[Skip to Content]

ANA REGGIE GEM Award


Spotlighting the industry's change makers and influencers committed to the authentic, accurate portrayals of women and girls in their marketing efforts.

Gender inequality is the one inequality that is truly global in scope.

Yet, we know that marketing and media can create impactful change by addressing how women and girls are portrayed in advertising and marketing content.

Given this, the ANA’s SeeHer initiative, whose mission is to drive the accurate portrayal of women and girls in media, advertising, marketing and entertainment, has created a unique opportunity for all REGGIE Award applicants – The ANA REGGIE GEM Award.


The ANA SeeHer REGGIE GEM Award will honor the top creative and impactful work
that exemplifies the best in class accurate and authentic portrayal of women and/or girls
in Brand Activation campaigns.

REGGIE GEM Award Eligibility
Any submission into the 2024 REGGIE Awards may also enter the REGGIE GEM Award. A simple check box is available in the entry system to have your submission(s) considered for this award. Submissions making it to the REGGIE Second Round of the judging process will be contenders for a REGGIE GEM Award. REGGIE GEM Award contenders will have their creative work go through the GEM® testing process to provide a shortlist of finalists, with the REGGIE GEM Awards going to the top 3 submissions achieving the highest GEM® scores.

REGGIE GEM® Awards category finalists will receive a full GEM® Report on their submission(s) which will provide insight into the key themes and drivers of their GEM® Score.

Currently GEM® testing is only available to SeeHer member companies, so this is an exclusive opportunity for REGGIE Award entrants to obtain a complete GEM® analysis at a fraction of the cost, regardless of their membership status.

Creative Requirements: 

  • All executions must include women and/or girls (animated/virtual humans not applicable) 
  • Any type of VIDEO creative is acceptable. (linear, digital, or social)   
  • Single, isolated, stand-alone unique full-form execution(s) as it ran in market - as the target audience experienced it - is required.  (Edited versions, compilation/sizzle reels are not acceptable)
  • Each individual video creative example must not exceed two minutes.
  • Up to 2 examples are allowed

Fee
There is a flat fee of $350 per submission into the ANA REGGIE GEM specialty category.

GEM® Background
ANA SeeHer’s mission is to accurately portray all women and girls in marketing, advertising, media and entertainment so they see themselves as they truly are and in all their potential. The average age, race, body type and other aspects of women's identity depicted in media represent just a small fraction of the female population. Launched in 2016 in partnership with The Female Quotient (TFQ), the SeeHer movement is an unprecedented coalition of marketers, agencies, and media companies harnessing the collective power of the entire marketing and media ecosystem to make a positive change and set a new industry standards.

To help benchmark success in creating this positive change, ANA SeeHer spearheaded the development of the Gender Equality Measure (GEM®), the first research methodology that quantifies gender bias in ads and programming. GEM® has become the global gold standard for measuring unconscious bias, with over 200,000+ ads tested in markets that represent 87% of worldwide ad spend.

High GEM® scoring ads has also been proven to drive business growth:
• Ads with positive GEM® scores drive purchase intent by 42% among total and female consumers.
• High GEM® scores equal a 56% increase in brand reputation.
• High GEM® scoring ads drive sales ROI by 5x.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 REGGIE GEM Award
INAUGURAL WINNERS

Gold: Clif Bar & Company with Edible, Inc. and Empire Green for CLIF CORPS Athlete Coalition
Silver: Merrell and Lafayette American for More Less
Bronze: Unilever and Arc Worldwide for Walgreens Untold Beauty