Musicians back call to end harassment of women at live gigs

Mabel, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis are backing the new Safe Spaces Now music industry initiative calling for change to end the harassment and abuse of women at gigs and festivals, the Guardian reports. Organisers of the initiative say more than 40% of women under 40 have experienced sexual harassment at a live music event. Claire Barnett, the executive director of UN Women UK, said recently released data revealed just 3% of 18 to 24-year-old women had not been harassed in a public space.