Balancing motherhood and a career in the music industry can be incredibly challenging.
Many mothers face significant obstacles, including limited support, inflexible schedules, and a lack of resources that accommodate their dual roles as parents and professionals. These challenges can hinder their ability to fully participate and thrive in the music industry.
Women represent less than a third of top-selling artists in music and only 14% of songwriters.
In 2022, just 187 women and non-binary people were credited as either producer or engineer on the top 50 streamed tracks in 14 genres, compared to 3,781 men.
It’s estimated that 1 in 5 people in the UK are neurodivergent and recent research from AFEM and the Musicians Census suggests that there is a higher percentage of neurodiverse people working in the music industry.
In a 2020 study, UK Music found that of 3,670 respondents, 11 percent identified as neurodiverse. Each of these respondents likely has an experience with neurodiversity entirely unique to them.
We Are The Unheard is at the forefront of a transformative movement within the music industry, addressing the critical need for gender equity and diversity.
We Are The Unheard strives to be a catalyst for positive social change, fostering inclusivity, understanding, support and equal opportunities. In the long term, we see an industry where women and gender expansive creatives are supported in their challenges and are celebrated for their strengths, and where our collective efforts have created a more just, empathetic, and interconnected industry.
We pride ourselves on advocating for the underrepresented in the the music industry. We Are The Unheard are renowned for taking action and physically implementing the changes we set out to achieve. We envision a future where every voice, especially those historically marginalised and overlooked, resonates and contributes to a harmonious and empowered industry.
We Are The Unheard strives to be a catalyst for positive social change, fostering inclusivity, understanding, support and equal opportunities. In the long term, we see an industry where women and gender expansive creatives are supported in their challenges and are celebrated for their strengths, and where our collective efforts have created a more just, empathetic, and interconnected industry.
In the music industry, we are dedicated to taking action and are focused on developing women, women of colour, and gender minorities in production and songwriting.
We aim to maintain and promote…
Structural sexism in the music industry is undeniable when you see the stats on the underrepresentation of women/non-binary in all areas. It is a shocking testament to inequality in 2024. The Unheard campaign WILL have a part in changing those statistics by helping to increase the percentage of women and non-binary across all industry sectors to 50%; by raising awareness, staying visible, shouting aloud, and taking action!
It is important that we carry the torches today so we can be visible and pass them on to our daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces - the women of tomorrow who WILL be heard!
This community demands equality for minorities in the music sphere and provides a space for people who continuously feel unheard in this industry. Through education and connection we can create a better world where musicians and music professionals from minority groups have a bigger and brighter voice.
We Are The Unheard is paving the way for a more representative and equitable industry. The Unheard is a community pushing for the promotion of women and neurodiverse people as well as other minority groups within the music industry. We provide education, inclusion, connection and content to support The Unheard in the music world. We do so through workshops, programmes, events and a kick ass podcast as well as some badass merchandise.
