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Celebration! Gender Equity Initiatives in NSW; & #womeninfilm in Welly

What amazing news from Australia, via Screen NSW (Screen New South Wales, based in Sydney) and Film Victoria (based in Melbourne)! Gender Equity via Screen NSW Screen NSW  has  just introduced a gender equity target , of 50/50 allocation of its development and production funding programs by 2020 and will work towards reducing the industry wide gender bias against women in key creative roles. These are the latest Screen NSW funding figures,  according to Danielle McGrane  of the  Sydney Morning Herald – Just 28 per cent of directors and 16 per cent of writers working on features funded by Screen NSW from 2012-2015 were female. There were more female producers at 75 per cent.  For those of you outside Australasia, New South Wales is within the film funding territory also covered by the nationally-oriented Screen Australia, which has no gender policy. These are Screen Australia's figures, according to Danielle– Just 15 per cent of directors for Sc...