Meghan Markle to be Awarded 2023 Women of Vision Award by Gloria Steinem!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Gracie Hale | In Career , controversy

Meghan Markle will receive the 2023 Women of Vision award. source: Page Six

Meghan Markle is all set to receive the 2023 Women of Vision award next month.
Gloria Steinem will hand over the award to the Duchess of Sussex.
The ceremony will take place on May 16 in New York.

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Meghan Markle is the 2023 Woman of Vision Award winner

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex is set to receive the 2023 Women of Vision award next month. The award presenter will be the famous feminist Gloria Steinem.

Markle’s “global advocacy to empower and advocate on behalf of women and girls” is the reason behind her win which will happen on May 16 in New York City.

The award which was started by Ms. Foundation, a Brooklyn-based organization “works to bring attention to the real challenges facing women, especially women of color and low-income women who are living in poverty.”

Meghan Markle — Gloria will present the Duchess with the award. source: Page Six

It also notes that Meghan is a “feminist, champion of human rights and gender equity and global role model.”

Steinem, a founding mother of the Ms. Foundation is good friends with Markle and will present the former actress with the award at the glamorous gala.

Teresa C. Younger, president, and CEO of the Ms. Foundation addressed in a ceremony,

“We are thrilled to announce this year’s honorees for the Women of Vision Awards and to celebrate 50 years of progress and power,”

Younger also noted that the Duchess and other winners of the award “are incredible leaders, and we are grateful to be able to shine a light on their many accomplishments and tireless work on behalf of gender and racial equity across the country and the world.”

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Markle and Steinem became friends during the pandemic

Other recipients of the award include Wanda Irving, the co-founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project; Kimberly Inez McGuire, the executive director of URGE; and LaTosha Brown, political strategist and co-founder of Black Voters Matter.

The CEO added,

“Meghan, LaTosha, Wanda, Kimberly, Olivia, and Rebekah are incredible leaders and we are grateful to be able to shine a light on their many accomplishments and tireless work on behalf of gender and racial equity across the country and the world,”

Meghan and Gloria’s unlikely friendship blossomed during quarantine in 2020. Plus, both of them reside in Montecito, California.

Vogue also noted that the former Suits actress reached out to the 89-year-old to see if she wanted to join hands in making thank-you calls to voting registration organizers. It was the start of their friendship.

Gloria told People the former actress in 2022,

”I’m not an expert on the media, but it seems to me that she is different from the picture of her in the media,”
”She’s smart and funny and devoted to social issues.”

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