According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, “On a global scale, women produce more than half of all the food that is grown.” On June 21st, ReWork’s The Future of Food will explore “breakthrough technologies, scientific discoveries & new business models for the future of food production, distribution & consumption”…with only 16% women speakers.
Read MoreThis year, the Awwwards boast that they received over 1,000 applications and chose the final 188 through a “lengthy shortlisting process where profiles, experience, and talent, were taken into account.”
Something is missing in that process based on these numbers. With that volume of applications, they have no excuse for selecting a group of 188 judges where only 20 are women.
Read MoreAll sixteen new additions to the Eisenhower Memorial Commission Advisory Committee are men, and these 16 men have joined a committee that is already overwhelmingly male. With this new addition, the gender ratio for the Eisenhower Memorial Commission's Advisory Committee is just 12% women.
Read MoreWelcome to the Super Hall of Fame, AWP! The AWP Conference, hosted by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, is one of the biggest conferences for writers and publishers in the US. For the second year in a row, they have a Hall of Fame gender ratio for their Featured Readers.
Read MoreCode/Media, Re/code’s upcoming conference on February 17th, continues Re/code’s two year streak of Hall of Shame gender ratios. The speaker lineup is 26% women, which is the highest percentage of women speakers Re/code has had since they began organizing events in 2014. In 2016, though, 26% women is hardly a ratio worth celebrating.
Read MoreWho better to advise you on your 2016 book purchases than The Millions, a website lauded by the New York Times for being an "indispensable literary site"? We were excited to dive into this list, and our first step was to break it down in the GA Tally. Out of 93 titles, 44 were written by women. 47% of The Millions' novels to look forward to were written by women!
Read MoreWomen made up the majority of moviegoers in 2014. We need women directors at the table answering these questions. We need a more diverse vision of the future of film that includes the voices of women filmmakers.
Read MoreWe're happy to see that this critical space for artists will include a Hall of Fame gender ratio this year. 40% of the films in Sundance's 2016 Competition Lineup were directed by women.
Read MoreIt's refreshing to see a conference founder share his success in creating a gender balanced lineup; it offers both inspiration and proof that other conference founders could follow his lead. InnoDay's commitment to a gender balanced lineup resulted in a Hall of Fame gender ratio.
Read MoreAmazon recently compiled a list of the Top 100 Print Books for 2015 and the Top 100 Kindle Books for 2015. 51% of the top 100 print books and 50% of the top 100 Kindle books were written by women.
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