Cause At The Core: Dove Edition

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Cause At The Core: Dove Edition

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Company: Dove

Campaign: Real Beauty

Campaign Launch Date: September 2004

Campaign Accomplishments and Highlights: 

  • 2007: The Dove global study, Beauty Comes of Age, revealed that 91% of women ages 50–64 believe it is time for society to change its views about women and aging. The campaign celebrated the essence of women 50+—wrinkles, age spots, grey hair and all. It was brought to life through a communications campaign created with internationally renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. When the Campaign for Real Beauty focused on the idea that girls are bombarded with unrealistic, unattainable images and images of beauty that impact their self-esteem, the brand teamed up with the entertainment industry to show that what girls see in movies and magazines represents an unrealistic standard of beauty.
  • 2011: Dove released the findings of its largest global study to date on women’s relationship with beauty—The Real Truth About Beauty: Revisited. The study revealed that only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful, and that anxiety about looks begins at an early age. In a study of over 1,200 10-to-17-year-olds, a majority of girls, 72%, said they felt tremendous pressure to be beautiful. The study also found that only 11% of girls around the world feel comfortable using the word beautiful to describe their looks, showing that there is a universal increase in beauty pressure and a decrease in girls’ confidence as they grow older.

Community Outreach Organization: Dove supports the work of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Girls Inc., and Boys & Girls Clubs of America ( Dove has created self-esteem- building, educational programs and activities that encourage, inspire and motivate girls around the world. )

Impact: Dove has reached over 7 million young women so far and set a global goal of reaching 15 million girls by 2015.

Website: http://www.dove.us

 

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