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The U.S. women's magazine announced on Tuesday that the U2
frontman and humanitarian will be the first man in its 36-year
history to be honored along side its annual Women of the Year
list.
The magazine said on its website that for years it has eschewed
including men in the honors because "the tribe we're into
celebrating is female."
However, "when a major male rock star who could do anything at
all with his life decides to focus on the rights of women and
girls worldwide - well, all that's worth celebrating. We're
proud to name that rock star, Bono, our first Man of the Year,"
it said.
Bono, 56, in 2015 created the Poverty Is Sexist campaign that is
aimed at helping the world's poorest women through better access
to education, health services and business opportunities.
The campaign is part of the ONE organization he helped found in
2004 to fight poverty and disease in Africa.
Bono thanked Glamour for the award, saying in a statement that
the "battle for gender equality can’t be won unless men lead it
along with women. We’re largely responsible for the problem, so
we have to be involved in the solutions.”
"We can do much more than we think we can. Leaders are
accountable to all of us. If they don’t support women and girls,
vote them out of office," he added.
Glamour's Women of the Year are U.S. singer Gwen Stefani,
American Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, the three founders of
Black Lives Matter, International Monetary Fund head Christine
Lagarde, American pop star Zendaya, Italian designer Miuccia
Prada, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad and plus-size
model Ashley Graham.
They will be celebrated at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov. 14.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Trott)
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