No More Page 3
- Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2013
- Motion reference: S4M-07500
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 06 November 2013
That the Parliament notes with concern reports regarding a connection between the portrayal of sexualised images of women in the media and attitudes that reinforce sexist attitudes, sexual harassment, abuse and violence toward women; believes that this has been demonstrated by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the UK Government-commissioned Sexualisation of young people review; welcomes the No More Page 3 campaign, which calls on The Sun to refrain from printing pictures of topless women; applauds the campaign for what it considers a successful first year in operation; recognises that a motion in support of the campaign was agreed by the National Assembly of Wales and that numerous organisations, including UNISON, the British Youth Council, UK Girlguiding, the National Union of Teachers, the National Association of Head Teachers, and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have also shown their support for the campaign, and notes calls in Dumbarton and across the country for The Sun in Scotland to stop printing pictures of topless women.
Supported by:
Jayne Baxter, Claudia Beamish, Colin Beattie, Marco Biagi, Sarah Boyack, Roderick Campbell, Malcolm Chisholm, Kezia Dugdale, Jim Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, John Finnie, Annabel Goldie, Iain Gray, Mark Griffin, Patrick Harvie, Hugh Henry, Jamie Hepburn, Alison Johnstone, James Kelly, Lewis Macdonald, Hanzala Malik, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Margaret McCulloch, Mark McDonald, Margaret McDougall, Alison McInnes, Christina McKelvie, Fiona McLeod, Siobhan McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Nanette Milne, Margaret Mitchell, Graeme Pearson, John Pentland, Willie Rennie, Mary Scanlon, Richard Simpson, Drew Smith, Elaine Smith, Liz Smith, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, Sandra White