80% of Northern Irish women first endured sexist behavior as children

80% of Northern Irish women first endured sexist behavior as children

Four in five women surveyed in Northern Ireland said their first experience of sexist behavior or harassment by men happened when they were children, according to a new study.

60.3% of women between 20 and more than 50 years of age report having suffered some kind of sexual violence in spaces related to the cinema and audiovisual industry, according to the United report by an egalitarian, diverse and violence-free audiovisual industry of the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA). Thus, in order to prepare the report – presented this Thursday in Madrid with the presence of the Minister of Equalit…

The Association of Women Filmmakers (CIMA) has presented a quantitative and qualitative study to show how the violences are systemic and have not been correctly attackedCosta-Gavras: “The world has survived Stalin, Hitler, the Civil War... they are bad times, but we will get out of them.” In October 2017, the Weinstein case jumped to the media all over the world. Hollywood’s most powerful film producer was denounced by numerous women of sexual v…

A report commissioned by the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA) revealed on Thursday that "more than half of the women" working in the film and audiovisual industry, and regardless of their age, "have suffered some kind of sexual violence in the sector." This is reflected in the study by political scientist Nerea Barjola and researcher Barbara Tardón, both experts in sexual violence, which is presented this Thursday and…

80% of Northern Irish women first endured sexist behaviour as children

Four in five women surveyed in Northern Ireland said their first experience of sexist behaviour or harassment by men happened when they were children, according to a new study.Kim McFalone, a PhD researcher from The University of Manchester, surveyed 211 women in the country who had experienced staring, sexual comments, touching, catcalling, flashing and other behaviour that made them uncomfortable.She found that 80% said they had first experien…

From the offices to the shootings. From the interpretation department to the makeup department. During auditions, castings and even in private homes. Sexual violence is not isolated: they are normalized and form a structural part of the dynamics of the cinema and audiovisual sector.Continue reading...