“And, if you deliver, we will be the first to champion your progress. We won’t stop until there is justice for women and girls everywhere. Because none of us are equal until all of us are equal.” ~Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep and Letitia Wright and the 137 other stars from the entertainment industry
140 stars from the entertainment industry have written a letter to world leaders to fight for global gender equality- for the women in poverty to have a voice and girls to have equal education opportunities as males, particularly in the poorest countries in the world.
The letter states that world leaders are being put “on notice” and touches on the inequalities between males and females especially in less developed countries. Reese Witherspoon, Amy Schumer, Chelsea Clinton, Neil Patrick Harris, Natalie Dormer, Robin Wright and Ryan Reynolds are also among the 140 stars involved in this initiative, which is being led by the ONE campaign. To me, this really highlights how even males need to be involved in the fight for global gender equality.
Additionally, in early 2018 , many celebrities arrived at the BAFTAs wearing black in accordance with the “Time’s Up” movement, which consists of 300 women who work in film, television, and theatre banding together to create a legal defence fund to help survivors of sexual harassment.
Yet, even with all these movements striving towards gender equality, the target still seems to be only attainable in a utopia world. Thus, we really want to urge everyone to join the cause for gender equality to strive towards a better world.
“Until we’re able to break down the barriers holding girls and women back on a global level, extreme poverty and gender inequality will continue to exist.”
Boys for Girls 