Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images01of 09Meghan Markle during a panel discussion for International Women’s Day.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to do something. And why not me?“02of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation…my husband certainly is!“03of 09Kensington Palace Twitter"It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls – it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better.“04of 09Samir Hussein/WireImage"I think it would be impossible to not have boys especially as part of this conversation because picture how much courage it takes for a young girl in a small village, where most of the girls haven’t gone to school, and they’re reaching out, doing whatever they can, walking miles to be able to get an education.“05of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"This is something that is going to be part of the conversation forever. And I think the more that we normalize it you see that, to the point of how men and boys should be part of the conversation, specifically in developing countries.“06of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy is, ‘I feel theembryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that, so boy or girl, or whatever it is, we hope that’s the case.“07of 09Meghan Markle.Kensington Palace Twitter"At age 11, I had seen a commercial at the time that I thought to be very sexist. Truth be told, at 11 I don’t think I even knew what sexism meant. I just knew that something struck me internally that was telling me it was wrong, and I knew that it was wrong. And using that as my moral compass and moving through from the age of 11, at that age I was able to change this commercial.“08of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If you have boys as part of the conversation as well, you’re moving the needle in a different way because they’re not mimicking learned behavior that could be incredibly sabotaging for young girls' potential.“09of 09Meghan Markle greets fans after panel discussion for International Women’s Day.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty"Hashtags are not enough.”
Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
01of 09Meghan Markle during a panel discussion for International Women’s Day.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to do something. And why not me?“02of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation…my husband certainly is!“03of 09Kensington Palace Twitter"It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls – it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better.“04of 09Samir Hussein/WireImage"I think it would be impossible to not have boys especially as part of this conversation because picture how much courage it takes for a young girl in a small village, where most of the girls haven’t gone to school, and they’re reaching out, doing whatever they can, walking miles to be able to get an education.“05of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"This is something that is going to be part of the conversation forever. And I think the more that we normalize it you see that, to the point of how men and boys should be part of the conversation, specifically in developing countries.“06of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy is, ‘I feel theembryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that, so boy or girl, or whatever it is, we hope that’s the case.“07of 09Meghan Markle.Kensington Palace Twitter"At age 11, I had seen a commercial at the time that I thought to be very sexist. Truth be told, at 11 I don’t think I even knew what sexism meant. I just knew that something struck me internally that was telling me it was wrong, and I knew that it was wrong. And using that as my moral compass and moving through from the age of 11, at that age I was able to change this commercial.“08of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If you have boys as part of the conversation as well, you’re moving the needle in a different way because they’re not mimicking learned behavior that could be incredibly sabotaging for young girls' potential.“09of 09Meghan Markle greets fans after panel discussion for International Women’s Day.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty"Hashtags are not enough.”
01of 09Meghan Markle during a panel discussion for International Women’s Day.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to do something. And why not me?”
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Meghan Markle during a panel discussion for International Women’s Day.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
“If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to do something. And why not me?”
02of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation…my husband certainly is!”
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DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
“There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation…my husband certainly is!”
03of 09Kensington Palace Twitter"It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls – it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better.”
03of 09
Kensington Palace Twitter
“It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls – it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better.”
04of 09Samir Hussein/WireImage"I think it would be impossible to not have boys especially as part of this conversation because picture how much courage it takes for a young girl in a small village, where most of the girls haven’t gone to school, and they’re reaching out, doing whatever they can, walking miles to be able to get an education.”
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Samir Hussein/WireImage
“I think it would be impossible to not have boys especially as part of this conversation because picture how much courage it takes for a young girl in a small village, where most of the girls haven’t gone to school, and they’re reaching out, doing whatever they can, walking miles to be able to get an education.”
05of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"This is something that is going to be part of the conversation forever. And I think the more that we normalize it you see that, to the point of how men and boys should be part of the conversation, specifically in developing countries.”
05of 09
“This is something that is going to be part of the conversation forever. And I think the more that we normalize it you see that, to the point of how men and boys should be part of the conversation, specifically in developing countries.”
06of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy is, ‘I feel theembryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that, so boy or girl, or whatever it is, we hope that’s the case.”
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“I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy is, ‘I feel theembryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that, so boy or girl, or whatever it is, we hope that’s the case.”
07of 09Meghan Markle.Kensington Palace Twitter"At age 11, I had seen a commercial at the time that I thought to be very sexist. Truth be told, at 11 I don’t think I even knew what sexism meant. I just knew that something struck me internally that was telling me it was wrong, and I knew that it was wrong. And using that as my moral compass and moving through from the age of 11, at that age I was able to change this commercial.”
07of 09
Meghan Markle.Kensington Palace Twitter
“At age 11, I had seen a commercial at the time that I thought to be very sexist. Truth be told, at 11 I don’t think I even knew what sexism meant. I just knew that something struck me internally that was telling me it was wrong, and I knew that it was wrong. And using that as my moral compass and moving through from the age of 11, at that age I was able to change this commercial.”
08of 09DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images"If you have boys as part of the conversation as well, you’re moving the needle in a different way because they’re not mimicking learned behavior that could be incredibly sabotaging for young girls' potential.”
08of 09
“If you have boys as part of the conversation as well, you’re moving the needle in a different way because they’re not mimicking learned behavior that could be incredibly sabotaging for young girls' potential.”
09of 09Meghan Markle greets fans after panel discussion for International Women’s Day.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty"Hashtags are not enough.”
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Meghan Markle greets fans after panel discussion for International Women’s Day.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty
“Hashtags are not enough.”
source: people.com
