The website can be filtered by country or project type to help you find your perfect match. Image credit: Shutterstock.
Gender equality activist and researcher Grace Goodwin has launched GENIE (Gender Equality Networks in Europe), an online database of over 300 projects across 25 countries supporting gender equality in music.
The database features projects ranging from producer courses, radio shows, to festivals and much more. GENIE is a springboard for collaboration across borders, or finding like-minded people in your own country, all whilst working towards the common goal of gender equality in music. The website can be filtered by country or project type to help you find your perfect match.
Visit GENIE and start using the database.
Dr Diljeet Bhachu, MU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer says: “GENIE offers a new opportunity for gender equality activists to work together towards our collective goals. So many great gender equality initiatives start as one-person ideas, and are often run by volunteers.
“GENIE represents a pathway towards creating more sustainable working by sharing practice, collaborating, learning from each other, and most importantly supporting each other.”
About GENIE
The project grew out of Grace's travels to major festivals around Europe where she realised that project leaders and gender equality activists were not aware of each other's work.
She started collating information on projects she encountered across Europe, reaching out to stakeholders who connected her with project leaders and communities.
Just a year later she had collected a list of over 300 projects, which encouraged Soundcloud to enlist as the lead supporter of GENIE.
GENIE founder Grace Goodwin said: “This project is about highlighting the amazing work across Europe that is supporting women who want to take up space in the music industry. GENIE would not have been possible without the people who took the time to talk to me. I was amazed at the variety and number of projects I have found and can't wait to see the collaborations that take place”.
If you have a gender equality project to add to the database, or know about one, you can submit this to GENIE via their online form.