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds

Associated Press  

Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Black Americans are less likely to use residential care communities, such as assisted-living facilities, and more likely to live in nursing homes, CNHI News and The Associated Press found as part of an examination into America’s long-term care options. “But it’s …

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People with disabilities love this program. Why are Latinos underrepresented?
8 months, 1 week ago

People with disabilities love this program. Why are Latinos underrepresented?

LA Times  

It was a yearlong battle, Maribel Ahumada said, to get her teenage son into the program that changed his life. “Now he gets to decide.” The Self-Determination Program is an alternative option for people with developmental disabilities who get services through regional centers, a system of nonprofits that contract with the state. Aaron Carruthers, executive director of the California State …

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Women remain vastly underrepresented in state legislatures, especially in the South
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Women remain vastly underrepresented in state legislatures, especially in the South

LA Times  

Republican West Virginia state Sen. Patricia Rucker talks in her office at the Capitol in Charleston. Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia’s Legislature, but they agree on one thing: Too few of their colleagues are women, and it’s hurting the state. “There are exceptions to every …

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'Historic low’ report shows women-led movies fell to 30% in 2023
10 months ago

'Historic low’ report shows women-led movies fell to 30% in 2023

Hindustan Times  

Despite the past year's conversations being all about the ambitious collaboration of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, leading the feminism talks decked in pink overtones, 2023 hit a ‘historic low’ in delivering women-led films. The study maps a steep fall of women in leading roles among 100 top-grossing movies of 2023. The research was led by Associate Professor of Communication …

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Milan Fashion Week showcases emerging Black designers, launches initiative to fight discrimination
10 months ago

Milan Fashion Week showcases emerging Black designers, launches initiative to fight discrimination

Associated Press  

MILAN — Milan Fashion Week highlighted diversity and in a new initiative that aims to promote inclusion across the industry and the return of a showcase for underrepresented designers as five days of mostly womenswear previews for Fall-Winter 2024-25 got underway on Wednesday. Capasa said he was approached by Premier Giorgia Meloni ’s anti-discrimination office for the initiative “to understand …

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David Schwimmer, Mayim Bialik and over 200 other stars sign letter blasting Motion Picture Academy for ‘antisemitism’
11 months, 1 week ago

David Schwimmer, Mayim Bialik and over 200 other stars sign letter blasting Motion Picture Academy for ‘antisemitism’

Hindustan Times  

In a historic moment, over 260 notable Jewish figures have signed a scathing letter blasting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for “antisemitism.” The signatories of the letter from the JITC Hollywood Bureau for Jewish Representation include famous A-listers like David Schwimmer, Mayim Bialik, Tiffany Haddish, Julianna Margulies, Michael Rapaport, Debra Messing, Ginnifer Goodwin and Marta Kauffman. David …

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Jewish entertainers’ group criticises Academy over diversity efforts
11 months, 1 week ago

Jewish entertainers’ group criticises Academy over diversity efforts

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 260 Jewish members of the entertainment industry, including actors …

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Women are under-represented among public statues across Australia, but the tide is turning
1 year, 3 months ago

Women are under-represented among public statues across Australia, but the tide is turning

ABC  

Australia has more public statues of animals than women, but there is hope the "brass ceiling" will be smashed this year with the raising of four statues of women in capital cities, and at least eight more planned. Currently, only 17 per cent of the statues in the centre of Australia's capital cities depict women – that's just 23 female …

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The Netherlands to gain two more seats in the European Parliament after 2024 elections
1 year, 4 months ago

The Netherlands to gain two more seats in the European Parliament after 2024 elections

NL Times  

The Netherlands will likely gain two additional seats in the European Parliament after next year's European elections, supplementing the 29 Dutch MPs currently serving. Given the Netherlands' rapid population growth relative to other EU nations, it is currently underrepresented in the European Parliament, which has 705 members. As many EU countries need to start election preparations soon, there is a …

