Global Citizen Festival

10 Artists & Activists Who Stood Up for Gender Equality

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Malala Yousafzai

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On the fashion house's worldwide Chime for Change project to end discrimination against women and girls at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival

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Shireen Ibrahim, a Yazidi activist and a victim of the Islamic State, told her tale.

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Dakota Johnson

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Cyndi Lauper: Pop legend Cyndi Lauper sang a cover of an '80s hit in honour of the women and girls in Afghanistan

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Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex

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Rakaya Fetuga

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Global Citizen Festival

Malala Yousafzai

On the fashion house's worldwide Chime for Change project to end discrimination against women and girls at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival

Jada Pinkett Smith

Shireen Ibrahim, a Yazidi activist and a victim of the Islamic State, told her tale.

Shireen Ibrahim

Dakota Johnson

At the 2018 Global Citizen Festival, Dakota Johnson handed out her personal phone number to the audience.

Cyndi Lauper: Pop legend Cyndi Lauper sang a cover of an '80s hit in honour of the women and girls in Afghanistan

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex

The co-chair of the VAX LIVE campaign, gave an inspiring video statement urging unity and a gender-responsive COVID-19 rehabilitation.

Rakaya Fetuga

When a Uterus Is a Burning Flag, a poem by Rakaya Fetuga was performed at Global Citizen Festival Live 2021.

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