Womens Music Event launches website and

series of events to empower female

participation in music industry.

Aiming to be the central hub of recent female music

driven events spreading throughout Brazil, the
music, business and technology platform Womens
Music Event is launching a website packed with
female driven content, and a first ever round of
events in So Paulo, Brazil2 days of conferences,
workshops, concerts, and DJ sets in March of 2017.

The platforms main purpose is to celebrate and

promote equality for women in the music industry,
so that their voices may be heard in what is still a
male dominated show business niche. By
spotlighting women that already work in this so
called masculine universe Womens Music
Event aims to inspire women who had not trusted
they could turn music into their main profession.

The platform came to life early December 2016 with

the launch of its website, filled with columns,
features, interviews, playlists curated by female
artists, and the web series WME Sessions with a
cozy and exclusive concert by native So Paulo
singer and songwriter Tssia Reis, who recently
released her first album, the exquisite Outra Esfera.

The website also features tools such as a worldwide

womens events calendar and a market oriented
database of female professionals in the music
industry from DJs to audio engineers, music
journalists to bookers the whole professional
chain. An interactive tool to serve the community as
a bulletin board, and for the music industry who will
no longer have excuses for not finding female
professionals to balance out their staff, therefore
creating an inclusive social and economical impact
in the music industry.

The next launch phase is set for March 2017 in So

Paulo, when the conferences and concerts of
the Womens Music Event will be held.

Daytime events (panels, networking meetings,

workshops and showcases) will take place at the
Biblioteca Mario de Andrade, a striking venue in
downtown So Paulo. In total, around 50 women,
from CEOs to artists, are expected to speak
throughout 12 panels and 6 workshops.

Womens Music Event nighttime programming will

consist of one night of electronic music with
Brazilian and international DJs and producers
gathered for an unmissable and empowering
celebration in one of the cities busiest clubs; and
one night of concerts, ranging from experimental to
pop. The line-up will be revealed early 2017.

CREATORS

Brazilian music business pros Claudia Assef and

Monique Dardenne teamed up with one dream in
their hearts: to accelerate the participation and
protagonism of women in the music industry,
and Womens Music Event was born.

Claudia Assef is a journalist, writer, DJ, and one of

the most respected music specialists from Brazil.
She is the publisher of the website Music Non Stop
and author of the only book ever written on the
history of Brazilian DJ and party culture in the
country Todo DJ J Sambousomething like all
DJs have made train wrecks, which in portuguese
also plays with the double meaning of the term
samba.

Monique Dardenne is a cultural producer and

lawyer who has been working as an artist manager
for over 15 years. She has directed tours in Brazil
for such big names as Snoop Dog and Pitbull. More
recently she was the label manager for music
platform Skol, Music and director of English webtv
Boiler Room in Brazil, besides having her own artist
management company, MD/Agency.