Mollie’s Fund Wins Titanium Award for Skin Cancer PSA: “Mr. Sun”

More than 800 industry leaders attended the annual MM&M Awards at Wall Street’s Cipriani Restaurant on Oct. 19th.  These winners represent the best in creativity, effectiveness, healthcare marketing, communications and media.  Mollie’s Fund’s “Mr. Sun”, created by Area 23, captured the prestigious Titanium Award for Best in Show.  Reaves West, this year’s Chair of Judges, gave the film high praise for how it’s “changed the discussion around a disease.”  The PSA had 2 million video views and 1.2 million media impressions.  In this chilling film, presented by Mollie’s Fund, also…

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Scottish Government seek to tackle the gender gap in business

New measures to support women in enterprise have been announced by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. A range of projects will share in £230,000 of funding to tackle the gender gap and help break down some of the barriers which can prevent women achieving equality in business. Speaking at the Business Women Scotland and Women’s Enterprise Scotland Collaborative Business Awards, the First Minister said: “These awards are a fantastic way of recognising and celebrating the great work being done by business women in Scotland. I want to congratulate every woman…

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36 major brands pledge to achieve sustainable cotton by 2025

36 major brands and retailers have now signed up to the 100% by 2025 pledge, including four of Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s ten largest global apparel brands , and three of the top 10 UK clothing retailers. This announcement was made at the annual Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference, where more than 400 textile and apparel leaders have come together to discuss the most important sustainability issues facing the industry. This pledge – called the sustainable cotton communiqué – demonstrates that there is a demand for more sustainable cotton,…

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UK students to write poems to protest Egyptian government’s human rights abuses

Amnesty International UK has today launched an innovative poetry and human rights education project, Words That Burn, that will connect students with individuals from around the world who are suffering human rights abuses and help young people discover that their words can make a difference. Developed by Amnesty with the support of Lord Saatchi and The Poetry Hour, and in partnership with Cheltenham Festivals, the free teaching resource will enable secondary school students to use poetry to help defend human rights. Each school term, students will be inspired to write…

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Women Whistleblowers Launches a Movement to Combat Fraud

A new community for women exposing corporate and government fraud, Women Whistleblowers, announced its official launch on October 24th. A combination of a website, Facebook group, and other online resources, Women Whistleblowers is geared toward bringing whistleblowers out of the shadows and helping everyone understand the extraordinary impact that women play in reporting fraud in the workplace. For years, while men have dominated the boardroom, women have watched from the sidelines. In those positions, they are ironically better placed to observe fraud. Combined with a willingness to take moral risks…

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