EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS
Below are over 100 extremely useful recommendations on everything to do with equality, diversity and inclusion in music and the creative industries. This list has taken many years to compile and it is a pleasure to share it with you. If you have any great recommendations to add to this list – please do let me know!
- Women in Music UK (initiatives)
- Women in Technology
- Women in Music International
- Government (UK and international)
- Music Industry Champions
- Creative Industry Champions
- Useful Diversity Resources
- Articles on Diversity in Work
- Diversity Books
- Academic Papers
- Articles on Women in Music
- Women in Music Books
Women in Music UK Initiatives
- Ambache (composers)
- Bechdel Sound Test (events)
- ComposeHer (classical composers)
- Donne Drama Musica (record label)
- Get In Her Ears (radio station)
- GirlsiRate (songwriter development)
- Girls Rock London (girls music making)
- HEARD Collective (live curators)
- HearHer Festival (festival)
- Illuminate Women’s Music (classical)
- Let’s Be The Change (conferences)
- PlainsightSOUND (black composers)
- Re:dress Women Composers
- Saffron Records (record label)
- Scottish Women In Music
- Sistafest (festival)
- The Cat’s Mother (mentoring)
- The Daffodil Perspective (radio show)
- Time to Modulate (theatre composers)
- Women Connect (safer spaces)
- WomeninCtrl (music biz)
- Women in Music UK (Proms analysis)
- Women of Note (composer resource)
- WXMB2 (music events)
Women in Music Tech Global
- Analogue Ladies (Facebook)
- EQ50 (UK)
- Female Pressure (USA/Global)
- Feminist Sound Collectives (International)
- Gender Amplified (USA)
- Her Noise (UK sound archive)
- In the Key of She (UK)
- Many, Many Women (International)
- Make it Eql (USA)
- Music Production for Women (UK/AUS)
- Normal Not Novelty (Facebook)
- Omnii Collective (UK)
- Peak Music (UK)
- Producer Girls (UK)
- Skillshare – Music Production (Global)
- SISU (Facebook)
- Soundgirls (USA)
- The Female DIY Musician (UK)
- Women in Music Tech (USA)
- Women Produce Music (UK)
- Yorkshire Sound Women (UK)
Women in Music Global
- All Female Jazz Orchestra (USA)
- Alliance of Women Film Composers (global)
- Berklee University (music research)
- Book More Women (US festivals)
- ComposerHer (composers)
- Curating Diversity (Italy)
- Fair Ple (Traditional Irish)
- Girls Rock Dublin (Ireland)
- Institute for Musicals Arts (US)
- Ladyfest Festivals (International list)
- She is the Music (mentoring)
- She Said So (International network)
- She Shreds (guitarists)
- Song Data (Canada)
- Songstress Hall of Fame (USA)
- Women in Jazz Association (USA)
- Women in Live Music (EU)
- Women in Music (USA)
- Women of Nashville (USA)
Music Industry Champions
- Attitude is Everything (disability access)
- Chineke! (racial diversity in classical music)
- Grammy Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce (US)
- Help Musicians (mental health)
- IMPALA D&I Charter (EU)
- Incorporated Society of Musicians (Dignity at Work)
- Institute for Composer Diversity (US)
- Keychange (50/50 campaign)
- MOBO (urban music)
- PRS Foundation (Women Make Music)
- Re:balance (Festival Republic)
- Sound and Music (classical music)
- UK Music Diversity Taskforce
- Urban Development (urban music)
- Women in Music Awards (Music Week)
- Youth Music Girls Rock London
Articles on Women in Music
- APRA women screen composer research (Australian Collecting Society)
- Bachtrack (classical music)
- Does classical music have a gender problem? (The Guardian)
- GameSoundCon (US)
- Gender in US top orchestras (Suby Ramen)
- Gender inequality in the creative industries (The Conversation)
- Gender pay gap for freelance musicians (Honeybook)
- Sexism in dance music (Vice)
- Tracking gender at festivals (Pitchfork)
- Why are there so few women at the top of Classical Music? (Seattle Times)
- Women as gatekeepers in the music industry (Billboard)
- Women in jazz (Biddy Healy)
Women in Music Books
- A Seat at the Table (Amy Raphael)
