Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 2
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Increase funded opportunities for women and girls in male-dominated music industry roles and training.
Recommendation
Music colleges, conservatoires and other educational settings need to do more to address the gendering of instruments, roles and genres and improve the visibility of and support for female role models. The Government and industry bodies should offer increased, funded and targeted opportunities for women and girls to study subjects and to engage in training in areas of the music industry that remain male-dominated and where women are made to feel unwelcome. (Recommendation, Paragraph 16)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government highlights existing legal protections under the Equality Act and Public Sector Equality Duty, alongside improved gender balance in music higher education. It refers to the National Plan for Music Education and initiatives like Music Hubs' Participation and Inclusion Strategy and Inclusion Leads from September 2024.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We support this recommendation. We will look to ensure that CIISA is socialised early in people’s careers in music colleges, conservatoires and other educational settings should it ever be necessary to contact us.
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