Championing Change
Advocating for Equality in Scotland’s Media and Cultural Landscapes
About us
Engender is home to Scotland’s first Equal Media and Culture Centre, a hub for research, monitoring and advocacy for equality in the creative and media sectors in Scotland.
Based on the National Advisory Council for Women and Girls’ 2018 recommendation that Scotland should have its own Women in Media Body, Engender received funding for a development project to identify what shape this might take.
Men’s over-representation across the media and creative industries is reflected in widespread stereotyping of women and lack of gender balance in print, on the airwaves and on screen. The portrayal of women across media is damagingly limited, especially for disabled women, minority ethnic women, older women, lesbian, bisexual and trans women.
The Quine Report: Guest Post
In this blog Dr Christina Neuwirth writes about their new research, the Quine Report, which examines gender equality across the Scottish literary sector in numbers
EMCC and Culture Counts launch EDI co-learning network
Working in partnership with Culture Counts, we are collaborating on an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion co-learning network
Read our latest report
This new Scotland-specific report delves into women’s lived experiences of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in the creative industries
International Women's Day blog series
Catch up on our International Women's Day blog series, written by women working in Scotland's creative sectors
Our reports
The EMCC researches and publishes reports on gender equality in the arts, culture, media and sports sectors. We also share relevant research from partners and other organisations.
Engender and the Equal Media and Culture Centre for Scotland's response to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee call for views on its pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26.
August 2024
Categories: All publications
This paper explores what Scotland could look like if its cultural policymaking took a human rights approach, looking at cultural rights not just as a passive ‘right to access’ culture, but as a foundational feature of democratic citizenship.
January 2024
Categories: All publications
This is a gendered analysis of a year's worth of news coverage of Scottish football, rugby and golf, revealing a stark disparity between media exposure of men and women's sport.
October 2023
Categories: All publications
Recent news
Guest Post: Century-long inequality persists in Scottish literature today
Apr 23, 2025: Dr Christina Neuwirth writes for us about her recently published report into gender inequality in the Scottish publishing and literature sector
EMCC Statement on the Supreme Court Judgement
Apr 18, 2025: Read the EMCC statement on the recent Supreme Court Judgement
EMCC and Culture Counts launch EDI Co-learning Network with Creative Responses
Apr 4, 2025: The Equal Media and Culture Centre for Scotland and Culture Counts launch a new EDI Co-learning Network.
Watch our latest webinar: ‘You can’t have diversity without inclusion'
Mar 14, 2025: Our latest webinar is now online to view.
New report: ‘You can’t have diversity without inclusion'
Mar 8, 2025: EMCC Scotland release a new report examining women's lived experiences of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in culture and media.
Guest Post: A guide for an equitable Scottish journalism sector
Mar 7, 2025: A guide to how Scotland's journalism sector can become more equitable
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