More than a band . . .
Las Hienas was founded as a musical project with social impact. Living in a male-dominated society, women* and queer people continue to face structural discrimination and sexism, which can manifest in their workplaces, relationships, families, public spaces and everyday situations.
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With the goal of confronting this discrimination and increasing the visibilty of women, Las Hienas have directed their musical program primarily towards queer and female audiences. In addition to performing concerts, they want to build spaces where people can actively contribute, share knowledge and learn from each other. For this reason, Las Hienas have been organizing workshops since 2024 on topics related to intersectional feminism.
By creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere, each workshop aims to help women connect, share personal experiences, learn about feminist subjects and gain greater self-confidence in both personal and professional contexts.
International Women's Day 2025
Commemorating International Women’s Day by facilitating a workshop and inviting other female artits to perform, had already been made a tradition amongst Las Hienas.
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In 2025 Las Hienas invited
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Åžeydâ Buurman–Kutsal (diversity trainer, and expert for discrimination) who lead a workshop in "Refuting Everyday Sexism and Anti-Feminist Slogans"
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Hana Fatur (slovenian singer and songwriter) as support act
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This edition was possible, thanks to the support of Grounds, Cultuur Concreet and Bewonersinitiatief
International Women's Day 2024
​The first edition 2024 featured
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Las Hienas, giving a workshop on songwriting from a feminist perspective​​
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Nadine (dutch singer and songwriter) as support act
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The first edition was possible thanks to the support of Lab Grounds, NJR Ik Ben Geweldig (VSB Fonds) and Cultuur Concreet.
Women and voice 2024
In March 2024 Las Hienas were invited to the symposium "Women and Voice", organized by Instituto Cervantes Utrecht for international Women's Day.
There they shared their vision of intersectional feminism, talked about personal experiences in a sexist music scene and had the chance to ​​present their music.
Cultural Night in Reykjavík 2024
For the 2024 edition of cultural night in Reykjavík, Iceland, Las Hienas hosted a workshop on feminism and music.
Participants had the chance to share their stories of sexism and discrimination - focusing on the music industry - and turn those experiences into lyrics through discussions based in a feminist ideology.
The workshop was made possible thanks to a local funding from Landsbankinn’s Menningarnæturpottur.