- Anything for a Hit (Dorothy Carvello)
- Class, Control & Classical Music (Anna Bull)
- Frock Rock (Mavis Bayton)
- Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry (Kristin Lieb)
- Gender in Music (Marion Leonard)
- Music, Gender, Education (Lucy Green)
- Pink Noises (Tina Rodgers)
- Sexing the Groove (Sheila Whiteley)
- She-Bop, the History Of Women in Rock n Roll (Lucy O’Brien)
- Sounds and Sweet Airs (Anna Beer)
Government
- Arts Council Creative Case for Diversity
- British Council (music team)
- Creative Industries Policy Centre
- DDCMS Key Findings 2016
- Equality Act 2010
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- European Institute for Gender Equality
- Government Gender Pay Gap Reporting
- NESTA (measuring gender imbalances)
- Office of National Statistics (people in work)
- The Creative Industries Council
- United Nations (gender equality)
- World Economic Forum
Creative Industry Champions
- BAFTA (diversity requirements)
- British Film Institute (inclusivity strategy)
- Create London (artists in London)
- Creative United (social impact in arts)
- Directors UK (gender report)
- Equity (Making an Appearance report)
- Free The Work (international)
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Parental Pay Equality
- Parents and Carers in Performing Arts
- Women in Advertising and Communications
- Women in Film & TV(Canada)
- Women in TV and Film
Diversity/Legal Resources
- ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
- ThanksBen (Guide to Disability at Work)
- Fawcett Society (gender equality for women)
- Gender statistics in education
- Gingerbread (single parent network)
- Inclusive Leadership (slides)
- Legal fact sheet on recruitment
- Manak Solicitors employment rights
- Function (mental health for musicians)
- The Resolution Foundation (living wage)
- Women on boards
- Working families – flexible working
- YESS Law (legal employment advice)
Articles on Women in Work
- Women’s Being Told To Smile (Byte)
- Bias blocks path to management (Bloomberg)
- Dads and childcare (Aviva)
- Greedy jobs impact the gender pay gap (Forbes)
- High achieving women (Harvard Business Review)
- Hiring in tech today (Website Planet)
- How Britain hides sex discrimination cases (Bloomberg)
- Remove bias from interview process (The Guardian)
- Retaining women workers (Baseline)
- The importance of retaining female employees (Women of HR)
- Third of men take paternity leave (HR News)
- Why women quit (Fortune)
- Women in the workplace(McKinsey)
- Women in the workplace 2020 (Novoresume)
- Women paid £260,000 less than men (The Guardian)
Diversity Books
- Class Questions: Feminist Answers (Joan Acker)
- Equal (Carrie Gracie)
- Gender (Harriet Bradley)
- Inferior: How Science got Women Wrong(Angela Saini)
- Intersectionality (Patricia Collins and Sirma Bilge)
- Invisible Women (Caroline Criado Perez)
- Subtle Sexism (Nijole Benokraitis)
- The Class Ceiling (Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison)
- The Dynamics of Managing Diversity (Gill Kirton and Anne-Marie Greene)
- The Incomplete Revolution
- (Prof Gøsta Esping-Andersen)
- The Second Sex (Simone de Beauvoir)
- The Value of Difference (Pearn Kandola)
- Trans Power (Juno Roche)
- What Works Gender Equality By Design (Iris Bohnet)
Academic Papers on Diversity
- Acker, J (2009) From Glass Ceiling to Inequality Regimes
- Askin et al (2020) Are Women More Creative Than Men?
- Comber et al (1993). Girls, Boys and Technology in Music Education
- Diehl, A. (2016) Making the Invisible Visible: Gender-Based Leadership Barriers
- García-González et al (2019) Men and women differ in perception of gender bias
- Morgenroth & Heilman (2017) Should I Stay or Should I Go? Implications of Maternity Leave
- Scharff, C. (2015). Blowing Your Own Trumpet, Exploring the gendered dynamics of self-promotion in the classical music profession
- Smith et al (2018). Inclusion in the Recording Studio, Gender and Race/Ethnicity of Artists, Songwriters & Producers across 600 Popular Songs
