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EuroFIA Gender Portrayal Project: Conference on the 15-16 September in London 2008

Following the meeting of the project steering group in June and the finalisation of a venue in London, we are delighted to announce that the FIA Gender project conference, entitled: "Gender Agenda: Women, Men, Age and Employment in the Performing Arts" will take place in the Drill Hall in London on the 15-16 September 2008. Registration now open!

FIA XIXth World Congress Marrakech, October 2008

 

FIA's XIXth World Congress takes place this Autumn in Marrakech, with a meeting schedule stretching from the 21st to the 27th of October. A new meeting page has been created, which will be updated on a regular basis between now and Congress.

Website Section for the EuroFIA Project on Gender Portrayal and Employment Opportunities

FIA is currently leading an ambitious European research project entitled "Changing gender portrayal: Promoting employment opportunities for women in the performing arts”. A detailed resource section has been put together on the FIA website in order to offer an overview of the work of the project and how to get involved.

Performers’ associations gather in landmark pan-Asian meeting

The International Federation of Actors (FIA) held an extremely successful regional meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from December 14 to 16, 2007.

Health and safety in Latin America

Latin American unions gather to address the health and safety concerns of performers and explore innovative ways to meet them.

The struggle of Hungarian dubbing performers

Dubbing performers in Hungary resolve to strike for three days against unacceptable working terms and conditions. FIA calls on all its affiliates to echo their grievances and make their support known to the local dubbing studios.

Canadian performers win major dispute

FIA is proud to announce that ACTRA in Canada successfully won its first ever industrial action and was able to secure to English-speaking performers in Canada working on radio, television and film production the right to be fairly remunerated when their work is exploited on new media and the Internet.

Landmark meeting of performer organisations in Jakarta, Indonesia

FIA, together with the International Federation of Musicians, has held a very successful workshop with Indonesian performers’ organisations. Remarkably, this was the first time that anyone attempted to bring them together – only for them to realise they had much more to gain by pulling their energies together, rather than fighting their battle alone.

A slippery slope for performers?

FIA has decided to look into the relationship between the use of rakes on stage and the injuries that performers occur while rehearsing or playing, with a view to drafting minimum harmonised guidelines and, possibly also, promoting a code of conduct at European and international level.

New rules to regulate audiovisual media services in the EU

The European Commission threatens the future of cultural diversity by seeking to achieve a genuine internal market in the provision of audiovisual media services.