50:50 The Equality Project supports the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and other organisations to create content that better reflects the world around us.
The Project began as a grassroots initiative in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s London newsroom in 2017. It now involves 670 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ teams and more than 100 partner organisations in 26 countries – all working towards one goal: equal representation of women and men in content.
This report shows, for the first time, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s progress alongside our 50:50 partner organisations.
In March, teams were challenged to see how many could reach 50% women contributors. Within the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, the challenge included how many could consistently meet 50:50 from October 2020 to March 2021.
In a year that saw the coronavirus pandemic have a devastating impact on lives and industries globally, the data suggested that achieving gender balance remained a priority for the global 50:50 network.

At the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 70% of datasets featured 50% women contributors in March, compared to 36% when they first started. Forty percent also proved consistency.
Across the global 50:50 network, 41 organisations took part in the challenge. Half of the datasets submitted featured at least 50% women. All are committed to continue improving women’s representation in their output.
In October 2020, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ announced 50:50 monitoring was expanding to include representation of ethnicity and disability. This supports the Corporation’s aim to reach 50% women, 20% black, Asian and minority ethnic, and 12% disabled representation on-screen, on-air and in lead roles across all genres.
Over 220 teams across the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ have now committed to using 50:50 monitoring to increase their representation of ethnic minority and disabled contributors.
This report demonstrates a worldwide commitment to improving representation in content. It evidences how 50:50 is contributing to sustained culture change across the creative industries and beyond.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ stories
See how ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ teams have increased representation in their content -
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Challenge results showing that data can effect change -
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