Meghan Markle, wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, celebrated her 40th birthday on Wednesday by launching a new 40×40 initiative. She and a friend, actress Melissa McCarthy, made an ironic video that also features a cameo for Harry.
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The two joke in the video call about celebrating her milestone birthday by hosting a cast reunion of the Duchess’s former TV series Suits, get matching tattoos or party on a yacht. But Meghan has other plans.
“For my birthday, I asked 40 friends, activists, athletes, artists and world leaders to kick-start a global effort by contributing 40 minutes of mentorship to support women in their re-entry into the workforce,” she said passionately in the video. .
According to Meghan, millions of women around the world have left or lost their jobs during the corona pandemic, forcing them to take responsibility for childcare, family care and home education.
For her, mentorship is an ideal way to help women regain their self-confidence and rebuild their economic strength. She clarifies this in her message on the Archewell Foundation-website of the couple.
So the ’40×40′ initiative doesn’t just come out of the blue. Meghan has made women’s empowerment an important part of her platform before and after she and Harry left the royal family and moved to California last year to live independently.
Meghan calls on 40 friends for her 40th birthday to accompany a woman for 40 minutes, encouraging others to do the same.
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