publication date: Mar 8, 2011
To mark the 100th anniversary of
International Women's Day (8 March) celebrated photographer
Rankin and anti-poverty charity
ActionAid have joined forces to
highlight the
inequalities faced by
millions of women across the world. Together they asked six
high-profile
women to be photographed in support of women in
developing countries who are speaking up to claim their
rights and
improve their lives - to
GET
LIPPY for women living in poverty.
For millions, it is the time to
celebrate the
economic, political and
social achievements women have made
since the first
International Women's
Day when people marched across
Europe
for a woman's
right to vote, work and
hold
public office.For
ActionAid, International Women's Day is also a time to shine a
spotlight on the
struggles women
face now in the
developing world and
to build
solidarity to tackle the
urgent
challenges ahead.
ActionAid campaigns for a
world where women and men, girls and
boys, have
equally good chances in
life, free from want and free from fear.
Get
Lippy.... ActionAid asked the
celebrities to send a
message of support
to the millions of women in the
developing
world who are struggling everyday to improve their lives.
Since
ActionAid believes that more
unites
women than divides them, the
charity
also asked the celebrities to say what they thought was the
best and worst thing about being a
woman today.
You can see what they had to say at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YynQrIxFHEQ and you can also
GET LIPPY and send your messages to:
www.actionaid.org.uk/iwd
