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Meryl Streep, Beyonc\u00e9, Lady Gaga, Lauren Bush Lauren and Sheryl Sandberg join international women in call for world leaders to take urgent action for women\u2019s empowerment<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Meryl Streep, Beyonc\u00e9, Lady Gaga, Lauren Bush Lauren and Sheryl Sandberg are among 35 influential women backing ONE\u2019s campaign for world leaders to put girls and women center stage in 2015, a year when world leaders must agree new global goals to set the development agenda for a generation.<\/p>\n

These high-profile women, including academics, politicians, business leaders, actors and musicians, have added their names to ONE\u2019s call for action. They have signed an open letter to Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany and the chair of this year\u2019s G7 summit and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the chair of the African Union Commission \u2013 both of whom are key decision makers this year. The letter reads in part:<\/p>\n

Put simply, poverty is sexist, and we won\u2019t end it unless we face up to the fact that girls and women get a raw deal, and until leaders and citizens around the world work together for real change. Because when we deliver for girls and women, we deliver for everyone. Realising women\u2019s rights helps deliver everyone\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

If we get this right, we could help lift every girl and woman out of poverty by 2030 \u2013 and by doing so we will lift everyone. Get this wrong and extreme poverty, inequality and instability might spread in the most vulnerable regions, impacting all our futures.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia,<\/strong> called on her fellow leaders to act now, and said:<\/p>\n

Poverty is sexist: I see it all the time, too often women and girls are worst hit by poverty and left to carry its burdens. But investing in them is also so often the solution. So let\u2019s deliver for women because women deliver. This year through the AU and G7 Summits on women’s empowerment, through the Addis Ababa financing summit and through the new Global Goals to be launched in New York, lets ensure that investing in women and girls is central to the strategy, and lets call upon a generation of women around the world to unite for this essential and transformative call to action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ONE is launching this major new campaign today, International Women\u2019s Day, because extreme poverty won\u2019t be overcome unless world leaders act now to help girls and women reach their full potential. Poverty and gender inequality go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook<\/strong>, who has signed the open letter, said:<\/p>\n

When it comes to poverty, everyone suffers \u2014 women and men, girls and boys. But the crushing blow of poverty often falls heavier on females due to the stereotypes and legal shortcomings that stack the deck against them in so many nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI embrace this campaign to put empowering women at the heart of global anti-poverty efforts. Mothers invest in their daughters and sons, and make their communities stronger. If we get this right for women, everyone will be better off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new Sustainable Development Goals, due to be unveiled in September, will set out a plan to end extreme poverty by 2030. ONE\u2019s report argues we will fail to reach this aim if girls and women aren\u2019t firmly at the centre of the goals. As part of that process, this summer\u2019s G7 and African Union summits, under leadership of Chancellor Merkel and Commission Chair Dlamini-Zuma, could pave the way for new policies and financing that empower women and girls.<\/p>\n

Eloise Todd, ONE\u2019s Global Policy Director,<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to unleash the human, social, political and economic potential of women everywhere. With new Global Goals for development on the horizon, 2015 can be the year to make that happen, but only if leaders hear it loudly enough from citizens. \u2018Poverty is Sexist\u2019 is our rallying cry to Chancellor Merkel, chairperson Dlamini-Zuma, and leaders from around the world. When citizens raise their voice it can make leaders keep their promises.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The full list of women who have signed the letter is: <\/p>\n

Ali Hewson<\/strong>, Founder, Edun and Nude
\nAngelique Kidjo<\/strong>, Singer, Songwriter and Activist
\nAngellah Kairuki<\/strong>, Member of Parliament (Tanzania)
\nAnn Cairns<\/strong>, President, International Markets, MasterCard
\nArianna Huffington<\/strong>, Chair, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group
\nBeyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter<\/strong>, Entertainer and Entrepreneur
\nCharlize Theron<\/strong>, Actress, UN Messenger of Peace, Founder of Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project
\nChristy Turlington Burns<\/strong>, Founder, Every Mother Counts
\nCindi Leive<\/strong>, Editor-in-Chief, Glamour Magazine
\nDanai Gurira<\/strong>, Actress, Playwright and Activist
\nGesine Schwan<\/strong>, Professor and Former Presidential Candidate
\nHelene Gayle<\/strong>, President and CEO, CARE
\nJude Kelly<\/strong>, CBE, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre
\nJutta Allmendinger<\/strong>, Professor and Ph.D., President of the Wissenschaftszentrum
\nKaren Kornbluh<\/strong>, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations*
\nKaren Ruimy<\/strong>, Musician, Performer and Author
\nLady Gaga<\/strong>, Singer and Songwriter
\nLauren Bush Lauren<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, FEED
\nMabel van Oranje<\/strong>, Initiator and Chair, Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage
\nDr. Maria Furtw\u00e4ngler<\/strong>, Actress and Physician
\nMarian Salzman<\/strong>, CEO, Havas PR
\nMariella Frostrup<\/strong>, Journalist and Cofounder of GREAT Initiative
\nMeryl Streep<\/strong>
\nMichele Sullivan<\/strong>, President and Director of Corporate Social Innovation, The Caterpillar Foundation
\nMimi Alemayehou<\/strong>, Development Finance Executive
\nMonica Musonda<\/strong>, CEO and Founder of Java Foods (Zambia)
\nMpule Kwelagobe<\/strong>, Activist
\nNaisula Lesuuda<\/strong>, Senator (Kenya)
\nRita Wilson<\/strong>, Actress, Producer and Singer
\nRosamund Pike<\/strong>, Actress
\nSabine Christiansen<\/strong>, Journalist, Producer and UNICEF-Ambassador
\nSarah Silverman<\/strong>, Comedian, Actress and Activist
\nSheryl Sandberg<\/strong>, COO, Facebook
\nSheryl WuDunn<\/strong>, Banker and Author
\nSusan Shabangu<\/strong>, Minister of Women\u2019s Affairs (South Africa)
\nYvonne Chaka Chaka<\/strong>, President of the Princess of Africa Foundation, Activist and Singer<\/p>\n

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