Womxn in arts & Entertainment resources
10 Takeaways From Variety Power of Women Presented by Lifetime - A virtual summit featuring today's most relevant female content creators
3 Percent Movement - Until The 3% Movement came along, only 3% of Creative Directors were women. And very few were people of color. We're changing the ratio because the more varied the people who come up with ideas, the better the ideas will be. In a world where women influence upwards of 80% of consumer spending and 60% of social media sharing, this is business suicide. Through a mix of content, community, and professional development, we've helped raise the number of female CDs to 29% while giving agencies a clear road map of ways to champion female creative talent and leadership. Our movement includes a 2-day annual fall conference, one-day MiniCons in cities around the world, a Certification Program, agency consulting programs, a vibrant online community, a live Super Bowl Tweetup, a student scholarship fund, a business blog, and more.
BE Conference - Hear from actress, director, producer, and CSUN Alumna Eva Longoria and how she called on Hollywood to do more to actively fight racism in the keynote for The Wrap
Blk Womn Animator - Youtube channel dedicated to animation, resources, and tips
College Guide for Homeless Students
College Guide for LGBTQ Students
College Guide for Undocumented Students
College Guide for Veterans
College Guide for Women in STEM
C-Talent Agency
First Generation College Student Guide
College Resource for Students with Disabilities
Free the Work/Free the Bid - In 2016, director Alma Har’el founded Free The Bid as a response to her own experience of the ad industry's hiring inequalities. The Free The Bid pledge prompted brands and their agencies to include at least one woman among the three directors bidding for every commercial job. These commitments led to measurable increases in the number of women creators considered and hired for major
ads. Now that our approach to fighting systemic bias has begun to see success in the advertising industry, we're setting our sights on more expansive horizons. More industries. More forms of storytelling. More creators from more underrepresented backgrounds. More data. More minds were blown. Most of all, better work. Welcome to Free The Bid 2.0.—FREE THE WORK.
Forbes - Segment Marketing Should Go Beyond Just Ethnic Segments
The Female Lead: An educational charity dedicated to finding the factors that limit women’s choices and fulfillment and amplifying their voices in order to drive change and improve economic outcomes.
The WICT Network
Geena Davis Institute - Becoming A Woman in Tech Resource contacts and panelists PDF
Hire Survivors Hollywood
Multichannel News Wonder Woment Event
SDSU's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film - The longest-running and most comprehensive studies of women in film and television.
THE FUTURE IS FEMALE - 5 Indispensable Resources For Female Filmmakers
THE FUTURE IS FEMALE - Advances gender parity in the film industry by supporting the production, exhibition, and promotion of all women filmmakers.
UCLA Library - Women in Entertainment Resources in Library Special Collections
Variety's Power of Women Event on March 17th, 2023
Women & Hollywood - Educates, Advocates, and Agitates for Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood and the Global Film Industry
Women at Sundance - Women at Sundance continue to discover, spotlight, and forge ways for women to succeed as storytellers who shape our cultural landscape.
Women In Animation - WIA is currently the only organization dedicated to advancing women in the field of animation.
Women In Entertainment - launched in 2015 to bring together forward-thinkers from all areas of the entertainment industry to explore a variety of topics that greatly impact women: from human rights and women’s leadership to storytelling across platforms and empowering the next generation of women to emerge as creative powerhouses.
Women In Media - Women In Media promotes gender balance in the film and entertainment industries through networking, professional development, and advocacy for women, women-identifying, and gender-nonconforming filmmakers who work above and below the line and the people who love to collaborate with them.
Women In Tech - As of 2021, women only accounted for 27% of employees in STEM fields (census.gov). This guide was made to spread awareness of the issue and the available resources to help women buck the trend. For those who ignore the gap, it presents women's challenges in the industry. For women entrepreneurs looking to get into tech, it walks through how to found their own company, including finding a niche and accruing resources. The guide concludes with additional resources for women who are veterans or members of minority groups.
Please note that this page is under construction and we are trying to add new resources each week so be sure to check back and please let us know if you know of resources we should be including by emailing them to [email protected].