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Prasad Sangameshwaran
Oct 09, 2019

'I was eight months pregnant and working on a pitch until 3 AM'

Merlee Cruz-Jayme, chairmom and CCO of Philippines-based, Dentsu Jayme-Syfu, provides a first person account of gender stereotyping in the advertising business and how women can fend it off. This is the second part of the article, taken from her address at Spikes Asia 2019

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