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Mariella Frostrup is Platform 51′s ‘Woman of the week’

March 9, 2012  In the Press, News

Woman of the week, Mariella Frostrup

Gender is her agenda!

The excitement of this week comes to a close with the wonderful Mariella Frostrup as Platform 51‘s woman of the week. The PR-executive turned presenter turned writer has a book published, is a judge of the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Fiction prize for Fiction, the London Film Festival, she has her own book published – and she is also widely known for her ‘sexy voice’. But her most admirable achievement is how she has placed herself at the heart of gender inequality and co-founded The Gender Rights and Equality Action (GREAT) Trust.

This past week, the world has been celebrating societal changes that offer women hope of reaching equality with men. It is, however, undeniable that women bear the brunt of poverty, power and oppression much more than men and so the fight must go on.

Mariella Frotstrup is at the heart of this fight – having been active in the charity sector for several years, presenting events and organising fundraising initiatives. Recently, however, she has been more prominent in issues surrounding gender equality. She has travelled profusely to Africa to gain a better understanding of differently structured communities, which have helped her gain a deeper understanding of how gender inequalities blatantly prevail worldwide. She has been an ardent campaigner for women’s rights and she was one of the driving forces behind the creation of The GREAT Initiative.

Mariella is adamant that “the tangible possibility of changing this world for the better is within our reach.” Platform 51 completely agree and are eager to see a rise in the number of women running for a seat in governments in Africa as well as a decrease in violence and an equal quota of boys and girls in schools. With initiatives such as GREAT being launched – there is hope and we are very grateful for continuous action like this taking place on an international level.

Yesterday evening, Mariella spoke at Cambridge University as part of their celebrations of International Women’s Day about why gender is on her agenda. Tickets sold out very quickly and even though we missed the event, we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled for what the next exciting and admirable thing she comes up with!

To read the article on their website, click here:

https://www.platform51.org/news/Woman_of_the_week,_Mariella_Frostrup