Characters in top films are white, male and middle-class
The vast majority of leaders in popular movies are men and if they are women, they are sexualised and objectified, an analysis of popular films across 20 countries shows. There
Gender gap also for nonhumans in TV for kids
Female representation in new TV programs for kids has declined for two straight years after peaking in 2023 and the gender gap is largest for animated characters that are nonhuman
A gender gap in AI’s future impact
Women view AI more negatively than men. A new survey shows that women are about twice as likely to say AI will have a negative impact on them personally over
Films written by women most profitable
Films written by women are more profitable than films produced by men. The ones with a manuscript written by women deliver 25% higher median ROI (return on investment) and 34%
More women needed in cybersecurity
Women remain significantly underrepresented in cybersecurity. Only 24% of the global cybersecurity workforce are women and 16% of cybersecurity teams have no women at all, according to a study by
Only 22% of AI professionals globally are women
While much of the public debate around AI focuses on potential threats to humanity in the future, urgent consequences are already unfolding today for women and girls, which is reinforcing
Women remain underrepresented throughout AI value chain
Global gender parity will take another 120 years, according to the World Economic Forum’s report on the global gender gap. Women remain underrepresented throughout the AI value chain – from
Increased funding for female tech startups
A new wave of venture capital funds bets on female founders. Funding for female founders is increasingly leaning into deep-tech areas, such as semiconductors, robotics and quantum, financial data firm
Only one third of speaking roles in top films are women
Only 30.4% of all speaking roles were girls and women in action/adventure films, 28.6% in animation and 38.7% in comedies, according to a new study of 1,900 of the top-performing
Only one in ten CTOs is a woman
CTO has emerged as one of the most prominent function-specific C-suite positions as companies integrate AI, digitalisation and data-driven operations into their business models. But women’s representation in CTO positions