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Industry Reports

• "Recommendations for Creating Culture Change around Sexual Harm in the Music Community in Aotearoa" (Soundcheck Aotearoa , July 2021)

• Amplify Aotearoa report - a 2019 survey of over 1200 APRA members finds, among other things, that 70.1% of women in the music community reported experiencing bias, disadvantage or discrimination based on their gender. (APRA-AMCOS in partnership with Massey University, 2020)

• Inclusion in the Music Business: Gender & Race/Ethnicity Across Executives, Artists & Talent Teams (USC Annenberg, June 2021)

• NZ On Air Diversity Report 2020 - "20-30% of music funding applicants are female artists, 60-70% are male artists, and 5-10% are mixed. These yearly trends were mirrored at the more micro level of individual funding rounds (four or five per year per funding scheme). The number of applications from female artists is low when compared to the general population. However these numbers broadly reflect the current APRA AMCOS NZ membership: the organisation reports 23.8% of their members are female. APRA are actively working to increase this."

• Tunesmiths and Toxicity: Workplace Harassment in the Contemporary Music Industries of Australia and New Zealand (Crabtree, Jeffrey Robert, 2020)

• Facts2020 Report on American & European Festivals - "We see a steady rise in female acts in electronic music festivals over the past eight years. However, only 25% of all acts are female in comparison to 65% male acts."

Media Coverage

2021

• Mixmag: How DJ diversity clauses can make dance music a better place

• Dynamics UK: Let's Talk About Inclusion Riders

• How To Add An Inclusion Clause To Your Contract (Pirate.com)

2020

• Amplify Aotearoa report (commissioned by APRA-AMCOS and delivered by Massey University) finds more than two-thirds of women in the music community (70.1 per cent) reported experiencing bias, disadvantage or discrimination based on their gender.

• 'Do better': Bay Dreams line-up criticised for lack of female acts (Newshub)

• So many festivals, too many men: An urgent message for festival bookers (The Spinoff)

• NZ music festivals have no excuse for lack of gender diversity (Re:News)

• Why are music festivals still booking such male-heavy bills? (Red Bull)

2019

• Just three women are set to perform at Homegrown, which has 27 acts booked (Stuff)

• Why aren't more women on NZ music festival stages this summer? (RNZ)

• Drum & bass is finally addressing its diversity problem (DJ Mag)

2018

• The Benefits of Diverse Festival Line-ups (TheMusic.com.au)

2017

• Music festivals: why do men dominate the line ups? (Stuff)