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  • Ariel collaborated with American ASMR youtuber and artist GIBI ASMR

    Ariel releases #ShareTheLoad video on International ASMR Day

    By A Correspondent

     

    On the occasion of International ASMR Day (April 9), Ariel India is giving men yet another reason to #ShareTheLoad of domestic tasks, and giving women a way to relax and sleep better.

     

    Taking the conversation further and in context of the current times, Ariel collaborated with American ASMR youtuber and artist GIBI ASMR to curate a #ShareTheLoad ASMR. This ASMR video is a depiction of a husband doing the laundry, the sound of which is calming for the women.

     

    Said Sharat Verma, CMO, P&G India and Head, Fabric Care Indian Subcontinent: “Ariel’s ShareTheLoad movement, which started five years back, has been sparking conversations to promote gender equality in the household by propagating the equal distribution of household chores. The message is more relevant now than ever …when the home is also an office, school and playground. Research tells us that households where partners share the load, make happier homes. It’s important that women get equal rest and sleep. Gibi’s ASMR video aims to help more and more women unwind using relaxing sounds and sights while inspiring more men to #ShareTheLoad.”

     

     

  • Launches #ShareTheLoad for equal sleep as the 4th edition of the award-winning movement

    Ariel urges men to share the laundry yet again

    By A Correspondent

     

    In the spirit of keeping the conversation going ahead and furthering the cause of equality within households, Ariel has launched the fourth ‘chapter’ of ShareTheLoad.

     

    The new film, launched across social media and digital platforms, seeks to highlight the impact of unequal division of chores on the wife’s well-being, and leverage this with men to drive an urgency to act. Ariel aims to make laundry the face of this movement against inequality within households by urging men to take the first step to #ShareTheLaundry and eventually, #ShareTheLoad for equal sleep.

     

    Commenting on the Movement, Sharat Verma, CMO, P&G India and Head, Fabric Care Indian Subcontinent, said: “This year, ‘#ShareTheLoad for equal sleep’ seeks to give us one more compelling reason to start sharing the load. Uneven division of household chores is getting in the way of women getting adequate sleep and rest, and hence the conversation this year is about bringing this to light to enable conversation. 71% of Indian women are sleeping less than their husbands due to these household chores, as they end up waking up early and/or staying up late in order to get everything done. The film is designed to be a mirror into the daily lives of many women, in order to make this unaccounted time count. And with this, Ariel wants to move us all from intent to action by urging them to #ShareTheLaundry and take the first step towards #ShareTheLoad.”

     

    Added Josy Paul, Chairman and CCO – BBDO India: “How can Ariel as a leading brand truly create change? That was what we wanted to do with this year’s campaign for #ShareTheLoad. And hence, by steering the conversation around the impact on the women’s wellbeing when their partners don’t partake in domestic chores, we want to get men to show solidarity via action. A significant part of the film rests in the early hours or late nights, which is the time that usually goes unaccounted. It is the theatre of the after-hours. It is about making those hours count!”