Editing Cultural diversity (section)

=== Gender equality in cultural and creative industries ===
[[File:Proportion_of_female_artists_in_ten_recent_global_biennales,_2017.png|right|thumb|Proportion of female artists in ten recent global [[biennale]]s, 2017 (source: BOP Consulting)]]
A gender gap persists worldwide concerning equal pay, access to funding and prices charged for creative works. Consequently, women remain under-represented in key creative roles and are outnumbered in decision-making positions.<ref name="GR2018" /><ref name="publicnow">{{cite news |date=15 December 2017 |title=UNESCO Director-General Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies |publisher=UNESCO |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-director-general-launches-global-report-re-shaping-cultural-policies |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> As of 2018, women made up only 34% of [[Culture minister|Ministers for Culture]] (compared to 24% in 2005) and only 31% of national arts program directors. Generally, women are better represented in specific cultural fields such as arts education and training (60%), book publishing and press (54%), audiovisual and interactive media (26%), as well as design and creative services (33%).<ref name="moderndiplomacy2017">{{cite news |date=8 December 2017 |title=Launch of Global Culture Report at Meeting of UNESCO's Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions |publisher=Modern Diplomacy |url=https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2017/12/08/launch-of-global-culture-report-at-meeting-of-unesco-s-convention-on-the-diversity-of-cultural-expressions/ |url-status=live |access-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918180717/https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2017/12/08/launch-of-global-culture-report-at-meeting-of-unesco-s-convention-on-the-diversity-of-cultural-expressions/ |archive-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> The 2022 global report found that cultural industries were increasingly making gender equality a priority, but that actual progress was slow. Though 48.1% of the work in cultural and entertainment sectors is done by women, the report concluded that they are still under-represented in leadership positions, get less public funding, and get less recognition for their work.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Villarroya Planas |first=Anna |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000380474.locale=en |title=Re{{!}}shaping policies for creativity: addressing culture as a global public good |publisher=UNESCO |year=2022 |isbn=978-92-3-100503-9 |page=241 |chapter=Gender equality: one step forward, two steps back}}</ref>