Noise #177: A song for invisible women

New music that honors the half of humanity forgotten by data, systems, and policy.

Five years ago, author Caroline Criado Pérez published this book:

A new article in Outlook India summarizes its disturbing thesis:

Much of the world we live in, from healthcare to urban planning, is designed without considering women's unique needs and contributions. Perez points out that data on women’s experiences, especially in the workplace, is shockingly sparse or simply nonexistent, leading to policies and systems that ignore half the population.

Outlook India also articulates the pernicious invisibility faced by countless Indian women, how they are subjected to alarming rates of gender-based violence, how their work regularly goes “unnoticed, undervalued and systematically neglected.”

I recorded Noise #177 thinking about the article’s piercing call for protective legal reforms—and how the challenges facing invisible women in India are mirrored in countries and communities everywhere.

I also kept in mind the bittersweet, beautifully-shifting cyclical forms I’ve heard often in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. As I played, I tried to evolve my rhythmic and melodic patterns to represent a healing social evolution, something I wish for invisible women everywhere.

I hope you enjoy Noise #177:

Wishing you peace,

Michael

(Noise #177 by Michael Gallant. Copyright 2024 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.)