WomenInJazz

It's International Women's Day. "We can only reach our full potential if we use all of our talent and diversity. Using only half of the population, half of the ideas or half of the energy is not good enough." –President @vonderleyen Our statement ↓ #IWD2020 #UnionOfEquality

How to make #Beethoven250 a very inclusive and diverse celebration 🥳? (Yes it’s possible and @philorch @nezetseguin are showing us HOW!) 🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 . Bravi @GabrielaLFrank @JHuntMusic @ImanHabibi @simoncarlos1 💪🏻💥👏🏻 . #Beethoven2020 #equality #inclusion #createchange

The new Female Composer Posters are here!! Check out our facebook post: facebook.com/musictheoryexa…

Today is European #EqualPayDay. It's the day when women symbolically stop getting paid compared to their male colleagues for the same job. Women in the EU still earn on average 16% less than men, a slight improvement from last year's 16.2%. Let's close the gap!

We are excited to have many incredible women of jazz at #MJF62. Jazz music has been; and will continue to be, enjoyed and played by all. “Yes, there are great women who can really throw down and play. They’ve always been there.”- @alliboomboom buff.ly/2mwMKrv

#Women are not only underrepresented in creative jobs and decision-making positions, but also paid less than their male colleagues. It entails a number of consequences. That’s why #voicesofculture is focused this year on the #gender balance in cultural and creative sectors.

@nprmusic Fascinating and controversial. This is a deep dive into #BillieHoliday’s youth that I’d never heard before. If true🧐 It illuminates several mysteries in her supernatural mystique. bit.ly/2I8AdnX

Explore the legacy of Billie Holiday with a playlist curated by jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater featuring Holiday's greatest songs paired with versions performed by other artists. n.pr/2zczZpq

“The function of freedom is to free someone else” #ToniMorrison

Do you know Minerva Scientifica? 👉🏻minervascientifica.co.uk . An evolving music-theatre programme and research project, pairing women scientists 🔭🔬🦠and composers 🎶🎵throughout the UK 🇬🇧 . An @electricvoice initiative . How inspiring is that? 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Back again at @cbc_cup. Happy to know that all the 5 finalists of this year competition are #women #entrepreneurs. @CreativeFLIP_EU @europe_creative @vofculture @ECBNetwork

INEQUALITY IN MUSIC: A YEAR LATER VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED FOR WOMEN COMPOSERS . 👉 drama-musica.com/stories/2019_2… . You can also compare with the results from last year: drama-musica.com/NewsandPress.h… . #womencomposers #womeninmusic #equality #diversity

#culture partnership has collected useful resources on #gender #equality in #arts and #culture @erasmusplusUK @EUErasmusPlus @BritishCouncil @BritishArts tinyurl.com/y3vbppaw

"Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone... when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood." Josephine Baker, artist and activist, was born on this day in 1906.

🚨NEW OPEN CALL 🚨 You work in the cultural and creative sector and want to share your thoughts on Gender Balance with EU policy makers? Voices of Culture is looking for you! Application Form: asp2.inquery.net/s.app?A=rMmaW1… … @europe_creative @GI_Bruessel @GI_worldwide @GI_Tschechien

#HappyBirthday Singer, Ella Fitzgerald was born April 25, 1917. #NowPlaying Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing/Live in Europe 1957. Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocal), Roy Eldridge (trumpet) and Others. youtu.be/PrVu9WKs498 @YouTube #Jazz

Bring on #ENO1920! theguardian.com/music/2019/apr…

#WomensRights & #Art #StreetArt collaborative project by @Wazo_Coop to Stop #SexualViolence against women #NoMeansNo #Coops mtr.cool/twerhcr @ArtWCA @AwareWomenArt @wamsoc @CGE_ZA @RwandaCoopsPro

A great #WomanInJazz and committed advocate #DebbieDickinson will be deeply missed efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/news/2019/debb…

What is the gender data gap? And why does it matter? 📻 👉 Tomorrow @CCriadoPerez explains how she thinks we design sex discrimination into society. 📷 © Rachel Louise Brown Brown.bbc.in/2Tf9POk