A view by Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officr, P&G

A view by Raja Rajamannar, WFA President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Mastercard

New Accenture research finds leaders and employees hold differing views on progress toward equality; cutting the gap by half would boost global profits by US$3.7 trillion, along with workforce ambition and empowerment

This report from ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM), based on three separate studies among ANA members, concludes that women overwhelmingly comprise the bulk of the marketing industry's workforce and at the senior leadership level, female representation is now likely at an all-time high. However, ethnic diversity continues to be poor, especially for African-American/Black and Hispanic/Latino.

Diversity efforts are often whitewashed and dulled down, says Belinda Smith, Global Head of Media, Electronic Arts. Here are 5 ways to improve these initiatives

White Paper from APR and WFA on diversity & inclusion with a focus on production

In A Workplace Divided: Understanding the Climate for LGBTQ Workers Nationwide, HRC Foundation seeks to uncover the prevalence of LGBTQ workers feeling pressure to hide their sexual orientation and/or gender identity on the job and the cost of that hiding both to individuals and employers writ large. We also research the benefits to employers and workers when workplace climates are more welcoming of LGBTQ people.

At the Cannes Lions Festival 2017, UN Women and a number of leading voices in the marketing and advertising industry including WFA, founded the Unstereotype Alliance. As part of WFA’s commitment to the Alliance we have developed this short guide which we hope will build awareness for the movement among our corporate members around the world, our national advertiser associations in sixty countries on six continents and the tens of thousands of brands represented by them at local level.