The Woman's Music Event (WME), founded by Claudia Assef and Monique Dardenne in 2016, is a platform dedicated to music, business, and technology, with "the aim of becoming the central hub for events focused on the growing female music scene in Brazil.

"[1] To recognize, Assef, Dardenne, and Fátima Pissarra teamed up to create the WME Awards, the first Brazilian music award dedicated to women.

[1] The first edition, promoted by Vevo Brasil, took place on 28 November 2017, in São Paulo.

[3][4] In 2023, the ceremony began to be promoted by magazine Billboard Brasil.

[14] The winners of the following categories are chosen by the WME Awards ambassadors.