A shout out to our projects on International Women's Day!
Happy International Women's Day 2021!
Last year, our report A Blueprint for the Future found there were still many gender inequalities in the music industry; women were less likely to be currently earning than men (41% vs 55%), and they were more than twice as likely than men (13% vs 6%) to say they hadn’t had access to any support in order to help them achieve a career in the music industries.
That's why we love to use this day to give a huge thank you to some of our project organisations that work with women and girls and other marginalised genders (not an endless list!). Do have an explore of their work:
- Ark-T
- AudioActive
- Brighter Sound
- The Beautiful Ideas Company
- Coram's Fields
- Girls Rock London
- Girls I Rate
- Knowle West Media Centre
- More Music
- Music Fusion
- Pan Arts
- Pie Factory Music
- Reform Radio
- Sage Gateshead
- Saffron
- Scary Little Girls
- Yorkshire Sound Women Network
- Young Women's Music Project
- West End Women & Girls Centre
- WILD Young Parents Project
Thanks to support from the National Lottery via Arts Council England and players of People’s Postcode Lottery, we’re able to fund around 350 music-making projects for children and young people, particularly for those who wouldn't be able to make music because of who they are, where they live or what they're going through.