Powerful Ladies That Are Making A Change
Taylor Swift is not just an amazing performer but as a dedicated philanthropist. She recently just released her new music video "Widest Dreams" which donated all proceeds to the animal consevervation through the African Parks Foundation of America. In addition, all proceeds off of a single of her album went directly to helping the public school system in New York. She is also an advocate for feminism, recently stating to Maxim Magazine, "Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality."
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Being named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and the creator of Jolie-Pitt Foundation, Angelina Jolie is a perfect example of a strong woman making a change. She has visited other countries multiple times, dedicating a great portion of her life addressing the issues of rural poverty, conserving wildlife, and providing help to refugees such as to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. In recent years she as raised over $148 million to educate over 350,000 children in conflict areas around the world and still looks to improve the quality of schooling.
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Emma Watson makes this list of powerful women who give back because of her amazing work in promotion of gender equality and her fight for women's education. A graduate of Brown University, she launched the campaign HeForShe which aims to promote gender equality-calling specifically for men. Specifically, she stated in her 2014 speech, "Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too". She has traveled to Bangladesh and Zambia in order to advocate for education for girls and her work has helped her become a UN Women Godwill Ambassador.
To read more about Emma Watson's work and campaign visit: heforshe.org
At only 18 years old, Malala Yousafzai is a very influencial woman. She defied the Taliban in Pakistan and fought and is still fighting to promote women getting educated. She was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban member but is still a survivor. Her and her family still recieve death treats and she blogged about the Taliban under a different name for fear of death but still wanted to fight for the right for women's education. In 2014, she became the youngest person to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts. On her eighteenth birthday she opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon which allowed another 200 girls to get educated. She stated, "Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children, I demand of leaders we must invest in books instead of bullets".
To read more about her story and The Malala Fund visit: https://www.malala.org/