Geena Davis has taken her campaign for empowerment of women in children’s media to the United Nations.
The Oscar-winner says she became concerned about the “disturbing” stereotyping and hyper-sexualisation of female characters after watching cartoons with her then 2-year-old.
'I was stunned to notice what seemed to be a very significant gender disparity in these entertainments that were made for young children,' CNN reports Davis saying at a UN meeting on gender equality. 'And it occurred to me that this wasn't a healthy message that we were sending to kids.
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