Minister for Equalities

April 4, 2012

The All Walks message goes global at the first UN Summit on Body Image

Apr 4, 2012 / Blog

charlotte.gush / 2012, body confidence, body dismorphia, body image and the media, body image anxiety, Dr Susie Orbach, global conversation, Minister for Equalities, MP Lynne Featherstone, UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN CSW, UN Summit on Body Confidence /

For the very first time, the issue of body confidence and its relation to the media has been discussed at the United Nations. The 2012 UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held between the 27th February and March 9th, and, on the topic of body image and the media, both the UK [...]

January 30, 2012

MISS REPRESENTATION: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See

Jan 30, 2012 / Press Resources

charlotte.gush / all walks beyond the catwalk, author, caryn franklin, Colleen Harris, Communications and Diversity Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, Debra Bourne, Erin O'Connor, February 2012, female representation in the media, film, House of Commons, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jo Swinson, Lynne Featherstone, Lynne Featherstone MP, Malorie Blackman, Minister for Equalities, Miss Representation campaign, official selection, positive female role-models, Rosario Dawson, sundance film festival, susie orbach, Thandie Newton, UK screening, writer and psychotherapist /

NEWS RELEASE Embargo: Immediate, 30rd January 2012 Against the backdrop of the Leveson Enquiry where media behaviour has been put under the spotlight, it could be time to look at treatment of women across all media channels. Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new documentary Miss Representation does just that. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image, Central YMCA and [...]