The Not There Campaign Sheds Shocking Light on Gender Equality Issues

The United States is one of only nine countries that doesn't offer paid maternity leave. One in four girls worldwide are married before their 18th birthday. Gender equality has come a long way over the past few decades, but we are clearly not there yet. For International Women's Day, Chelsea Clinton announced on her Facebook that the Clinton Foundation in partnership with the No Ceilings Project would release data showing that "while some progress on gender equality has been made in 20 years, the truth is we're not there yet," adding that we "can't mistake progress for success."

The shocking statistics about gender equality, or the lack thereof, were put together by the Not There campaign. The movement is supported by some of our favorite female celebrities like Amy Poehler, Cameron Diaz, Jenny Slate, and Sienna Miller in a video encouraging people to help women and girls worldwide in making strides for equality. The campaign's message is jarring — by removing female faces from ads, magazines, and even iconic works of art like the Mona Lisa and Rosie the Riveter, we are forced to imagine a world without women. The #NotThere hashtag has gotten the world talking about the issue and hopefully inspiring more people to make the right moves toward gender equality.