Meghan Markle’s inspiring words during the ‘Girl-Up Summit’

16th July 2020: Meghan Markle urges young women to create change in the world in the ‘Girl Up Summit’ speech. 

According to reports from the Oprah Magazine, Meghan Markle made a powerful speech at the ‘Girl Up Leadership Summit’ on July 14, urging young women “to build each other up,” and work together in the fight against racism and gender equality.

Girl Up was created by the UN Foundation in 2010 to support UN agencies that focus on adolescent girls. This year’s Leadership Summit took place virtually, and there were nearly 40,000 attendees, ages 13-22, across 172 countries.

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“The moment we are living through right now asks all of us to do more. It’s a moment where your voices, and your action, have never been more urgently needed,” the Duchess told the crowd.

“The path to get there will take all of us: girls and women, men and boys. It will take those that are Black and those that are white collectively tackling the inequities and structural problems that we know exist,” she encouraged.

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“All of you…. are setting the tone for equitable humanity. Not figuratively, literally. This is a humanity that desperately needs you. To push it, to push us, forcefully in a more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction,” she added. “To not only frame the debate but be in charge of the debate—on racial justice, gender, climate change, mental health, and wellbeing, on civic engagement, on public service, on so much more. That’s the work you’re already out there doing.”

Just last week, Meghan and Harry spoke with leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, asking them to speak up in the case of George Floyd’s death.

Reportedly, last month, Meghan addressed the students from her high school alma mater, in a moving graduation speech, that “the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing” when confronting racism.

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Applauding the Girl Up members she said, “You are organizing Black Lives Matter protests around the world, you are creating films to encourage your peers to become activist leaders, you are reforming the criminal justice system, you are telling your school boards we need more mental health resources for all ages, you are leading coalitions to end gun violence. You are standing up and demanding to be heard, yes, but you’re also demanding to own the conversation.”

She concluded her speech by saying, “We are not meant to be breaking each other down. We are meant to be building each other up. So use your voice both on-and-offline to do just that—build each other up, support each other.”

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Meghan has always encouraged the younger generation to step forward and speak their heart out for the rightful things and bring about the change the world needs right now. She is a strong believer in gender equality and has been a supporter of the UN’s work on gender equality.

Markle serves as an Advocate on the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, since before her marriage to Prince Harry.

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