Daily Mail Coverage Of Cabinet Reshuffle

EDM number 264 in 2014-15, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 16/07/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Ministers, Press and Sex discrimination.

That this House believes that the Daily Mail's coverage of the promotion of women to the Cabinet hits an all time low in terms of media sexism; further believes that women MPs across the political spectrum should be judged on their intelligence, expertise, track record, policies and skills rather than on their hair styles, body shape or where they buy their clothes; deplores the constant objectification and sexualisation of women by the media; and calls on the newly-appointed Equalities Minister to start an urgent dialogue with the industry to tackle the cumulative and discriminatory effect of media sexism, including training on how fairly to portray women and working with experts on equality and gendered violence to develop understanding of the impact of such coverage.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.