CHIME 25 for 25 Series – Gucci Equilibrium

Marking Beijing+25 & Women’s History Month with women leaders working to progress gender equality

To mark the historic milestone of Beijing+25 and Women’s History Month, CHIME launched its 25 for 25 original content series in March 2020 featuring women leaders and activists working to advance gender equality around the world. The series highlighted activists, CHIME Advisory Board members, partners and supporters who represent the progress made on gender equality over the past 25 years and the emerging generation continuing this critical work.

CHIME was honored to have celebrated the achievements of the following women leaders and activists around the world making strides in the fight for gender equality.

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Hafsat Abiola, the President of Women in Africa and Board President of KIND, speaking at a podium on stage.
Céline Bonnaire, the Executive Director of the Kering Foundation and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, speaking on stage with a background showing a photo of the 16 Days 16 Films campaign.
Sinéad Burke, a teacher, writer, broadcaster, fashion-admirer and advocate for disability, smiling with a blurred background.
Lydia Cacho, a journalist, writer, human rights advocate and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing in an office and placing a post-it on a bulletin board on top of a desk filled with papers and notes.
Maria Cavalcanti, the President and CEO of Pro Mujer, smiling and posting with a group of 12 women outdoors in front of an orange wall.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, an Academy Award-winning director and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing outdoors in a terrain landscape, pointing to something in the distance on the right and with police guards and others in the background.
Tanya Compas, an LGBTQ+ activist, youth worker and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, sitting on the ground in a room and posing with a group of 42 people.
Scarlett Curtis, a writer and activist, standing and holding a sign that reads “I’LL BLEED FOR MY CAUSE” against a dark background.
Sage Dolan-Sandrino, a youth leader, Creative Director of TEAM Mag and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, speaking with a microphone while sitting on a panel with 5 young individuals for the Gucci & Equality Now third annual panel event on everyday activism in July 2019.
Kimberly Drew, the author of This is What I Know about Art, co-editor of The Black Futures Project and independent curator, sitting in a chair on stage and speaking with a microphone in hand to another guest, with a stage curtain behind them.
Emma France, the Global Development and Strategic Engagement Director of mothers2mothers and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing in the middle of two women and smiling while outdoors.
Latanya Mapp Frett, the President and CEO of Global Fund for Women and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing with a group of 7 women protestors on the street, who are holding signs that read “March for the Past, Present and Future,” “Immigrant Power,” and “Feminism includes All Genders,” with a building in the background.
Leymah Gbowee, a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, women’s rights activist and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing and posing candidly in the middle of a group of 10 young girls outdoors with a car and greenery in the background.
Bethann Hardison, a fashion advocate, documentarian and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, in a black and white photo, smiling at the camera against a black background.
Yasmeen Hassan, the Global Executive Director of Equality Now and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing and speaking on a podium while holding the microphone, with a blurred backdrop in the background.
Arianna Huffington, the Founder and CEO of Thrive Global and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, in a close-up shot, smiling at the camera while tilting to the left, against a blurred background.
Pari Ibrahim, the Executive Director of Free Yezidi Foundation, in a close-up shot, looking at the camera while standing in front of a gray wall, with two decorative vases to her left and one to her right.
Katja Iversen, the President and CEO of Women Deliver and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, in a close-up shot, smiling and mid-hugging a woman wearing a headscarf who is also smiling, both facing each other and standing outdoors.
Judy Kan, the Executive Director of HER Fund, smiling and posing with a group of 13 people outdoors, in front of greenery and a staircase.
Olfat Mahmoud, the Founder of Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organization in Lebanon, standing at a podium on stage and speaking to an audience at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering hosted by Women Deliver against a white background.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Executive Director of UN Women and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, standing and smiling with a group of women protestors in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, holding signs in Swahili that read “Tabata Kinyerezi Market” and “More Riziki Si Matusi.”
: Italian artist MP5 standing with sunglasses and crossed arms in front of their artwork featuring the CHIME-branded genderless bodies and yellow and black lines.
Amanda Nguyen, the CEO and Founder of Rise, standing next to Terry Crews and speaking with a United States Judiciary Committee member, with a marble wall and wooden door entrance behind them.
Marcella Pirrone, a lawyer, feminist and human rights activist, in a close-up shot, looking at the camera and tilting to the right against a white background.
Tanya Puncuh, the Founder of Padding Africa, smiling and sitting in the middle of two women who are sewing menstrual pads.
Caryl Stern, the Executive Director of Walton Family Foundation and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, smiling for a photo with UNICEF Ambassador Halima Aden while standing in an office space.
Kulsum Shadab Wahab, the CEO of Hothur Foundation, standing, hugging and looking at a female acid attack survivor, both smiling in a black and white photo against a black background.
Cleo Wade, an author, community builder and CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, sitting in a chair on the right with a microphone in front of her and smiling at an audience, with a bookcase behind her.
: Teresa Younger, the President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women and a CHIME FOR CHANGE Advisory Board member, smiling and shaking hands with a woman whose back is turned to the camera, along with two other women in front of her, indoors and against a dark background.