In Denmark, volunteers in the live sector are crucial – Live DMA found that almost half of volunteers here are women. We must remember that representation and visibility at all levels informs policy…
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Gender visibility goes beyond representation as it feeds directly into safe spaces and what this means. Freelancers especially are in a difficult position where protocols around sexual harassment…
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EBU Music, part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the 500th signatory of the groundbreaking Keychange gender pledge.
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In combating the myth of meritocracy, major shifts need to be made in order to reach equity which starts from removing barriers and providing opportunity from a government level. This is what the Australia Council…
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A preliminary report this week from University of Basel and Social Insight on ‘Gender relations in the Swiss cultural sector’ from the Swiss Arts Council shows how crucial it is to understand the country contexts, funding…
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The cultural and economic impact of representation cannot be denied – as the recent Annenberg Inclusion Report found “46.7% of all artists across 900 popular songs…
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We love the Annenberg Inclusion reports and they are back with an updated report, this time looking at gender and race/ethnicity in decision making positions. It found that ‘Of the CEOs,…
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Madame Rap from the French media world is dedicated to women and LGBTQIA+ in hip hop, working tirelessly to deconstruct clichés and highlight women and LGBTQIA+ artists in rap….
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Genres and territories have varying imbalances on gender representation, so today we look at France and hip hop. French platform Deezer looked at their 200 most streamed Hip-Hop artists of 2018…
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The ‘Be the Change: Women Making Music 2021’ survey did have positive findings from the respondents, especially taking into account the pandemic pause. When asked “What improvements…
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