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  • OBJECT on Twitter

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    Created: Thursday, 23 July 2009 13:16
    Follow OBJECT for free on Twitter! Be sure to be kept up to date with the exciting progression of OBJECT campaigns and make sure that you always know about the next Feminist Friday, protest, petition or stunt by recieving short regular updates from OBJ...

  • OBJECT to support rally protesting against Miss England 2009

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    Created: Friday, 10 July 2009 18:19
    OBJECT TO SUPPORT RALLY PROTESTING AGAINST MISS ENGLAND 2009 On July 20th 2009 Mind the Gap London Student Feminists are organising a rally to protest against Miss England 2009. The rally will mark the 40th anniversary of bold feminist activism wh...

  • Get your copy of OBJECT's new film exposing the reality of the lap dancing industry!

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    Created: Monday, 06 July 2009 17:04
       Stripping the Illusion DVD and Resource Pack Get your copy of OBJECT's new DVD of short video testimony of women who have worked in the lap dancing industry - Stripping the Illusion: The Lap Dancing Industry Exposed. The film is the res...

  • New OBJECT film exposes lap dancing industry

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    Created: Wednesday, 01 July 2009 22:43
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  • Launch of new Eaves/OBJECT Demand Change! campaign

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    Created: Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:42
    Eaves and OBJECT press release 24.06.09 First ever UK campaign challenging the demand for prostitution The UK’s first campaign challenging the demand for prostitution was launched today at a high-profile event in Portcullis House. The Deman...

  • Take action! Lobby the new Home Secretary for stronger lap dancing licensing reforms

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    Created: Tuesday, 09 June 2009 15:24
    Take action! Lobby the new Home Secretary Alan Johnson for stronger lap dancing licensing reforms Lap dancing licensing reforms as campaigned for by OBJECT and the Fawcett Society were introduced in a Home Office Bill (the Policing and Crime Bill)...

  • OBJECT launch online petition on lads' mags and anti-sexism media regulation

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    Created: Tuesday, 09 June 2009 10:31
    OBJECT PETITION CALLS FOR ANTI-SEXISM MEDIA REGULATION OBJECT has launched an online petition to the Prime Minister calling on the Government to introduce anti-sexism regulation for the media. This should recognise lads' mags and...

  • Feminist Friday Take 3 - WH Smiths Liverpool Street - You've Been OBJECTed to!!

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    Created: Monday, 01 June 2009 11:55
     Feminist Friday Take 3: WH Smiths Liverpool Street - You've Been OBJECTed To!! 12 activists and a photographer descended upon the two WH Smiths in Liverpool Street station on Friday to celebrate the third national Feminist Friday by covering the ...

  • New OBJECT report calls for tough action on sexualisation of women and girls

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    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 10:44
    Press release from OBJECT 29.05.09 New OBJECT report calls for urgent action to tackle sexualisation of women and girls ‘Joining up the Dots’ (pdf) a new report published today by OBJECT calls on the Government to take tough action to addr...

  • MPs criticise lap dancing licensing reforms as "too weak" as Bill moves to Lords

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    Created: Wednesday, 20 May 2009 08:26
    Lap dancing licensing reforms pass to House of Lords but roundly criticised for being too weak   The Policing and Crime Bill received its Report Stage/ 3rd Reading on 19.05.09 and saw MPs forcefully call on the Government to strengthen lap danc...

  • TAKE ACTION! MPs to debate lap dancing licensing reforms

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    Created: Friday, 15 May 2009 18:04
    MPs to debate lap dancing licensing reforms The Policing and Crime Bill will receive its 3rd Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 19th May. OBJECT, Fawcett Society, human rights organisations, local authorities and MPs are calling for the reforms...

  • TAKE ACTION! Have your say on Violence Against Women Policies

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    Created: Wednesday, 06 May 2009 10:25
    Violence against women policies announced - have your say!  Each year over 3 million UK women  experience rape, domestic violence, forced marriage, stalking, sexual exploitation and trafficking, female genital mutilation or crimes in the name...

  • NEWS Local authorities urge government to plug holes in licensing reforms

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    Created: Tuesday, 31 March 2009 23:43
    Local authorities call on government to plug holes in lap dancing licensing reforms Licensing officials and councillors from across the country met with MPs and Peers at a Local Authority Evidence Hearing on Tuesday 31st March to urge the government to...

  • NEWS 200 signatures collected in 1.5 hours demanding an end to Jobcentre Plus sex ads

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    Created: Friday, 27 March 2009 09:32
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  • NEWS Students OBJECT to Objectification

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    Created: Friday, 27 March 2009 01:00
      Students OBJECT to Objectification Women's Officers passed a motion at NUS Women's Conference in Coventry this month to add their support to OBJECT and the Stripping the Illusion Campaign. The motion also calls on NUS Women's campaign to h...

  • NEWS Launch of Feminist Fridays

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    Created: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:14
           Feminist Fridays OBJECT activists recently held their first Feminist Friday to campaign against lads' mags being sold as part of the mainstream media. It was a great success! We wrote slogans on paper bags saying things...

  • NEWS Trade unions add their support

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    Created: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:07
    Trade unions add their support UNISON Women's Conference recently passed a motion to support the Stripping the Illusion campaign and affiliate with OBJECT to help raise awareness about the realities of the porn a...

  • NEWS Flawed lap dancing reforms

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    Created: Tuesday, 24 March 2009 19:50
    Flawed lap dancing reforms: take action now! The Government has pledged to reform the licensing of lap dancing clubs by allowing councils to licence them as 'sex encounter venues'. However the reforms will be optional (so councils will have no requirem...
 

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