OBJECT present evidence at the Leveson Inquiry to end Page 3
Along with other women’s organisations Eaves, End Violence Against Women Coalition, and Equality Now, OBJECT presented evidence yesterday at the Leveson Inquiry calling for an end to the persistent portrayal of women as sex objects in the Page 3 tabloid press.
Campaigns Manager Anna van Heeswijk says:
“This Inquiry presents a golden opportunity to tackle the Page 3 portrayal of women in the press. We presented the evidence, we suggested the solutions, now we keep up the pressure until Leveson, and ultimately the Government, take the action!”
Find out more
You can see the evidence hearing (from 104 minutes in) on the official Leveson Inquiry website http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/hearing/2012-01-24am/
You can read some of the media coverage in The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News and Journalism.co.uk, with even more on our website’s OBJECT in the News section – http://www.object.org.uk/resources/media-coverage
Read the joint press release from the organisations presenting evidence which you can download in pdf format from http://www.object.org.uk/files/Women%27s%20Groups%20at%20the%20Leveson%20Inquiry%20Press%20Release%20Jan%2024th%202012.pdf
Read the original submission made to the Inquiry together with Turn Your Back on Page 3 in December which you can download in pdf format from http://www.object.org.uk/files/The%20Leveson%20Inquiry%20-%20OBJECT%20and%20Turn%20Your%20Back%20on%20Page%203%20Joint%20Submission%282%29.pdf
And, read the additional witness statement presented to the Inquiry by Anna van Heeswijk, including links to exhibits – also in pdf format – from http://www.object.org.uk/files/Witness%20statement%20for%20the%20website.pdf.
Thank you
None of this could be achieved without your support, thank you.
Become a member today to help us continue our groundbreaking work against sex-objet culture. You could even encourage a friend (or two!) to join with you. Just think of the difference it would make if everybody did this.
For more details on becoming a member go to http://www.object.org.uk/support-us
