Scotland can encourage culture and sport:
We believe that arts, culture and sport are not optional luxuries, but a profound part of the human experience. Green MSPs will work to remove the barriers – financial, physical, cultural and psychological – to accessing culture and sport. This includes overcoming gender inequalities that currently affect participation.
- Funding to increase participation and diversity. Green MSPs will call for increased funding to Creative Scotland, Scotland’s National Performing Companies and National Collections, enabling them to provide more opportunities for participation and outreach, and to target diverse audiences. This would include support for different groups of women to participate in creative industries.
- Gender equality in the media. Portrayal of women and gender minorities in the media has a profoundly negative impact on gender equality. Women are widely stereotyped in the print and broadcast media, and there is a lack of gender diversity on screen. Our MSPs will push for the creation of a Scottish watchdog to monitor and challenge the under-representation of women and gender minorities, gender stereotyping and the sexualisation of women and girls in the media.
- Physical education. Greens MSPs will work with local authorities to provide quality sport and physical activity throughout the curriculum. Evidence indicates that fewer young women continue sport after school. Schools should offer a variety of sports to suit the needs of their pupils and there should also be the option of gender-segregated classes and a range of sports kit.
- Community sport. As well as fun and enjoyment, sports clubs bring great benefits to people and society. Green MSPs will support the expansion of Scotland’s sports clubs through support for volunteering, accessible facilities and funding to enable more women, LGBTI+ people, minority ethnic communities and disabled people to participate.