Our mission to advocate for the safety and inclusion of women composers serves a vital need in the male-dominated fields of film music, television music, concert music, video game music, and commercial composing. Women composers face a unique risk of sexual abuse in the music industry without a union, HR department, or governing body to enforce a standardized code of conduct in music studios and other composing work environments. Under these conditions, up-and-coming women composers are especially at a high risk of subjection to sexualization and abuse.

FCSL provides safety, inclusion, restoration and a sense of community to all its members no matter the degree to which they have endured sexual abuse and marginalization. Each of our board members have completed trauma and resilience training certification through The Center for Nonviolent Education (Echo). We believe that immediate allyship, comfort after harm, career restoration, emotional support and a sense of belonging are critical resources for women composers in vulnerable situations and those who seek protection from gender-based harm.

In addition to supporting multiple forms of legislation that supports survivors, we also provide consulting (not therapy) for studio spaces to know how to better implement strategies to foster a safe and creative working environment, and have released the #SoundOff Make the Music Industry Safe Report with a coalition of other non-profits, outlining the historic problem of sexual abuse in the music industry.