LANDMARK INQUIRY: Women & Equalities Committee: Misogyny in Comedy

Written By Lu Jackson

📣 LANDMARK INQUIRY: Misogyny in Comedy. The comedy industry—performers, promoters, and professionals of all genders—are invited to provide evidence for the UK Government's Women & Equalities Committee’s Inquiry into Misogyny in Comedy—a campaign brought to the Government by CRAFT. The sessions are April 15 and April 28.

Take the Survey here on CRAFT: https://thecraft.lol/surveys-and-reports.

  • • Share this or tag anyone you think should have their say.

  • • All responses are anonymised and confidential.

  • • The industry needs a broad range of voices to build a robust evidence base.

  • • Survey Closes 23:59 BST⏳, Monday 20 April 2026.

  • • Initial findings report to be presented by Lu Jackson on April 28 (Session 2/2)

CRAFT (UK Comedy Body) actively works 👉 directly and daily 👈 with the UK Government to push for better standards, safer rooms, and sustainable investment into the industry—'Misogyny in Comedy' is but one campaign of much broader policy work.

Huge thanks to all the women who are giving evidence, everyone supporting this campaign, and to Kim Leadbeater MP for meeting with us and championing this campaign. Her support has been instrumental in bringing these issues before the Women and Equalities Select Committee. We also want to thank Samantha Niblett MP and Simon Opher MP for the introduction to Kim and for helping us get this vital conversation into the House of Commons Committees.

It's a tough fortnight of evidence ahead, however we look forward to a safer industry for everyone. 🤜 💫 🤛

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Lu Jackson

Lu is the Founder and Chair of CRAFT and on a mission to enable the world to laugh more by empowering the people, businesses, and systems behind it.

For four years, Lu has been working directly with government to drive systemic change for the comedy industry. She is proud to launch CRAFT for the comedy industry, bringing together the best minds, hearts, and experienced people to help the sector thrive and sustain in an AI accelerated era.

Lu is the Founder of Craic®, the global operating system for the comedy industry, and Craic Health, pioneering Comedy-on-Prescription® (CoP) as a measurable, scalable prevention-first model for healthcare systems. She builds the infrastructure the comedy industry has never had, so it can do its best work at scale.

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