We like the sound of this initiative.
This year’s Glastonbury Festival will feature a women-only venue for the first time ever.
NME reports that The Sisterhood is an ‘intersectional, queer, trans and disability-inclusive spae open to all people that identify as women’.
All staff in the venue will also be women.
There will be live music and workshops on diversity and inclusion in music, and even power tools workshops with carpenter Rhi Jean.
There will be a forum for black women called The Love In on the Sunday of the festival.
The organisers said:
“The producers of The Sisterhood believe that women only spaces are necessary in a world that is still run by and designed to benefit mainly men. Oppression against women continues in various manifestations around the world today, in different cultural contexts.”
They went on to emphasise the importance of safe spaces for women at festivals, and indeed the world at large.
“In the UK, the gender pay gap in the workplace, cuts to domestic violence services and sex worker rights are current talking points that highlight this issue. Sisterhood seeks to provide a secret space for women to connect, network, share their stories, have fun and learn the best way to support each other in our global struggle to end oppression against women and all marginalised people, whilst showcasing the best and boldest female talent in the UK and beyond.”
