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.
