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Livingston MP Hannah Bardell backs campaign to tackle gender inequality in sports print journalism

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Livingston MP Hannah Bardell has backed a new campaign by Women in Journalism Scotland to tackle gender inequality in Scottish print sports journalism.The campaign - called The Sexist Shame of the Beautiful Game - comes after research by the Women in Journalism Scotland (WiJ Scotland) committee revealed that out of 95 staff roles on sports desks at national and regional print titles in Scotland, just three are filled by women.That research was undertaken before a row broke out regarding sexist remarks made by an after-dinner speaker at the Scottish Football Writers’ Association Awards earlier this month.Two tables at the event walked out of the dinner in disgust, including TV sports presenter, Eilidh Barbour, and WiJ Scotland co-chair Gabriella Bennett.Bardell, a former broadcast journalist said: “It’s so sadly depressing to hear of how little progress has been made that the awards had a comedian who told racist, sexist and homophobic jokes.“If you can’t be funny without being any of those you don’t deserve the stage.

Huge respect to Eilidh Barbour and those other women who have used their voices and who have taken a stand to challenge this nonsense.

Without them it may not have come to light.”She added: “If we really want structural change to tackle the fact that there are so few women and people from different backgrounds in sports writing it’s going to take everyone, particularly the men, to step up and make changes.“Now is the time for everyone in the sports world to take some real and meaningful action.“We need better support for young women and those from different backgrounds to enter the field.

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