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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.

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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 EMCC Response to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny.

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

Tags: Culture Policy

Taking a rights approach to Scottish cultural policy

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

Tags: Arts Culture Leadership Media Policy Research art

The Gendered Coverage of Scottish Sport

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

Tags: Culture Journalism Media News Sport

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