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Highlights Of The #StopTheBeautyTest Telethon: An Initiative To Raise Women's Voices Against Beauty Stereotypes
It's time society takes notice of how ugly the quest for beauty really is. Dove believes if we look beyond tall, slim and skin colour, we will discover a whole new world of beautiful.
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For over a decade, Dove has been working to make beauty a source of confidence, not anxiety, and here's where the journey continues.
Dove India and New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) present Stop The Beauty Test, a campaign that aims to raise women's voices against beauty stereotypes. Come, let's celebrate beauty in all shapes, colours, and sizes and pledge to create a more accepting society where there is no one particular definition of beauty.
Here are the Highlights of the Dove #StopTheBeautyTest Telethon:
In India, skin fairness is very much ingrained: Dr Helena Lewis-Smith, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England on the Dove #StopTheBeautyTest Telethon
We were approached by the Dove self-esteem project nine years ago and they told me that they want to reach as many girls as possible across the world. What the project does with us is that we collaborate with people like in India and target body confidence education among the young group. The programmes that we develop are relevant to young people. We can't really just be reaching kids with lessons in schools because that can be boring. So, we have been developing innovative and engaging tools and ways like chat boxes and comics so that we can help the young people.
Unfortunately, it does not matter, where you are in the world or how old you are, you are very vulnerable to be subjected to stereotypical ideas. All these stereotypical ideas are very Euro-centric. In the Indian context, it is skin fairness that is very much ingrained. People who are darker than other people are teased. In India, we also talk about families. Girls always face pressure from their families. We also talk to the parents.
