Earlier this month, ABX, the Association of National Advertisers' and the #SeeHer initiative won the ESOMAR Research Effectiveness Award - the biggest in the industry.  This award underscores our learnings that gender equality in advertising is not just smart, it's good business. Today's post looks at the top ads in gender equality out of 2,091 in the restaurant category as part of our ongoing industry series.  If you'd like to know more about the latest studies on gender equality in advertising, click the link.  And, for additional stories on restaurants and other categories, see this competitive intelligence link.

The new gender equality in advertising movement is hot, as led by the Association of National Advertisers' #SeeHer initiative. Representing all genders respectfully in advertising is also good business, greatly impacting Reputation and Calls to Action. Today's post looks at gender equality in wireless advertising as part of our ongoing industry series.  If you are curious about some of the other studies behind gender equality in advertising, see our resources page on that topic.  Or, if you're interested in ad effectiveness in other categories, see our competitive intelligence resources page.

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The Association of National Advertisers,  Alliance for Family Entertainment (ANA AFE), and other key partners, kicked-off # SeeHer, a major initiative supported by the White House, challenging the advertising world to eliminate the biased portrayal of women in media and advertising. The goal of the initiative is to realize a 20% increase in the accurate portrayal of all girls and women by 2020, the 100 ^th anniversary of American women’s obtaining the vote.

 

During the conference at the White House June 15th, officials said that fixing the biased portrayal of women in the media is critical to our country’s future. Major players in the initiative include  ABX  Advertising Benchmark Index,  Unilever ,  The Girl’s Lounge ,  Walmart ,  P&G ,  TIVO  and others.  

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