Launch of the Campaign for Body Confidence  

A panel of experts including fashion writer and broadcaster Caryn Franklin and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, Susie Orbach, will debate measures to tackle the harm caused by pressure to conform to unrealistic and unhealthy body image ideals.  Other attendees include Girlguides, Linda Papadopoulous and the world's leading body image experts. The event will mark the launch of the Campaign for Body Confidence. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone said: “Since the Liberal Democrats launched the Real Women campaign last year, we have been inundated with messages of support from people who are fed up of the constant pressure to live up to totally unrealistic ideals of beauty. “Unrealistic and unhealthy ideas of what's beautiful mean people suffer with anything from low self-esteem to serious eating disorders, which is why we...