OBJECT

Human rights organisation with goal to challenge the increased sexual objectification of women in media and popular culture, because of its links to discrimination and violence against women.  The main way in which it challenges objectification is by challenging mainstreaming of the sex industry and campaigning against commercial sexual exploitation.

Services for:

Raises awareness of the links between objectification, commercial sexual exploitation and sexism by lobbying, campaigning and providing information to both colleagues in the women’s rights sector and human rights activists as well as working with grassroots activists, student and trade unions. Lobbies policy makers for change and has a proven track record of organising lively grassroots activism across the UK to ensure that the sexual objectification of women is debated at both a public and political level.

Prevention work: primary

Raises awareness of commercial sexual exploitation through work on lap dancing, pornography in the mainstream media e.g. lads' mags and 'newspapers' such as The Sport and challenging demand for prostitution.

Other prevention work in area

• Eaves Housing is doing work to challenge newspaper adverts which are a front for prostitution, and are entering into partnership with us to challenge demand for prostitution.
• Fawcett Society has worked with OBJECT on lap dancing campaign.
• Feminist Coalition Against Prostitution is grassroots led and campaigns against prostitution.
  CROP campaign against pimping.

Contact details

Sandrine Levêque
PO BOX 50373
London
W4 3ZP
Phone 07975 897 005
Email sandrine@object.org.uk
Website www.object.org.uk