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This week, Deadline that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is in negotiations with the major movie studios to settle agency charges of systemic sex discrimination against women directors.

The EEOC began a wide-ranging investigation of Hollywood鈥檚 hiring practices in 2015 after the 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California the agency of evidence we had gathered showing that sex discrimination against women directors was 鈥渟tandard operating procedure鈥� among movie studios and television networks. Since that time, momentum has been building , and , for greater opportunities for women directors 鈥� most recently under the Twitter hashtag 鈥�#OscarsSoMale.鈥�

The EEOC is not permitted by law to comment on pending investigations, so it isn鈥檛 possible for us to independently confirm the Deadline piece. But we have no reason to doubt its veracity. And the story is bolstered by concerning contract negotiations between the major studios and networks and the Directors Guild of America.

According to the report, industry representatives reportedly rejected a contract provision that would have required them to interview female candidates and candidates of color for every director job 鈥� an application of the 鈥淩ooney Rule鈥� used by the National Football League to increase racial diversity among senior coaching jobs. The studios and networks reportedly cited 鈥渓egal reasons鈥� for refusing to accept the proposal 鈥� further proof they may already be contemplating such affirmative measures as part of an EEOC settlement.

We are elated that the EEOC may have done precisely what : used its authority as the government agency charged with enforcing the nation鈥檚 anti-discrimination laws to hold the major studios accountable for sex discrimination against women directors. Moreover, settlement of those charges will result in tangible change in the studios鈥� hiring practices 鈥� with continuing federal oversight that will assure compliance 鈥� so that women will finally have equal opportunities to sit in the director鈥檚 chair.

Such opportunities, in turn, will provide women with the 鈥渂ully pulpit鈥� needed to tell the diverse stories that audiences , again and again, they want to see. And, if those settlement negotiations fail against any or all of the studios, the EEOC can bring a lawsuit in court in order to force those changes in hiring practices.

Dozens of women directors entrusted the 老澳门开奖结果 with their stories of being shut out of their chosen careers, and we are honored to have played a part in potentially winning them some measure of hope for the future. The recent success of prominent female directors like Ava DuVernay is heartening, but it鈥檚 still the rare exception to the rule.

The vast majority of women directors still . In fact, one recent study showed that the percentage of women directing movies in 2016 fell by nearly 50 percent from the 2015 number, all the way down to the same percentage as in 2007. And even if a female director does get hired, research shows she鈥檚 much less likely than a male director to get hired again.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California will continue to monitor this story and publish additional information as we learn it.