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United Nations (UN)

Reigniting a Worldwide Gender Equality Movement

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OFFICE: New York
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Bring an undeniable truth to light: Men and women are more powerful together.

Half the world’s power is lost when women are excluded. We brought that message to life quite literally by turning off half the lights at 25 iconic world landmarks across 18 cities and 8 countries. Mark Consuelos, our campaign spokesperson, kicked off the activation in a highly publicized event at the Empire State Building. And that was the beginning of the “More Powerful Together” campaign.

Two days later, we kept the momentum going with a second activation at the #HeForShe IMPACT Summit during the UN General Assembly. Here we engaged key political and business media targets influential to our male audience. Through it all, we released easy-to-share social content and recruited hundreds of influencers to produce and share their own content.

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30,000 gender-equality pledges were made as a result of the campaign.

the impact

Our lights-out strategy illuminated gender equality around the world.

Several heads of state publicly supported HeForShe. And participation from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world) shed a light on progress in the United Arab Emirates, as it became a leader in HeForShe foreign media coverage. Overall, more than 560 million earned and social media impressions were generated worldwide. And 100% positive/neutral sentiment was achieved across all channels.
500%
increase in web traffic (vs. the week before)
30K+
new gender-equality commitments pledged

Best in Global Effort

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PRWeek U.S. Awards 2020
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Most Effective Campaign of $5K or Less, Nonprofit

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PRSA Silver Anvil Awards 2019
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Social Good/Non-Profit

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Holmes Report Innovation (In2SABRE) North America Awards 2019
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Global Communications

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PRSA Big Apple Awards 2019
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Events & Observances: Government & NPO

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PRSA Big Apple Awards 2019
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