Cannes Lions continues drive to combat harmful stereotyping

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which is part of Ascential plc, has announced that €114,450 of the proceeds from the 2018 Glass Lions: The Lions for Change will be used to fund initiatives furthering research into identifying and combating harmful stereotypes in advertising. The beneficiaries are The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and UN Women’s Unstereotype Alliance. The Geena Davies Institute on Gender in Media is the first and only research-based organisation working within the media and entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence content creators,…

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