No More Page 3!

Role models, not topless models, should get media coverage!

A few weeks ago I got an email asking me to vote on whether I thought Girlguiding should support the No More Page 3 campaign - a petition started during Summer 2012 asking the Sun newspaper to remove topless models from their daily pages. It's catalyst was the fact the Page 3 image was the largest piece of coverage of a woman in the paper, on the day that Jessica Ennis had won her gold medal.

The way I and the majority of my peers voted is clearly evident in the outcome of the vote announced on the Girlguiding website today. Leaders not included in the vote (the poll was of the 16-25 year old members) would have voted the same way if their sharing of the news on my Twitter and Facebook feeds this morning is anything to go by!

The motion of support was instigated by a number of members who sit on Girlguiding's Advocate Panel - a group of young women who ensure the voice of girls and young women is being heard. The open letter highlights how seeing women treated as objects on a daily basis undermines the self confidence of girls and young women and calls for the paper to promote more positive female role models.

Their fantastic work has already be covered by the BBC, the Telegraph, Huffington Post, the Express and the Guardian. I wonder if it'll get a write up in the Sun...

If you want to support the campaign, then take at look at the campaign's website and sign the petition today!