We make regular submissions to government inquiries if we feel we have something important that we can contribute on behalf of women in music. Below are our submissions concerning the:
DCMS inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming
IPO call for evidence on Intellectual Property Enforcement
IPO consultation on the Beijing Treaty of AV Performances
IPO, DSIT and DCMS inquiry into Copyright and AI
All IP responses were primarily written by Dr Metka Potocnik.
And the links below are our four official responses submitted to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into Misogyny in Music.
This involved a call for evidence in July 2022 followed by a series of oral sessions in the Spring of 2023. The final report was published on 30th January 2024 and made 34 recommendations. Click here to read Vick Bain’s response to this report https://thef-listmusic.uk/misognyny-in-music/
The government published its own response in May 2024 and rejected all recommendations, or stated that they were already delivering on some of them. This is a position we contest.
The link to the whole inquiry including the final report from the WEC committee is here https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6736/misogyny-in-music/
The Oral Session on 8th February 2023 is above, where Vick Bain appeared as an expert witness alongside Vanessa Threadgold, Founder and Managing Director, Cactus City Studio; Melinda Kelly, Member of Management Team, Safe Gigs for Women; and Nadia Khan, CEO, Women in CTRL.
To the left is a letter sent to the WEC on the one year anniversary of the publication of their final report. Click the image to download the full document. The list of those that have signed it are:
- Dr Anna Bull, Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice @ University of York and Director of The 1752 Group
- Dr Catherine Anne Davies, Award winning Record Producer, Recording Artist and Educator, Ivor’s Senator
- Dr Chiying Lam, Lecturer in Community Music @ Southampton Centre for Music Education and Social Justice
- Daisy Swift, Musician / Director of Learning Wigmore Hall / PhD researcher @ the University of Sheffield
- Dr Erin Johnson-Williams, Lecturer Music Educ and Social Justice @ Southampton Centre for Music Education and Social Justice
- Professor Eva María Navarro López, Professor in Computing & AI, Former iSchool Director at Rochester Institute of Technology
- Fiona Bevan, Hit Song Writer, Performing Artist and Ivor’s Senator
- Gabriella Di Laccio, Award-winning Soprano, Founder of Donne Women in Music
- Jenn Clempner, Curriculum Lead Artist Development @ Royal Northern College of Music, PhD Researcher @ Eramus University Rotterdam, Musician
- Jennifer Fuller, Community Musician and Researcher
- Joy Ellis, Pianist, Singer and Composer
- Lucy Bernstein, Academic Dean of London College of Contemporary Music
- Dr Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law @ University of Wolverhampton and Director of The F-List for Music
- Professor Mika Sellens, Songwriter/Producer, Professor of Electronic and Produced Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Ivor’s Senator
- Patricia Duffy, Songwriter and UK Chapter Co-ordinator for NSAI
- Professor Sam Parsley, Professor in the School of Organizations, Systems and People @ University of Portsmouth
- Professor Sophie Daniels, Head of School Music Performance and Creation @ Institute Contemporary Music Performance, BBC6 Musicologist
- Thais Ruiz de Alda, Founder of Digital Fems (NGO), Expert in Digital Business Development and Digital Innovation
- Vick Bain, PhD Researcher @ Queen Mary University of London and Diversity in Music Consultant, Past President of the Independent Society of Musicians, Founder of The F-List for Music
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