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Latin American Female DJs Highlight Women’s Safety

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11 all-women DJ collectives from across Latin America have signed and shared a statement denouncing gender-based violence and structural sexism in the music scene and beyond. The “Green Wave,” a swell of feminist activism in Latin America focused on legalizing abortion, may provide some context for the recent mobilization of women DJ collectives in the region.

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Survey Shows Festival Bookings for Female-Artists Have Tripled Since 2012

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female:pressure has released its FACTS 2022 survey, looking at the gender balance of electronic music festival lineups. First published in 2013, this year marks the fifth edition of the study, which was updated in 2015, 2017 and 2020. In order to collect the results, members of female:pressure and festival organizers looked at 159 editions of 109 unique festivals that took place between 2020 and 2021.

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London Festival “Risen” To Feature All Female Lineup

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New multi-venue festival Risen is coming to Hackney Wick this spring. The festival is set to celebrate the “divine feminine,” and will see a variety of non-male acts perform at a variety of venues on April 9.

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