o:32292 Women in Music: Possibilities and Responsibilities of Cultural Management and Policy en Abstract: Previous global research on the participation and share of women in music of the last three decades indicates a wide spectrum of causes and dimensions of inequality and a more difficult professional development path for them, in line with patriarchal social ideas, but also prejudices and stereotypes about youth. Young women in the music scene of Southeastern Europe are treated differently in comparison to their male and older counterparts, while their underrepresentation is often explained by mobilizing the discourses stressing individuality and psychological causes. In contrast to that, this chapter aims to discuss the reach and possibilities of cultural management and policies to influence gender and age equality within the cultural scene in Serbia and Southeastern Europe, as well as to contribute to a more extensive participation of women and youth in cultural production and decision making. This chapter presents the results of the experiment conducted in April and June 2022 when two concerts of young female musicians were conceptualized and organized in Belgrade in the framework of “feminist music management”, based on the interviews and focus groups with female musicians of younger generations in Serbia and the region of Southeastern Europe throughout 2021 in both physical and virtual space. The research also comprises the analysis of several important instruments of national cultural policy in Serbia in 2021. Keywords: cultural diversity, cultural rights, gender equality, participation, feminist music management. 1552100 PRINT 978-3-8376-6546-8 1552100 PDF 978-3-8394-6546-2 1552101 of series 2703-1004 1552101 e 2703-1012 1552099 10.14361/9783839465462-011 2024-01-11T15:09:03.769Z 44 no 46 Tatjana Nikolić Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade 0000-0003-4506-2232 46 Katarina Mitić Minić University of Arts, Belgrade application/pdf 184219 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:32292 no yes 1 70 1556235 111A01 Women's Leadership in Music : Modes, Legacies, Alliances 257 Music and Sound Culture 63 153 165 Bielefeld Transcript 2023