{"id":89242,"date":"2023-08-04T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:24:07","slug":"wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the  Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2364.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2364\"\/><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><br \/>\n <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Adverts<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In a recent interview, award-winning singer Wendy Shay passionately expressed her frustration over the unjust treatment of women within the music industry. The talented artist, known for her powerful vocals and songwriting skills, took a stand against the prevailing practice of labeling female musicians as \u2018female artistes\u2019 while their male counterparts are simply referred to as \u2018artistes.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During her appearance on TV3\u2019s Day Show hosted by Berla Mundi, Wendy Shay firmly advocated for equal treatment and recognition. She emphasized that women in the music industry put in just as much effort, if not more, as their male counterparts and thus deserve to be acknowledged solely as \u2018artistes\u2019 without any gender distinctions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Wendy Shay Opens Up About Facing Numerous Spiritual Battles Since Relocating to Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her powerful stance sheds light on the pressing issue of gender disparity in the music world and highlights the need for a fair and inclusive industry. Wendy Shay\u2019s advocacy serves as an inspiration for all women striving to break barriers and challenge societal norms, fostering an environment where talent and hard work are recognized without bias or discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not fair. First of all, I don\u2019t even like the fact that people go like \u2018female artistes\u2019 because you don\u2019t see our male counterparts being labeled as \u2018male artistes\u2019. They are seen as artistes, so we should be seen as such. We are artistes,\u201d she passionately asserted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Wendy Shay Urges President Akufo-Addo To Address Outrageous Import Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In her interview, Wendy Shay also highlighted the efforts and dedication of female musicians like herself and Sister Efya, underscoring the need to acknowledge and credit their hard work and sweat. This call for equal treatment and recognition resonates with women across the music industry and beyond, inspiring positive change and fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment for all artists.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-186753398-10446-64cd233dc416b\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=186753398&amp;post_id=10446&amp;origin=www.onemuzikgh.com&amp;obj_id=186753398-10446-64cd233dc416b\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-186753398-10446-64cd233dc416b\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166247_772_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166247_8_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\"  class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166247_772_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Bottom Ad<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adverts In a recent interview, award-winning singer Wendy Shay passionately expressed her frustration over the unjust treatment of women within the music industry. The talented artist, known for her powerful vocals and songwriting skills, took a stand against the prevailing practice of labeling female musicians as \u2018female artistes\u2019 while their male counterparts are simply referred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adverts In a recent interview, award-winning singer Wendy Shay passionately expressed her frustration over the unjust treatment of women within the music industry. The talented artist, known for her powerful vocals and songwriting skills, took a stand against the prevailing practice of labeling female musicians as \u2018female artistes\u2019 while their male counterparts are simply referred [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/\",\"name\":\"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":2048},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Adverts In a recent interview, award-winning singer Wendy Shay passionately expressed her frustration over the unjust treatment of women within the music industry. The talented artist, known for her powerful vocals and songwriting skills, took a stand against the prevailing practice of labeling female musicians as \u2018female artistes\u2019 while their male counterparts are simply referred [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/","name":"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-04T16:24:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1691166249_IMG_2364.jpeg","width":1536,"height":2048},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/04\/wendy-shay-calls-for-equal-treatment-and-recognition-in-the-industry-stop-addressing-us-as-female-musicians\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wendy Shay Calls for Equal Treatment and Recognition in the Industry: \u201cStop Addressing Us As Female Musicians\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}