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Impact 2024

How our teams rose to the 50:50 Challenge

Tim Davie

Tim Davie

±«Óãtv Director-General

"50:50 is powerful because it is a simple way of using data to deliver change. While there’s always more to do, I am very pleased to see that fair representation has improved significantly at the ±«Óãtv."


Our Sixth 50:50 Challenge

April 2024 is the sixth year of published results from the 50:50 Equality Project, the international benchmarking scheme in diversity in content which started in the ±«Óãtv newsroom. 470 teams across TV, radio, online and digital in the divisions of News, Content and Nations shared their data . 48% of those programmes achieved 50% women in their content in March. Around 350 teams are now also measuring ethnicity and disability representation, cementing further progress on their targets in this area. The number of teams signed up to 50:50 in the ±«Óãtv has increased to 760.

Currently 50 External organisations also use the 50:50 methodology, including other public broadcasters and media organisations. This year 20 of them shared their data for the third year. 38% of them achieved 50% of women in their content in March.

Consistency Challenge 2024

Datasets that meet the Gender target for at least three months and do not drop below 45% in any other month. Datasets steadily increasing in percentage from 2017 - 7% to 2024 - 31%
This consistency graph shows how teams have improved over the last few years.
This shows how the numbers of teams and/or datasets have increased since 5050 began in 2017. It also shows how many teams are monitoring their ethnicity and disability representation since 2022.
This graph shows how the 50:50 Project has expanded over the last five years since 50:50’s first full year in 2018.

We look forward to continuing to expand the project with new teams joining all the time and increased engagement each month.

50:50 Global Network

Beyond Gender


  • It all started at the heart of the ±«Óãtv's London newsroom
  • 50:50 Festival

    Watch our 2022 Report Launch and 50:50 Festival sessions
  • Previous Reports

    Past results showing that data can effect change
  • Contact us

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