Stop 2018: UK women execs call for end to “endemic” abuse

Following an appearance on this morning's 'Victoria Derbyshire', four women are seeking to stamp out sexual assault in the music business with the Stop 2018 campaign

L–R: De Vries, Howl and Lajoie © BBC

Four female UK music industry figures have called for 2018 to become the year when “bullying, misogyny, sexual harassment, assault and rape in the music industry stops” – after appearing…

Four female UK music industry figures have called for 2018 to become the year when “bullying, misogyny, sexual harassment, assault and rape in the music industry stops” – after appearing on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme this morning to denounce the sexual misconduct they say is “endemic” to the British music business.

The four women – artist manager Yasmin Lajoie, music supervisor Michelle de Vries, artist Chloe Howl and a singer-songwriter, ‘Amy’, who spoke on the condition of anonymity – say they went on the programme to “tell our stories. We wanted to let women and men know…

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