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Geena Davis Expects Public Media to Set the Bar High
May 23, 2011Oscar-winning Actor Geena Davis helped launch ITVS' Women and Girls Lead campaign at last week's PBS Annual meeting in Orlando, FL. During the conference, Davis sat down with PBS NewsHour President Simon Marks to discuss her own work on gender discrimination in media, as well as ITVS' multi-year initiative, aimed at supporting women and girl's…
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Women and Girls Lead Takes Off at PBS Annual Meeting
May 20, 2011Women and Girls Lead, the multi-year public media campaign to amplify the voices of women and girls worldwide, officially lifted off Thursday. The campaign was launched during a breakfast hosted by ITVS and CPB during this week's PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis and CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison broke…
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ITVS Announces Funding and Production of Half the Sky for Primetime PBS Broadcast
May 17, 2011Based on the bestselling book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the series will premiere as a special presentation on Independent Lens in fall 2012. The project is a cornerstone of the recently announced Women and Girls Lead campaign. ITVS announced today that it, along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has made a significant…