Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen profiles pop icon Janet Jackson, who has championed a range of causes over her 45-year career, including LGBTQ rights and the fight against domestic violence.

• How can we turn Jackson's inspiration into action on the ground? Supporting strong female voices across the globe through financing and equitable policies would be a good start.

• Here are some domestic violence organizations that are worth looking into.

What has Janet Jackson done for us lately? A lot, actually.

Throughout her career, the pop icon has used her platform to draw attention to the issues of injustice that she cares most about, from equality to HIV/AIDS awareness.

Over the past year, Jackson has used her performances and stage moments to highlight current social justice issues, including sexual violence and police brutality.

In May, the singer became the first black woman to win Billboard Music Icon Award and she used the occasion to advocate for change.

"I believe for all our challenges, we live at a glorious moment in history,” Jackson said upon receiving the award. “It's a moment when, at long last, women have made it clear that we will no longer be controlled, manipulated, or abused. I stand with those women and with those men equally outraged who support us in heart and mind.”

Throughout her “State of the World” tour, Jackson has highlighted issues of abuse and injustice through music, dance, and visuals on stage. During her tour, Jackson performed her 1997 song “What About” for the first time in 18 years, featuring an choreography that depicts sexual abuse in a domestic relationship. After performing the song at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, last November, the singer broke down, kneeling down on stage and holding her head in her hands.

“This right here, is me,” she said, in a powerful admission at a time when the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse was taking off and thousands of women were coming forward with stories of their own.

Read the full article about Janet Jackson's fight for social justice by Daniele Selby at Global Citizen.