Read The Letter Signed By Beyoncé & Julia Roberts For Women's Day

In 2013, Gucci, along with Beyoncé and Salma Hayek, founded Chime for Change, a global initiative that raises funds and awareness for women's issues around the world. Lead it to the baddest B in the game to lead the march for female empowerment. For International Women's Day 2017, the campaign penned a moving letter and call to action, signed by some of the biggest leading ladies in Hollywood. Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, Madonna, Dakota Johnson, and of course, Beyoncé herself provided their stamp of approval. Read the full letter below and go HERE to learn more about Chime for Change!

We have reached a critical moment in history. Recent legislation and rhetoric have put decades of progress for girls and women at risk.

In 2013, we joined with CHIME FOR CHANGE to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for girls and women around the world. Today, we find ourselves under threat of seeing a generation’s worth of hard-won gains reversed.

All over the world, women are on the front lines fighting for our future. Yet millions of girls and women are still denied basic equal rights. And recent policies and appointments in the United States jeopardize its position as a global leader and positive role model on human rights.

We stand together to say, in a voice louder than ever, that fighting for gender equality is the emergency and the opportunity of our time.

With every generation, our story has spread wider, become more familiar. The voices telling it braver, more powerful. But our story is far from over.

This is about hearing a call - to join us wherever you are. About raising an alarm - drawing attention where there is work to be done. And about celebrating - those who are already showing us, against impossible odds, what is possible.

We believe that connection empowers us. That every voice matters. That each one of us is needed to achieve change. We believe we can do extraordinary things when we come together.

We fight for education. For health. For justice. For every girl. Every woman. Everywhere. We fight for our future. Because none of us can move forward if half of us are held back.

Join us, and take action for gender equality at globalcitizen.org/IWD2017

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