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shesaid.so was initially introduced to the Portuguese community back in 2016 but it wasn’t until the first MEETSSS in October 2019 – the international meeting of the shesaid.so community that took place in Portimão (Algarve), that the current #shesaidsoportugal collective was formed. Ever since, our main goal has been to amplify the global principles of the network, building a representative community in Portugal.
Understanding the urgency of the mission in a post-Covid scene, a leading team is now more focussed than ever in bringing the shesaid.so ethos to life. Besides raising awareness within the local sphere to hot topics relevant to the female and gender non-conforming people in the Music community, our priority is to unify and consolidate our voice. We are committed to advocating for gender and rights equality; to opening our platform to dialogue and knowledge exchange; to offering regular events & networking sessions; to fostering professional mentoring; and to disseminating opportunities for Women, gender non-conforming people and allies in all areas of the Music sector.
Past Events & Initiatives
MIL FESTIVAL LISBON PARTNERSHIP SINCE 2020
#MILafterMIL in September 2020 (after covid restrictions were aliviated and the Festival edition was canceled) MIL Convention Lisbon, shesaid.so Portugal together with Keychange, we held the debate on gender equality and representativeness in the music industry in Portugal moderated by Marie Fol and Mariana Duarte Silva at Village Undeground Lisboa. With much to discuss, we heard from Marinho, DA CHICK, Lila Fadista (Fado Bicha) and Cristiana Vale Pires (Catholic University of Portugal / Kosmicare.
This was the first talk we did in partnership with MIL Festival that has flourished on a yearly basis from this date: https://millisboa.com/mil/
UNHAPPY HOUR - MUSA BEER x SKOOLA x SHESAID.SO PORTUGAL
November 14th, is the National Day for Equal Pay. Musa beer, in partnership with SHESAID.SO and COMON, decided to raise its voice for this cause by creating not a Happy Hour, but an Unhappy Hour. If women are "worth less" by 13.1%, let's pay the difference and show how much inequality costs. The total amount of this 13.1% raised by the public, plus 13.1% of the value of the UnHappy Pack donated by Musa, was offered to shesaid.so Portugal which, in collaboration with Skoola, offered 6 gender non-conforming women/people a Beats, Rhymes & DJing Training Workshop + 4 we.grow mentoring sessions by music industry professionals from the shesaid.so community.
Read more HERE
ARDA ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN & GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE
In order to mitigate unequal opportunities in the industry, Arda Academy partnered with shesaid.so Portugal to award scholarships for the Studio Engineering and Music Business courses to women and gender non-conforming people for the 2023/24 and the 2024/2025 academic years. The partnership’s main focus is to promote career development and professionalization of the audio and music industry in Portugal by attributing one scholarship per course and lective year (free tuition). https://ardaacademy.com/
Read more HERE
Portugal Team
