No more page 3 Manchester

This Saturday 12th July as part of Hazard - micro-festival of interventions, No More Page Three Manchester invite you to take part in their Hidden Women trail, highlighting some of the North's most unsung heroines and to raise awareness around the No More Page Three campaign.

Participants will be given maps and other materials at the start of the trail in St. Ann’s Square by the No More Page 3 team, and directed through the cities fantastic Northern Quarter to hunt down and find out more about the hidden women featured on the day. This will lead all the way to the final destination on the trail, The Penthouse, Hilton St.

At the foyer of The Penthouse the No More Page 3 team invite you to relax, have a drink, learn more about the hidden women, talk about your own unknown heroines and join in with the group collaborative hidden women art installation, which will be occurring all day.

There will also be a sound installation which will have been recorded by one of the NMP3 team with participants at various stages of the trail and built into the installation.

A collection of some of Manchester's finest venues and shops are taking part include Fred Aldos, Blue Pig, North Tea Power, Thunderegg, Nexus Art Cafe and Lush.

The No More Page Three campaign is asking The Sun to drop page three – because bare boobs are not news. The campaign has the of support of thousands of people, politicians and organisations such The Girl Guides, The National Union of Teachers, Mumsnet, Lush and Women’s Aid.

Anne Louise Kershaw, a spokesperson for NMP3 Manchester, comments: “ We want to live in a society where the most popular and widely-read newspaper is on that respects women. We would like the Sun to celebrate women's achievements, instead, The Sun publishes page three, which reduces women to mere objects, and men to mere objectifiers. It also reduces this country to one that upholds 1970s sexist values. I’d like to think that we are better than this.

“We hope that our hidden women trail will help us to remember the remarkable women who lived and do live in this city – the women whose lives and incredible achievements have been hidden by today’s society. These women should be remembered fortheir achievements, not for being objects.”

The event begins at 12pm at St Ann’s Square, for more information please visit http://www.wordofwarning.org/current/2014-hazard/

Or contact Anne Louise Kershaw

For media enquires or interview requests please contact Jenny Tudor on jennythetudor@gmail.com or 07740301358.

St Ann's Square Sat 12 noon until 5pm.

Published: 10-Jul-2014: (2515)