As festivals and events look likelier to take place in the not-too-distant-future, there needs to be a collective shift and rethink in how to drastically reduce our carbon footprint. The Show Must Go On…
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We are proud to have the support of 3 signatories from Denmark – thank you to W.A.S. Entertainment, Tønder Festival and Relevance Festival . Of course, it doesn’t end there and we…
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Koda's first-ever survey of gender statistics highlights the imbalance in the earnings of Danish men and women music creators. In 2019, 19% of Koda’s members were women, while only 10%…
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10 current participants of the Keychange Programme have been eligible for, and provided with, a bursary for parental support to use to cover childcare costs how they need in order to facilitate…
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The Covid Research Report by Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) found that during the pandemic, one in four women are doing 90% or more of the childcare and are…
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Since its mainstream inception circa 2004, the humble podcast has afforded an unprecedented accessibility in both content production and consumption with greater connectivity…
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Women in CTRL look further into radio broadcasting with #RadioSilence with the Women in Radio report. 84% of respondents said it was harder for women to progress their career…
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As the UN SDG Global Festival of Action approaches its closing, we would like to acknowledge the brilliant programming and take inspiration from its speaker line up which saw 60% women…
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Covering ALL of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how it can be applied to all facets of the music industry globally is the expansive guide on global sustainability ‘Your Guide to Music…
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We would like to acknowledge that many of our pledgers have been working towards gender balance long before we came along, such as Swedish signatories Föreningen Svenska…
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To continue to challenge ourselves to shed light on a diverse range of topics and genres in the industry, today we look at the world of composers. For some insight, in their research…
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With the addition of 6 new European music networks (AEC - Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen, ECSA - European Composer…
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Of EU countries for which data are available, Eurostats found that in 2019, women’s gross hourly earnings were on average 14.1% below those of men in the EU. Additionally, the gender pay gap differs…
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Continuing the leadership theme, in their research for the Harvard Business Review, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman found that “women scored at a statistically significantly…
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With the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day around leadership, we take a look at the UN Secretary-General report (2020). It found that women are Heads of State in 22 countries…
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We are proud to announce that 7 Irish organisations in total have now signed the Keychange gender pledge; Choice Music Prize, Foggy Notions, The Folly @ Cullohill, Ireland Music Week…
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In today’s Friday Figures, we chart and reflect on the impact of taking the pledge from Ireland Music Week, having reached gender balance since then, and the knock on effect this has had…
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With 15 new signatories on board, 17 Icelandic organisations in total have now signed the Keychange gender pledge; Iceland Airwaves, LungA Arts Festival, FTT, FÍH, Gaukurinn…
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Thank you to our sponsors STEF for providing us today with some stats from their membership breakdown. The gender breakdown for 2020 of members was 19.8% women…
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We are pleased to announce that with 11 new organisations on board, we now have a total of 21 Norwegian Keychange signatories taking the Pledge! Thank you to Cosmopolite, Festspillene…
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