Let’s Beat the Clock

They say it will be 131 years until we achieve true gender equality. We say that’s far too long.
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The World Economic Forum estimates it will take 131 years to achieve gender equality.

We say NO WAY. It’s time to do MORE and demand BETTER.

Together we can #BeatTheClock. Let’s start now!

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Here are three simple things you can do to help achieve gender equality before 2154.

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1. DONATE

At this rate, it’ll take 131 years for girls around the world to enjoy equal rights and freedoms. Who has time for that? Help us speed things up by donating what you can!

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3. WATCH AND SHARE

Ready to say NO to five more generations of inequality? Make change happen faster by watching, liking and sharing this video.

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Let’s Beat the Clock!

#UntilWeAreAllEqual

Meet 12 tireless young women who, hour by hour, are innovating, advocating and taking action to make gender inequality a thing of the past.

Forced to leave school, Ruth refused to give up on the goal of supporting her extended family. What she did next proved she meant business.

Getting a big break to attend school, Poria know she wanted to give back to the girls in her community.

Speaking truth to power to help end early and forced marriage.

Zuleyma discovered that the flooding in her community wasn’t all due to Mother Nature.

After a suitor’s aggressive response to her rejection, Batoul spent five months in fearful isolation before her courage kicked in.

When Ayisha’s friends discovered that she was apprenticing for a “boy’s job”, they ridiculed her. Then something unexpected happened.

Maura dreaded a future where her children sorted garbage under the sun. Now she’s creating a different ending – and a new beginning.

In a a dry and dusty landscape, Eping is combating climate change with small, ingenious solutions that are adding up in big ways.  

The problems teenagers in her community face shock Natsumi, but every shock drives her to help young people stand up for themselves.

Useaking’s first period set off a chain of events that changed her life. Now she’s determined to make sure the cycle does not repeat.

Magreth, aged just 14, stunned her community by making a choice about her future that no one saw coming.

Sanmya used to spend hours on a quest for clean water. She realized that for her life to change, she’d have to do this one thing.