On Thursday 30 January a meeting on the topic of gender equality and diversity in the European Audiovisual sector is being organised in Zagreb.
Hosted by the Trade Union of Croatian Journalists in the premises of the Croatian Journalists’ Association, this event will present the results of a European project implemented for the last two years by a large partnership of organisations composed of the International Federation of Film Producers Association (FIAPF), European Audiovisual Production (CEPI), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), the Association of European Radios (AER), the International Federation of Actors (FIA), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and UNI MEI – UNI Global Union.
Those organisations have been running a mapping exercise aimed at understanding the state-of-play regarding gender equality and diversity in the audiovisal sector across Europe, at identifying good practices, and at sharing those good practices across borders.
Programme
09:30 Introduction to the meeting and presentation of the European publication
10:00 Panel 1 – Gender Equality and Diversity in Film & TV Production
Speakers:
Tamara Babun, Croatian Producers’ Association
Katarina Zrinka Matijević, Croatian Film Directors’ Guild
Dario Vince, Croatian Independent Producers Association
Ana-Marija Vrdoljak, Croatian Association of Drama Artists
Lana Barić, Croatian Society of Film Workers
Chris Peter Marcich, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Sanja Ravlic, Croatian expert on the EU Open Method of Coordination working group “Gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors”
Louisa Tee, Era 50:50 United Kingdom
11:00 Break
11:30 Panel 2 – Gender Equality and Diversity in Broadcasting and the Media
Speakers:
Elizabeta Gojan, Journalist, Trade Union of Croatian journalists
Dr. Viktorija Car, Associate Professor at the University of Zagreb
Nevenka Sudar, Media advisor to the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality
Mr Vanja Gavran, Agency for Electronic Media
Carmen Mudarra, FSC CCOO, Spain
13:00 Conclusions
We sincerely hope to have a chance to meet you at this meeting. To register to the event, please send an email to Daphne Tepper, Projects Director – UNI MEI, daphne.tepper@uniglobalunion.org