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Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Maxine Waters And Other Trailblazers Push For More Women In Media<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Marianne Schnall (Women@Forbes)
\nInsights from Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Maxine Waters, Katie Couric, Soledad O’Brien and others weigh in on why it’s critical to increase women’s representation in the media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>DGA Study Finds First-Time Episodic TV Directors More Diverse Than Ever: Women Hit 41%, <\/strong>M<\/strong>inorities 33%<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy David Robb (Deadline)
\nA new DGA study has found that the pool of first-time episodic TV directors \u201cis more inclusive than ever,\u201d with women and minorities seeing dramatic employment gains and setting record highs for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Getting to 50\/50 Onscreen: ‘We All Lose Without Diversity’<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Pat Mitchell (PatMitchellMedia.com)
\nA recent study reveals just how little top-grossing movies have changed when it comes to the on-screen prevalence and portrayal of females, underrepresented racial\/ethnic groups, the LGBT community and individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Gender Letter: Hollywood Is as White, Straight and Male as Ever<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Maya Salam (The New York Times)
\nDespite the rise of hashtags like #OscarsSoWhite \u2014 and, more recently, celebrated films with women, people of color and queer people at their center \u2014 there\u2019s been little progress in Hollywood over the last decade.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Cannes: Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart Join Thierry Fremaux as He Signs Gender Parity Pledge<\/b><\/a>
\nBy Rhonda Richford (The Hollywood Reporter)
\nCannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux\u00a0signed a pledge to increase transparency and promote gender equality.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Sexual Harassment Prevention Initiative Time’s Up Launched by Hollywood Women<\/a>
\n<\/b>By Ashley Lee (Hollywood Reporter)
\nShonda Rhimes and Reese Witherspoon are among the key players of the effort, which includes a legal defense fund to help women in blue-collar industries and the call for women to wear black to the Golden Globes.
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