Avril Lavigne, Maren Morris, Alicia Keys to Appear in iHeartRadio-SeeHer’s International Women’s Day Event

variety.com:

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAvril Lavigne, Maren Morris, Alicia Keys and other artists will appear in “iHeartRadio SeeHer Hear Her: Celebrating Women Who Make Music and Culture,” a celebration on the radio network taking place on International Women’s Day on March 8.The event will highlight successful and influential artists in music during a live one-hour special that will stream on iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages on March 8 at 8 p.m.

ET (available on demand through March 14).iHeartMedia is the largest radio network in the U.S. and SeeHer is a global movement that aims to eliminate gender bias in marketing, advertising, media and entertainment.According to the announcement, the event will explore the lives of these three leading female artists and others — from their girlhood dreams and the mentors who inspired them, to achieving those goals and becoming leaders and role models for future generations.

The special will share how these artists are using their music platform and social media presence to activate and encourage other women and will explore that while their experiences may come from their lives in the music industry, the challenges they face are universal.

To kick off the celebration, beginning today, March 1, iHeartMedia will launch an eight-day countdown to International Women’s Day across 600 iHeartMedia broadcast stations in every format, on social media platforms and on iHeartRadio’s biggest podcasts.