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Young girls actions has forced Kellogg’s to change its packaging of Nutri-Grain.

Youn Daliah Lee, 8, sent a handwritten letter to the cereal giant in May calling it out for its sexist packaging.

She pointed out the fact that “girls could also do something awesome” just as the boys on the box could.

The schoolgirl’s mother Annabelle described the moment Daliah realised something didn’t sit right with the packaging on her Facebook page, reports Yahoo 7.

“One morning earlier this year Daliah was eating breakfast of Kellogg’s Nutri Grain and noticed that only boys were pictured on the box doing extreme sports. Not a girl in sight,” Ms Lee wrote on Facebook.

“She asked me what was happening and grabbed at the opportunity to write to Kellogg’s herself and ask them to fix it.”

In the letter dated May 10, Daliah asked: “Why can’t girls be on the back?”

“Can this please stop it’s not fair. Girls can do something awesome too.

“I’m happy because the Weet-Bix brand puts girls on the front and the back of the box. Please fix this.”

Kellogg’s initial response to Daliah’s letter with a standard note thanking her for her feedback and advising that her comments “will be forwarded on to our product development team”, was described as “kind of blah, blah, blah” by the young girl, so she started a Change.org petition to take her cause to a wider audience.

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The online campaign soon became noticed by The Canberra Times, with media coverage on Friday putting pressure on Kellogg’s to take the young feminist’s complaint seriously.

The company has since reportedly promised to change its Nutri-Grain packaging next year to include pictures of both males and females.

Daliah’s mother shared a section of Kellogg’s official statement to Facebook, confirming the news.

“We’re very proud of our long history, inspiring Aussies both males and females to live unstoppable lives with the Nutri-Grain brand and, in the past, have featured women on Nutri-Grain packaging,” she quoted the company’s response

“Hearing Daliah’s passion and, as a company that values diversity and inclusion, we’ve decided that we will update the back of pack imagery with images of both females and males. This will be rolled out in 2019, so that we can continue to inspire all Aussies no matter their gender.”

Good on you young lady! Well done x

She is not the first young girl to take on the giant this year. Another young schoolgirl managed to force Kellogg’s to change the wording of a new advertising campaign after she wrote to complain about it being ‘sexist’ for saying “Approved By Mum’s”. Read more on that here

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  • Good for her. Good to see a young person standing up for what they believe

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  • Good on her, well done for standing up for what she believes in.

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  • A leader in the making for sure.

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  • Great she stood up and didn’t just accept it.

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  • Good on her for putting it to them.

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  • Good for her. Maybe the message is getting out about sexism.

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  • well done young lass …. it is young people like you who will run the country on day.

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  • Good on her for making herself heard, however, I honestly wouldn’t have cared enough to complain about a cereal box – I barely even notice the packaging!

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  • Really! is it that bad be a kid and have fun change the world when you grow up glad I’m as old as i am this world is getting so ridiculous fgs it’s just a cereal box

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  • Hats off to this girl, she’s going to change the world!

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  • I was so impressed by this young girl. I must admit, I don’t really take any notice of the packaging, but I love that she does and it was an important issue for her. And she has been heard. Good on her. Her parents are raising a strong, independent young girl.

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  • I must say, I never noticed the lack of females on the packaging of Nutri Grain.

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  • Most things in this modern world could or are seen as sexist but without malicious intent. I think it is sad that children this age are influenced by packaging but how far is this going to be taken? Was it her own personal opinion or was it inspired by others comments…or was it just an attempt at online fame..? I hope not.
    Enjoy being a child because you only get one chance at it.

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  • Naturally Kellogg’s will use up their old packaging first. I hope Daliah realises that.

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  • Great work Daliah! I can’t wait for the time when a young boy notices something like this and does something to make a change!

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