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  1.    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation through the creative funnel
    Inclusive marketing

    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation through the creative funnel

    Comprehensive framework details potential issues at every stage of the creative process

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  2.    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test
    Inclusive marketing

    Delivering diversity is a must-pass test

    The pandemic has highlighted the need to push the diversity and inclusion agenda harder and faster. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO, explains why we need to accelerate our impact.

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  3.    54% of people don't feel culturally represented in online ads, Facebook study finds
    Inclusive marketing

    54% of people don't feel culturally represented in online ads, Facebook study finds

    The study includes research in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a survey of 1,200 people, a review of more than 1,200 brand life studies and an analysis of 1,022 global Facebook video ads.

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  4.    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World
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    Insight & Strategy | Mattel: Creatable World

    Why a toy maker decided to remodel conventions with a genderless doll range

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 2 December 2019

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  5.    Case study | Aeromexico: Not quite all-American

    Case study | Aeromexico: Not quite all-American

    Mexican airline tackles prejudice using DNA testing

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 28 January 2019

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  6.    Case study | Dove: Women like us

    Case study | Dove: Women like us

    Personal care brand partners with stock image supplier to challenge public perception of women

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 4 April 2019.

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  7.    Power of the Black Community - From Moment to Movement

    Power of the Black Community - From Moment to Movement

    According to "The Power of the Black Community – From Moment to Movement," the 10th annual report in Nielsen's Diverse Intelligence Series on African American consumers, Black influence on the economy and pop culture continues to drive not only significant moments in history, but drive change across industries and digital platforms. 

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  8.    The Diversity Study 2020

    The Diversity Study 2020

    Campaign-Kantar D&I survey of the marketing industry in Asia-Pacific shows worsening levels of equality and support

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  9.    Inclusive Visual Search Guide
    Media & analytics

    Inclusive Visual Search Guide

    Getty Images has released an Inclusive Visual Search Guide to assist brands and businesses in making intentional content choices which drive authentic and inclusive representation in visual communications.

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  10.    Visual GPS Summer Update

    Visual GPS Summer Update

    New research by Getty Images shows that almost eight in ten people globally expect that companies and brands will be consistently committed to inclusivity and diversity in their advertising and say brands still need to go further to achieve genuine representation

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  11.    50 things to create a more anti-racist workplace

    50 things to create a more anti-racist workplace

    Dismantling racism is everyone's job, and here are 50 microactions to get you started and committed to establishing an antiracist workplace.

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  12.    YouTube video trends: how the world is responding to the rallying cry for racial justice

    YouTube video trends: how the world is responding to the rallying cry for racial justice

    Three specific ways people tuned in and raised their voices in support of anti-racism on YouTube following the killing of George Floyd

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  13.    The big questions this year, answered by LIONS Live
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    The big questions this year, answered by LIONS Live

    In the absence of the annual industry meetup on the French Riviera, in June WFA asked seven industry experts: “If you were at Cannes Lions this year, what one big question would you put to the industry?” In this follow-up piece, Cannes Lions offers some answers based on the discussions at LIONS Live – their new media platform for people to experience creativity wherever they are.

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  14.    Advertising standards and practices on non-discrimination

    Advertising standards and practices on non-discrimination

    This report presents the results of a survey carried out in 21 markets to have a better understanding of the standards and practices around discrimination issues in advertising.
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  15.    Study: Consumers follow brand promises on fighting racism and hatred

    Study: Consumers follow brand promises on fighting racism and hatred

    49% of consumers appreciate brands making efforts to fight racism, hatred and misinformation; 28% believe that brands should lead the effort to fight racism, hatred and misinformation, research by the 4A's shows

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  16.    List of Certified Diverse Suppliers for Marketing/Advertising (USA)

    List of Certified Diverse Suppliers for Marketing/Advertising (USA)

    The ANA has curated a list of certified diverse suppliers that work in our industry. 

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  17.    Time to stop covering up our diversity
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Time to stop covering up our diversity

    We're at an important moment in the diversity conversation and understanding 'covering up' is part of unpacking that, says Jerry Daykin, Senior Media Director EMEA at GSK Consumer Healthcare and WFA Global Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador.

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  18.    Putting an end to racially-loaded terms in marketing
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Putting an end to racially-loaded terms in marketing

    WFA CEO, Stephan Loerke, calls on the industry to change the narrative and to stop using terms such as 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' for the biases they perpetuate

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  19.    Study: Consumers demand actions from brands to fight racism and hatred

    Study: Consumers demand actions from brands to fight racism and hatred

    Consumers demand that brands backup statements in support of Black Lives Matter with actions. Using Suzy, a real-time market research platform, 4A’s Research surveyed 500 white and 500 Black consumers to learn the actions consumers want to see from brands.

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  20.    Bias and Inclusion in Advertising: An analysis of 2019 Cannes Lions Work

    Bias and Inclusion in Advertising: An analysis of 2019 Cannes Lions Work

    This study examines representations of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, disability, age, and body size in Cannes Lions ads from 2006-2019, with a focus on new findings from 2019. This is the first public report to analyze all six key identity groups in film-based advertising. We also include an intersectional profile for each identity group.

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  21.    Adland commits: 10 ways to hold the industry accountable #BlackLivesMatter

    Adland commits: 10 ways to hold the industry accountable #BlackLivesMatter

    UK advertising and media leaders have issued an open letter calling on the industry to address inequality and take action against racism following the death of George Floyd. The letter asks advertising leaders to support talent of colour and to hold the industry accountable in 10 ways.

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