It was by videoconference that the Duchess of Sussex spoke at the Girl Up summit, organized by the United Nations. Meghan Markle has encouraged young women around the world to stick together and elevate each other, whether online or in life.
“Compassion is the radicality of our time. Compassion is seeing the suffering and pain of others and saying that it is our duty to try to resolve it, "she said in particular, repeating one of the precepts of the Dalai Lama. , of which she is a great admirer.
"I will encourage you, along with my husband and Archie, as you continue to demonstrate, campaign and advance the world," said Prince Harry's wife.
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Meghan Markle had been invited to this feminist summit alongside former First Lady Michelle Obama and former unsuccessful presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, as well as her friend Priyanka Chopra.
The Girl Up Summit was created by the UN in 2010 to support local branches of the organization that focus on the education of young girls. Meghan Markle's activism is not new, she who had written a letter at the age of 11 to Hillary Clinton and other political figures of the time in which she complained of an advertisement for a brand of soap which suggested that the place of women was in the kitchen. Twenty-six years later, the fervor of the actress and duchess has apparently not waned.
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