Liberal Democrats adopt Motion to End Page 3
In an unprecedented step, the Liberal Democrats have adopted a motion at party conference to end Page 3. The motion is set firmly in the context of the attitudes that contribute to violence against women (see below) and calls for an end to sexualised imagery in newspapers and non-restricted magazines.
We have been working closely with the proposer, Dr Evan Harris, MP and are currently lobbying the Government to adopt a similar stance.
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Motion Details
The motion can be read at page 33 (section F26) of the agenda :
http://www.libdems.org.uk/siteFiles/resources/docs/conference/Conference%20Extra%20Autumn2011.pdf
F26 Tackling Violence Against Women
Amendment One
Glasgow North and 18 conference representatives
Delete 1. (lines 41–43) and insert:
1. Seeking to prevent violence happening in the first place through work towards culture change,
including:
a) Using all means available to raise awareness of the issues including through the education
of children in relationships and consent, and training of teachers.
b) Tackling the projection of women as sex objects to children and adolescents by restricting
sexualised images in newspapers and general circulation magazines to the same rules
that apply to pre-watershed broadcast media.
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