We challenge the culture that teaches women and girls to hate their own bodies

We have now completed a series of successful summits in London, Buenos Aires, New York, Sao Paulo and Melbourne, which attracted wide media attention, and interest in more activity.

Following the summits, we are moving forward on many fronts, both nationally in all participating countries, and internationally with a global agenda. In the course of this, we will be changing our name to ‘Endangered Bodies’, as we recognize the need for an umbrella term that includes women and all others that are affected.

UK activity

Our group in the UK remains dedicated to changing visual culture. In what we see as an integral element of this, we are placing focus on the diet industry, examining its role in wreaking havoc with appetites and lives while it builds huge profits.

We will be looking at the history of the diet industry, the BMI, the way in which it has penetrated our thinking about food, how it has captured governmental thinking on health and so on.

We are also pleased to see the formation of an all-parliamentary group for Body Confidence in the UK.

We will continue to be active in Body Confidence initiatives undertaken by Jo Swinson and Lynne Featherstone.

In the near future, we will be announcing concrete campaigns, events and strategies through which you can contribute and become involved.

So please stay in touch, join us on Facebook at Any-Body, or sign up for our newsletter at news@endangeredspecieswomen.org.uk to take part in what remains a long-term struggle requiring all your energy and input.

Endangered Species LONDON - Highlights from Elena Rossini on Vimeo.

Endangered Species is an international summit that launched in March 2011. The aim is to save future generations of girls from the misery that turns women against their own bodies.  The challenge – to make people understand how and why this is an emergency, to show them how they can do something about it, and to inspire them to embrace change.

At the London Summit, individuals and groups from the UK and Ireland were joined by initiatives throughout Europe to showcase the work they are already doing with and about young women – from projects in schools, colleges and communities to web-based groups and campaigning organisations. Performance, videos and artwork framed the day and underlined the urgent message of this summit.