Global Compass' Take:
 
• Reese Witherspoon has been a vocal advocate for gender equality in her industry. Through her media company, Hello Sunshine, the award-winning actress is now working to diversify the way women are represented in entertainment to advance equality.
 
• What can we do on a daily basis to close the gender equality gap?
 

Six years ago — despite several accolades, including an Oscar — Reese Witherspoon found herself reading a script for a major studio movie that just fell flat.

“The female lead was just awful — she had no agency, no narrative arc,” Witherspoon said at the Global Citizen #SheIsEqual Summit on Friday. She knew she wanted no part of the role, and told her agent.

But her agent said every female actor in Hollywood was dying for a shot at the role — and that worried Witherspoon.

“I thought: If this is what they’re all fighting for, I need to do something about this,” she said.

So she founded Hello Sunshine, a media brand “anchored in storytelling, creating, and discovering content that celebrates women and puts them at the center of the story.”

Read the full article about gender equality by Daniele Selby at Global Citizen