Towards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors : report of the OMC (open method of coordination) working group of member states’ experts

This report focuses on the role that culture plays in promoting gender equality and how to achieve gender equality within the cultural and creative sectors (CCS). The EU Member States identified gender equality for the first time as a priority for action in the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022. Gender equality is a core value of the EU fundamental rights and a key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The OMC experts’ recommendations are focused on: ensuring gender equality in the workplace, gender-sensitive language, gender mainstreaming, data collection, role of culture, media, education and research, Covid-19 crisis, sexual harassment, the gender pay gap and equal access to the labour market, access to leadership positions and female entrepreneurship and access to resources and the art market.