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Join BBC News’ Babita Sharma in conversation with Deborah Williams, Executive Director of the Creative Diversity Network.
In 2020, race, representation and rising racial inequalities made global headlines and sparked a tidal wave response from the grassroots and big corps alike.
In the UK, all major broadcasters announced multi-million pound ‘diversity’ initiatives to accelerate the on and off-screen opportunities for people from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
As welcome and needed as these ring-fenced budgets are, just how will they impact the highly complex and intersectional barriers that exist for diverse talent accessing, and being retained in the media industry? And are they focusing their attention in the right areas?
Using CDN’s latest report from October 2020: Race and Ethnic Diversity: a deep dive into Diamond data, as the starting point, this session will look in particular at senior and creative off-screen roles to uncover the stories behind the stats, and the opportunities for change in an almost ‘post-Covid-19’ world.
Deborah Williams brings over 30 years’ experience working above and below the line in television, film and theatre, as well as policy development across the wider creative and cultural industries. She is an adviser to the UN and UNICEF on the rights of disabled people to cultural activities. She previously designed the BFI diversity standards and Arts Council England’s equality analysis process; for public sector equality duty compliance.
In 2019 she was awarded the Life Time Achievement award from Inclusive Companies for her body of work in the area of diversity and culture. She is a Disabled Powerlister 2018 and 2019.
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