In France, in pretty much every position, a woman earns on average 25% less than a man. To highlight this issue French bagel house, Bagelstein decided to participate and be a driving force behind this struggle; by doing what they do best… making bagels! On March 26th, during Equal Pay Day, and in all the Bagelstein shops […]
The issue of gender bias and other biases that exist within our industry has been much talked about over the last two years, so if the message has not got through it is because we are not listening. As more companies get outed on the basis of their gender pay gaps, here at Collider we have […]
New research has revealed that extent to which the mentally and physically disabled are being harmfully affected by stereotyping in the UK – and the role being played by advertising and the media. The mentally disabled are the most likely to be negatively stereotyped by society (64% think so, rising to 75% among those actually […]
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Georgia-Pacific’s Brawny Paper Towels is back with the third iteration of its successful #StrengthHasNoGender campaign, created in partnership with its agency of record, Cutwater. In 2018, the brand is asking: ‘Who’s your Shero?’, encouraging people to share an inspiring story on social media using the hashtag #StrengthHasNoGender about a […]
As millions around the world tune into the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Radio Day (WRD), celebrated on 13 February 2018, is dedicated to the theme of “Radio and Sports”. On this occasion, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, calls on media to provide more equal coverage of women athletes. “The fight for […]
It’s impossible not to notice that a global women’s equality movement has been rapidly gathering pace across Film, TV, politics and the advertising industry in the past year. Starting with grass roots movements such as the Women’s March on Washington in 2016 which sparked similar protests around the world including the global Women’s March, and […]
J. Walter Thompson London is launching an industry first business consultancy called Female Tribes Consulting, out of its leading global Female Tribes Initiative. Female Tribes Consulting takes the insights and understanding from the global Female Tribes Women’s Index study (8,000 Women in 19 countries) and helps clients re-design their businesses through a female lens by […]
Free The Bid is a non-profit initiative advocating on behalf of women directors for equal opportunities by asking agencies to include a woman director on every triple-bid project, production companies to sign more woman directors, and marketers to seek one woman’s bid on each of their commercial productions. Free The Bid is making a dramatic […]
Absolut, Crane.tv and Cult, unveil an inspiring new project, ‘A Night for Change’ which aims to celebrate global unity through a single night of international artistic expression. In ‘A Night for Change’, Absolut, Cult and Crane.tv brought together seven artists in seven countries around the world, uniting them for a common cause of positive action. […]
A new study into the representation of women in ads reveals the UK population is blighted by unrealistic stereotypes in the media. Three-quarters (77%) of women claimed they find the way women are generally portrayed in advertising to be stereotypical. Around two-thirds (65%) of men agreed. When asked which stereotypical representations they found to be most […]