“Girls can’t do that”
In 2002, it was more likely that a woman could become the leader of a G7 nation or a four-star officer in the U.S.military, than become the conductor of a major American orchestra.
In 2023, these odds have not changed.
As of June 5, 2023, women run 10.4% of Fortune 500 businesses equally 52 female chief executives in total, an 18% rise from this time last year. Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, 13 countries have women serving as head of government (14%). Yet, only 9.2 percent of the world’s music directors are women, an orchestra’s top conducting job, barely up from 8.5 percent reported in 2006.
Why are there so few female Conductors?
Read the full article at The Walrus.
Racial/Ethnic and Gender Diversity in the Orchestra Field
View/download the PDF from The League of American Orchestras.
Women in Business
2020 marked record highs for women in business — The Business Journals
Women's Power Index
The Women’s Power Index ranks 193 UN member states on their progress toward gender parity in political participation — Council on Foreign Relations
