Domestic Violence | Adweek
Advertisement

Topic: Domestic Violence

Ogilvy Creates Saudi Arabia's First Major Ad Campaign Condemning Violence Against Women 'Some things can't be covered'

Saudi Arabia, which ranked 131st out of 134 countries for gender parity in a recent report from the World Economic Forum, has unveiled what is believed to be its first…

April 30, 2013, 2:11 PM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 30 - Dec. 7 Internet Explorer trolls itself, Santas go surfing, and GE gets the robots moving

This week, Bing bashed Google for "Scroogling" your holiday shopping searches, StubHub's ticket tree mourned its piney and formerly ornamented cousin, and Expedia unleashed a rare commercial that will have…

December 7, 2012, 10:04 AM EST

Ad of the Day: Refuge Lauren Luke covers up cuts and bruises in BBH's well-placed domestic-violence PSA

Lauren Luke is an expert at covering things up—which is why she's the perfect spokeswoman for a campaign urging the opposite when it comes to domestic violence. Luke, 30, is a…

July 2, 2012, 10:50 AM EDT

Man Headbutts Wife in Horrible Ad for Social-Event Website Play on site's name gets lost in translation

Here's your daily dose of horrible violence against women in advertising—a Portuguese commercial for a social-events website in which a husband gives his wife a nasty headbutt. Lovely. Adweek's resident…

May 25, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT

Domestic Violence Billboards Let Passersby Drag Away an Abuser JWT gives victims some space

Interactive billboards can occasionally encourage more socially beneficial behavior than playing giant games of Pong. Case in point—this clever installation at London's Euston Station by JWT for the National Centre…

May 7, 2012, 12:09 PM EDT

Photos of 'Glee' Actress Ripped for Glamorizing Abuse First the hair-salon ad, now this

I'm starting to feel a little battered by violent imagery. Last week, we had that hair-salon print ad that showed a woman with a black eye receiving a diamond necklace…

September 7, 2011, 9:42 AM EDT

Hair Salon Defends Domestic Violence Ad, but Apologizes Too Advertiser promises donations to a women's shelter

A hair salon in Edmonton, Alberta, is getting quite snippy this week following international outrage (OK, outrage in the U.S. and Canada) over a new ad that features a woman…

August 31, 2011, 10:33 PM EDT

Toronto Argonauts Sorry for Ad Endorsing Domestic Violence

The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League opened their season with an ad that endorses domestic violence, at least according to city councilor Mike Layton. In his letter to…

July 12, 2011, 10:49 AM EDT

David Pogue's Estranged Wife Tells Her Side of Assault Story Also accuses his lawyer of threatening her

New York Times tech writer David Pogue and his estranged wife Jennifer were arrested this past May at their Westport, Conn., home and charged with “disorderly conduct” following a “domestic…

July 6, 2011, 3:12 PM EDT

NY Times' David Pogue and Wife Arrested in Domestic Dispute Charged with disorderly conduct that 'turned physical'

The New York Times’ tech columnist David Pogue and his wife, Jennifer, were arrested Monday night at their Westport, Conn. home and charged with disorderly conduct “following a domestic dispute ...…

May 19, 2011, 2:42 PM EDT

Advertisement