Brand | FIFTY FIFTY LEBANON |
Product/Service | WOMEN'S EQUAL PAY INITIATIVE |
Entrant | IMPACT BBDO Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Category | Point of Sales, Consumer Touchpoints & In-store Collateral |
Idea Creation
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IMPACT BBDO Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Production
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BIG KAHUNA FILMS Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Background
The gender pay gap has been steadily narrowing globally. But in Lebanon, not as fast as it should. To date, a 21% average gender pay gap remains to be closed; contributing to Lebanon’s poor ranking at 145 out of 152 countries (Global gender Gap Report 2020).
As part of its initiatives to build a gender balanced Lebanon, Fiftyfifty wanted to raise awareness about the 21% gender pay gap; and inspire a behavioral change in women, and towards women in the workplace.
Describe the creative idea (40% of vote)
The idea was to show people what it means to close the gap, literally.
In Arabic, a gap between two words or two letters impacts the way they are read and understood. And in some cases, by closing the gap between the letters, we reveal a new word with an entirely different meaning.
So we chose words that with the gap, reflected women’s reality at the workplace today: Unequally paid, stagnating in lower positions, with unequal opportunity to grow.
We asked people to close the gap, to reveal new words with empowering, positive and hopeful meanings. By inviting people to close the gap between letters, we showed them what it means to close the pay gap between genders.
Describe the execution (40% of vote)
We created a typeface of the Ruk’a family inspired by typography typically found on Lebanese currency. We drew our letters with lines that created a sense of continuity with the background, and highlighted the gap with a vertical strip that interrupted the layout and slashed the edges of the letters to dramatize its impact. We got inspired by the iconic graphics color and texture of the Lebanese currency notes to design our ads.
The campaign was released on February 10th and ran for two weeks. Our ads were seen in major publications in the country. Posters and billboards were placed in popular business areas to inspire change. In banks, we handed out flyers, designed to match the real size of Lebanese money notes, and attached them smartly to money bundles that women came to draw. DM’s were sent to influential women to start the conversation.
List the results (20% of vote)
The campaign had a noticeable impact on the culture. With more than 2 Million impressions, and a trending campaign, our simple words made thousands of Lebanese women aware of the law that is behind them when it comes to demanding equal pay. All they had to do was close the gap.
Website visits for the organization rose by a whopping +40%, while awareness of the Labor Law increased by an incredible +80%.
Credits
Dani Richa |
Impact BBDO |
CEO |
Paul Shearer |
Impact BBDO |
Chief Creative Officer |
Marie Claire Maalouf |
Impact BBDO |
Creative Director |
Sarah Berro |
Impact BBDO |
Creative Director |
Bijoy Purayil |
Impact BBDO |
Art Director |
Noor Hassanein |
Impact BBDO |
Strategic Planning Director |
Emma Jane Randall |
Impact BBDO |
Account Executive |
Ali Rez |
Impact BBDO |
Executive Creative Director |
Ahmed Nawara |
Impact BBDO |
Designer |
Rima Hussein |
Impact Plus |
Account Manager |
Ann Geleen Amparado |
Impact BBDO |
Producer |
James Keith Elgie |
Impact BBDO |
Motion And Image Making Lead |
Tennyson Torcato |
Impact BBDO |
Creative Services Director |
Nabil al Mawla |
Freelance |
Typography artist |
Rawad Keyrouz |
Impact BBDO Beirut |
Producer |
Charly Hatem |
Freelance |
Videographer |
Nidal Bou Ghanem |
Impact BBDO Beirut |
Motion Designer |
Ramy Tannous |
Impact BBDO |
Head of Multimedia |
Lilas Sinno |
Impact BBDO |
Account Director |
Joelle Abou Farhat Rizkallah |
Fiftyfifty Lebanon |
Co-Founder – President |
Razan Hamdan |
Big Kahuna |
Producer |
Stephanie Nassar |
Big Kahuna |
Editor |