The Myth of Women’s Empowerment – The New York Times
Since 1980s feminists, the term empowerment has thrived into today’s society; however, political mobilization, which gave women the empowerment, was lost. Many western organizations focus on giving non-western women items that tie in with a one-time economic cost, which no studies conducted have shown that any of these efforts have actually empowered women. How empowerment […]
60 Female Artists and Innovators Announced for PRS Foundation’s Keychange Initiative – FestivalInsights.com
The PRS Foundation has released a new initiative called Keychange. It is a two year program that has sixty female music artists and innovators collaborating together to transform the gender norms in the music industry. The program features women from: Sweden, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Estonia, and the UK. In addition, it culminates to a finale […]
Research Suggests Students Are Biased Against Female Lecturers – The Economist
In a study conducted by the Journal of the European Economic Association, the researchers evaluated male and female teachers using the same content and teaching the same course. After four years of data collecting from 2009 to 2013, the study showed that students, male and female, ranked women teachers on average thirty-five points below their […]
womENcourage 2017 – ACM
womENcourage 2017 is a scientific event, as well as an event aimed at networking and exploring career opportunities for women in computer science and related disciplines. Dates: September 6-8, 2017 Read more here
Sounding the Feminists: Promoting Creative Female Musicians – The Irish Times
This article presents the Irish initiative Sounding the Feminists, which aims at promoting and publicizing the creative work of female musicians. Read more here
Stop Saying There isn’t a Strong Female Presence in Dance Music – Mixmag.net
Although the opinion of certain relevant figures in dance music about the lack of female music producers, this article counter-argues this statement, evidenced by collectives such as Discwoman, Female:Pressure and Work In Progress. Read more here
‘You’re Always Erased’: Electronic Musician Tired of Excuses for Lack of Women at Festivals – CBC News
This article debates whether or not there should be gender parity in electronic music festivals. This open discussion emerges from the music festival MEMETIC (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) and the different voices from the festival organizers and female electronic musicians. Read more here
An Interview with Yuxi (Annie) Zhang
Interview by Amruta Vidwans, Léa Ikkache, and Anna Xambó Mar 13, 2017 A few words about Yuxi (Annie) Zhang: Yuxi (Annie) Zhang is a Software Engineer at Pandora and a Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT) alum. She specializes in software programming, robotic musicianship, machine learning, optimization, digital signal processing and violin. Annie Zhang […]
Behind the Numbers: Attendance and Diversity in Electronic Music Conferences
by Anna Weisling March 1, 2017 One year ago I attended the fifth annual National Student Electronic Music Event (NSEME), a conference created by and for student musicians and composers. I was excited, as I always am, to be exposed to a weekend of music and art from individuals from all across of the country […]
We Need More Women Composers – And It’s Not About Tokenism, It’s About Talent – TheGuardian.com
This article describes the existing problem of lack of women composers and the actions that the UK-based organization Sound and Music is planning to take by 2020 in order to make sure that 50% of their collaborators are women and making more visible their work. Read more here