Are You Aware? - Australasia Edition

1. In Australia, men account for 70% of quoted sources and 66% of experts in news stories. And in New Zealand, only 17% of sports sources were women.

2. A 2019 study found that 70% of journalists at Buzzfeed Australia were women, with 59% of quotes being by women.

3. The proportion of women in the broadcasting industry has increased from 28% to 44% in the last 40 years.

4. Of the 21 Australian films at the 2014 Australian box office, only 14% were directed by women. 37 Australian feature films and documentaries were released in cinemas last year and only 16% were directed by women.

5. The Gender Matters initiative has $5 million funding and in 2016, $3.7 million was distributed to fund the development of 45 female driven stories and 13 female driven businesses.

If you are interested by these statistics, and would like to find out more, click on the links below:

https://theconversation.com/in-nz-and-around-the-world-women-are-still-more-likely-to-present-and-report-the-news-than-appear-in-it-164391

https://www.wlia.org.au/_files/ugd/bd2988_38fee1f77f71481b91ff82163e12f3b1.pdf

https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/getmedia/f20beab8-81cc-4499-92e9-02afba18c438/Gender-Matters-Women-in-the-Australian-Screen-Industry.pdf

https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/australia-progress-on-female-gender-equality-in-film-and-tv-1203307370/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/13/women-still-vastly-underrepresented-in-australian-media-report-says#:~:text=Women%20in%20media%20are%20still,a%20backseat%2C%20the%20report%20says.