Empowering girls and women to work in
music technology A 2016 survey by the leading international professional body for people working in music technology (the Audio Engineering Society) found that just 7% of its members who reported their gender were women. This disparity is rooted in situations where boys often dominate tech-based lessons at school, young women lack supportive informal networks and role models, and overt or unconscious sexism affects the decisions of gatekeepers within the music industry. For more information on the research in this article email: e.d.dobson@hud.ac.uk or visit pure.hud.ac.uk
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Dr Liz Dobson
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