Celebrating the groups advancing gender equity across the industry this Women’s History Month.
At The Women’s International Music Network, our mission has always been to support and advance women across the music industry. This Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (IWD), we’re proud to celebrate some of the organizations doing vital work to provide opportunities, resources, and advocacy to help bridge the gender gap.
This IWD marks 115 years of celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness, taking action to forge gender parity, and coming together to champion all women. Across the music industry, organizations are doing this work every day by providing resources, mentorship, and opportunities for women and gender-diverse creators.
The 2026 IWD theme is Give to Gain. Whether through donations, knowledge, resources, education, advocacy, and more, it’s a chance to really come together to create a more supportive and collective world.
Amplify Her Voice
Amplify Her Voice is at the forefront of championing gender equality in the music industry. We advance women’s careers through educational, networking, and creative opportunities by providing our community with valuable events, programs, and resources to not just work, but thrive in the music industry. Their programming centers on partnering with events and festivals, such as All Things Go, and on educational programs with hands-on opportunities to work with music-industry professionals at The Greek Theatre, while also pulling back the curtain on the data behind gender disparity across the industry.
Book More Women
For the past eight years, Book More Women has measured gender disparity in music at festivals, making inequity visible and impossible to ignore. 2025 marked the first setback, with only 22% of musicians booked across the major U.S. multi-genre festivals being women. Now, they are evolving from awareness to action by relaunching with a mission to put the data to work. This new chapter introduces BOOKED, an accountability program in which festivals commit to tangible diversity goals and public accountability while spotlighting emerging artists. It also introduces MEASURED, a new podcast to explore how power and access operate in the music industry. Season 1 focuses on music festivals: the structures, barriers, and paths forward.
FEMME HOUSE
Since 2018, Femme House has created opportunities for women, gender-expansive, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ creatives in the technical and behind-the-scenes areas of music. Over the past six years, FEMME HOUSE has educated 15,000 creators across 77 countries, reached 15M+ listeners through Femme House Radio, and raised and reinvested over $1M into free and low-cost programming.
Girls Make Beats
Girls Make Beats is on a mission to close the gender gap in Music Education and Technology. Since 2012, they have served over 1,300 girls ages 5 to 17 to change the image of what music producers, DJs, and audio engineers look like. They aim to increase their impact through educational programming, events, and mentorship to help prepare girls with the necessary tools and knowledge to successfully navigate and build successful careers in the music industry. This weekend, Girls Make Beats teamed up with Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood for a Saturday brunch event with a panel of mentors and leaders from Girls Make Beats to tell the story of how this foundation came to be, as well as where its focus is for the future.
Gritty In Pink
This Friday night, Gritty In Pink celebrated Women’s History Month with an All Grl Jam at Lucky Strike in Hollywood. This powerful music line-up honored women and non-binary musicians across all genres. At Gritty in Pink, championing women is a year-round mission to challenge the male-dominated industry, and with backing from Live Nation, that mission is getting louder than ever. They also host INPINK, an online marketplace that connects music industry pros with a diverse community of female creators.
Mama’s In Music:
In 2019, while navigating early adulthood and the lack of infrastructure for caregivers, Tiff Randol launched Mamas in Music (MiM), a global nonprofit that supports mothers in the music industry. This month, join MiM for a virtual Wellness Lounge, a Ladies Night Out in collaboration with Pitch Perfect in LA, and a wellness event in Brooklyn in partnership with MamaGlow.
We Are Moving The Needle
Founded by Emily Lazar, We Are Moving the Needle is reshaping the future of the recording industry by empowering women, non-binary, and trans producers and engineers. Through its scholarship and grants program, the organization provides opportunities for women and non-binary creators to attend prestigious music, technical, and recording programs at academies, colleges, and universities around the world. To date, We Are Moving the Needle has awarded $875,000 in scholarships, supported 190 recipients, and established more than 400 college chapters. Their Fix the Mix research study revealed that just 1.9% of recording engineers are women or non-binary people, highlighting the urgent need for change.
We Make Noise
We Make Noise is advancing global gender equity through the power of music and technology. Through their digital hub, international chapters for live programming, 2-3 day songwriting and production camps, they blend music creation, technology training, community building, and career development to instill the mindset and skills needed for success in the music industry and beyond. This month, We Make Noise is celebrating by investing in your creativity, skills, and power with Ableton Live Mini Courses, a live event with Beatport in LA, and a Songwriting Feedback Session. Learn more at we-make-noise.org/hub.
Women in Music
A non-profit organization founded in 1985 to educate, empower, and advance women in the music industry. Last week, Women in Music, in collaboration with Women in Music Canada, hosted its first-ever global summit in Toronto for three days of learning, networking, and industry-shifting conversations. The event marked 40 years of advocacy and service. The summit brought together more than 60 female and gender-diverse speakers and mentors from 13 countries, creating a rare cross-border exchange of ideas, experience, and real-world strategy.
Women of NAMM
As a NAMM member benefit, Women of NAMM promotes women’s representation in music products, pro audio, and entertainment technology. It supports female leadership to connect, support, and grow women in the industry. Join their March educational Deep Dive: Beat Burnout: 5 Key Changes to Address It, Recover From It, and Prevent It with Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl as she provides five practical key changes to interrupt the burnout cycle, support meaningful recovery, and create sustainable habits that prevent it from returning—for both you and those you love, serve, or lead.
And throughout the month, Women of NAMM’s AmplifyHER March campaign brings the community together to raise critical funds for the Women of NAMM Leadership Fund. Every gift fuels leadership development, professional growth, and access to opportunity for women at every stage of their journey.
Women Who Rock
Women Who Rock is a trailblazing, female-founded brand dedicated to supporting women in music, empowerment, and advocating for women’s health. They are working to eliminate the women’s health gap by partnering with Magee-Womens Health Research Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization, the world’s largest research dedicated to women’s health. This March, their limited edition “I Am Women’s History” tee is back! 10% of every tee sold helps to fund the future of women’s health research.
Women’s Audio Mission
Founded by Terri Winston and based in San Francisco, Women’s Audio Mission is dedicated to advancing women and gender-expansive people in music/audio production and creative technology fields. Fewer than 5% of the people creating the sounds, music, and media in the daily soundtrack of our lives are women or gender-expansive individuals. Today, WAM has trained 30,000+ women and girls in music production and recording arts and placed 3,000+ in industry roles through their studios and education labs in SF and LA.
These organizations represent just a small portion of the many groups working to create greater equity and opportunity across the music industry. As the community comes together this Women’s History Month and beyond, their work continues to push the industry toward a more inclusive future.
