Hundreds sign open letter calling for owner of website, from which UN has distanced itself, to ‘contribute meaningfully’
More than 900 people have signed an open letter to the owners of the website internationalwomensday.com demanding that it “contribute meaningfully” or step aside.
“It is our strong belief that you have been exploiting a social movement for financial gain, without addressing any of the genuine structural issues the day was founded on,” stated the letter, authored by two UK-based professionals and circulating widely on social media.
Last December, a Guardian report uncovered how a London-based marketing firm had for years operated a website that many British brands have mistakenly understood to be linked to the UN-organised celebration of International Women’s Day.
The UN has distanced itself from the site, which every year puts forward a theme for International Women’s Day that is different from the UN-selected theme to mark the day. This year’s theme is “Give to Gain.”