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Oscars invite Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam to become Academy members | Deets Inside
1 year, 5 months ago

Oscars invite Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam to become Academy members | Deets Inside

India TV News  

The Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts announced their fresh list of 398 new members joining them this year. Indian film celebrities Ram Charan, Mani Ratnam, NT Rama Rao Jr, Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Chandrabose and MM Keeravani have been invited by the organisation to be members. They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines, and have made a …

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Taylor Swift, Keke Palmer and Austin Butler among newest members of film academy
1 year, 5 months ago

Taylor Swift, Keke Palmer and Austin Butler among newest members of film academy

LA Times  

The most exclusive club in Hollywood is once again parting the velvet rope, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing Wednesday that it is opening its ranks to 398 new members. The group includes 76 Academy Award nominees, such as “Banshees of Inisherin” co-star Kerry Condon and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nominee Stephanie Hsu, as well …

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Women are significantly under-represented in Pacific politics. But they're pushing for change
1 year, 7 months ago

Women are significantly under-represented in Pacific politics. But they're pushing for change

ABC  

Gloria Julia King is the only female member of Vanuatu's parliament. "Women are 50 per cent of the population and it's important for them to be in positions of leadership so that they can have a part in the decisions that affect their livelihoods." Some of the reasons behind under-representation Ms King said in her society, leadership titles were retained …

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Companies say they want diversity. So why are Latinos left off corporate boards?
1 year, 9 months ago

Companies say they want diversity. So why are Latinos left off corporate boards?

LA Times  

Cisco Systems, the multinational tech giant based in San Jose, has no Latino on its board of directors. So you have to ask, why don’t they want a Latino or Latina on their board?” An Exxon Mobil spokesperson declined to comment on the lack of Latinos on the company’s 13-member board, which has two Black directors, but said the board …

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Data | Nagaland women are socially empowered but underrepresented in politics
1 year, 9 months ago

Data | Nagaland women are socially empowered but underrepresented in politics

The Hindu  

Between 2019 and 2021, about 85% of women in Nagaland over the age of 5 had attended school. Less than 6% of Nagaland women aged 20-24 years, married before turning 18. Over 99% of married women in Nagaland participated in key household decisions and only about 6% had experienced spousal violence — about five times lower than India’s figure. Chart …

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Women “strongly underrepresented” in provincial political roles
1 year, 10 months ago

Women “strongly underrepresented” in provincial political roles

NL Times  

Women are “strongly underrepresented” in the country’s water boards and provincial councils, the executive branches of the Dutch provinces. Women do not make up a majority of members of any of the 12 provincial councils, or the 21 regional water boards, according to the Stem op een Vrouw foundation. Currently, 67 percent of all members of provincial councils are men …

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The late-night ‘recession’ is here. And it will hit underrepresented voices hardest
2 years, 4 months ago

The late-night ‘recession’ is here. And it will hit underrepresented voices hardest

LA Times  

The night before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last month, Samantha Bee delivered an impassioned call to arms on her late-night show, “Full Frontal.” “We have to raise hell in our cities, in Washington, in every restaurant Justice Alito eats at for the rest of his life,” she said in the monologue, recorded in her backyard rather than …

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DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy
2 years, 5 months ago

DeBose, Kotsur, Eilish among 397 invited to film Academy

Associated Press  

Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Actors invited this year include Anya Taylor-Joy, Jessie Buckley, Gaby Hoffman, “Belfast” co-stars Jamie Dornan and Caitríona Balfe, as well as Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee, both of “The Power of …

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Billie Eilish, Ariana DeBose among newest members of the film academy
2 years, 5 months ago

Billie Eilish, Ariana DeBose among newest members of the film academy

LA Times  

With the movie business still regaining its footing after more than two years of pandemic upheaval, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that it is opening its ranks to 397 new members in the latest step in its ongoing effort to diversify its membership. The group includes 71 Academy Award nominees, such as “The Lost Daughter” …

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