#meNOmore: Aus artists and pros rally against sexual harassment
Inspired by their Swedish colleagues, agents, managers and artists including Courtney Barnett and Tina Arena have demanded an end to sexual misconduct in the music biz
News By | 12 December 2017
More than 350 leading female figures in Australian music, including top artists Courtney Barnett, the Veronicas, Tina Arena and Missy Higgins, have signed an open letter calling for “zero tolerance for sexual harassment, violence, objectification and sexist behaviours” in Australia’s music industry.
The letter, which also contains multiple anonymous accounts of alleged sexual harassment and assault, launches the #meNOmore movement, follows the similar #närmusikentystnar (‘when the music stops’) campaign in Sweden and a previous industry backed initiative in Australia, Your Choice, which aims to combat the “growing cultural issues around behaviour and lack of personal accountability” in the live music industry.
https://www.iqmagazine.com/2017/11/swedish-biz-sexual-harassment-scandal-robyn-zara-larsson/#.Wi_QqbSMilM
Some 360 women have signed the #meNOmore letter, including artists, agents, managers and label staff.
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