A Statement in Advance of International Women’s Day 2025

It’s that time of year again when our inbox begins filling up with requests for International Women’s Day collaborations. 

Whilst we appreciate the consideration and everyone’s good intentions, we’d like to restate our position regarding this moment in the calendar, which is just one day out of 365 that we spend working towards gender equity in the music industry.

Saffron strives to create cultural spaces where women, as well as trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, feel truly welcomed and included. Though we are not against celebrating women on the 8th of March, we feel that participating in short-term campaigns on this day risks overshadowing the diversity of our community, and the deeper, long-term work needed to rebalance the industry.

If you’re part of a larger organisation that wants to support underrepresented genders in music tech, we encourage you to think beyond this single day. Why not explore opportunities to collaborate with grassroots organisations like ours in more sustained and meaningful ways?

Saffron offers a range of options for consultancy, collaboration, training and sponsorship that open the door to mutual growth, development and cultural impact. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, we’d love to hear from you.

In the lead-up to International Women’s Day 2025, please consider taking the following actions:

• Invest in and promote organisations who are already doing this work all year round, not just on IWD
• Offer training and development opportunities to women and underrepresented genders in your organisation. Saffron’s corporate membership packages offer a pathway for marginalised employees within your organisation to access fellowship and support
• Compensate any women, trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming people you invite to be part of your IWD campaign for their time, expertise and contributions
• Make IWD a checkpoint for reviewing your progress against a longer-term diversity, equality and inclusion strategy, rather than a one-off celebration