Inspiring celebrities like Anne Hathaway and Angelina Jolie are using their platforms as a means to promote global issues such as women's rights. Anne Hathaway has been named as a Goodwill ambassador to promote women's rights. Her main focus is to mend the broken "motherhood-penalty" that prohibits the opportunity to work and prevents pay for women if they conceive children, according to the U.N Women's group. This policy solidifies the damaging stereotypes of women being subordinate to men, their lives doomed to only consist of submission and motherhood. Hathaway is going to promote policies such as affordable child care and parental leave which in turn the U.N. hopes will lead to increased opportunities for women. This isn't the first time Hathaway has advocated for women's rights; She has also traveled to Kenya and Ethiopia to raise awareness on child marriage as well as narrated the amazing film "Girl Rising" (which can be found on our resources page). Most definitely a round of applause and "Bravo!" to this actress who is utilizing her power as a celebrity to change the world for women and girls today.
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