According to the Guardian, the UK media industry continues to struggle with gender equality. In the article “Five strategies for creating gender equality in the media”, highlights crucial strategies to make the media sector more inclusive. According to the article a research by non-profit organisation Catalyst found that companies with a high number of women in senior leadership roles outperform those with lower rates of women; in other words, gender equality benefits the business. According to the Guardian, including news about and for women, assuring strong commitment from the management department and assuring women occupy roles in the senior position, contributes to make the industry more inclusive.

On the other hand in Austria, according to the annual gender equality report, ORF reports a static increase of female employees. The gender equality report highlights that in 2015 43,3% of the ORF employees were female, which demonstrates the great importance ORF lays on gender equality. With company internal formulated strategies and tactics ORF attempts to overcome the issue of gender inequality.

[See full story in The Guardian]
 
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