Sorority Lab, the observatory on gender inequality in the music industry is on air
Channel: Cande Sánchez Olmos
Date: 07/03/2022

Sorority Lab is an observatory on gender inequality in the music industry that emerges as part of the University of Alicante research group on Cultural Industries. The observatory's main goal is research, observation, and reporting on gender inequality and the subsequent transfer of knowledge and outcomes to society. Consequently, academic research could serve as a source of reports, data, and figures for those companies and institutions in the music industry that want to activate social change and reduce the gender gap in culture.

SOLA will provide theoretical and empirical knowledge that describes, analyzes, and contextualizes inequality in cultural and creative industries, specifically in music and in other associated ones, such as audiovisual. The problem of gender inequality not only affects artists, but also other roles that exist in the sector: composers, managers, producers, educators, etc. The challenges that women and non-binary people face in achieving power and representation in the music industry could be explained by applying qualitative and quantitative methodologies; analyzing charts, record labels, interviewing women and non-binary people who have stood out in the music industry offering references to future generations. In addition, inequalities related to race and ethnicity must be addressed in cultural industries.