About
HARNESSING THE POWER OF A NEW GENERATION TO CREATE CHANGE
CHIME FOR CHANGE is a global campaign founded by Gucci in 2013 to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for gender equality.
To date, the campaign has raised more than $15 million to support projects and advocacy in 89 countries. Through the funding of 430 projects with 156 partners, CHIME FOR CHANGE’s support has directly benefited more than 570,000 girls and women globally, and reached more than 3 million family and community members. CHIME FOR CHANGE Co-Founders Salma Hayek Pinault and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter have led the campaign with its coalition of partner organizations. Founding Partners include the Kering Foundation, Hearst Magazines, Facebook, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Co-Founders
Salma Hayek Pinault 
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Advisory Board
Hasfat abiola
Founder, Kudirat Initiative for DemocracyMuna Abusulayman
Arab TV Icon, PhilanthropistSarah Brown
Chair, Global Business Coalition for EducationLydia Cacho
Journalist and Human Rights ActivistDavid Carey
Chairman, Hearst MagazinesMinh Dang
Member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human TraffickingJuliet De Baubigny
Venture CapitalistWaris Dirie
Desert Flower FoundationHugh Evans
CEO, Global CitizenLeymah Gbowee
Gbowee Peace Foundation, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (2011)Yasmeen Hassan
Global Executive Director, Equality NowHuang Hung
Writer, PublisherArianna Huffington
Founder and CEO, Thrive GlobalKatja Iversen
President and CEO, Women DeliverMusimbi Kanyoro
President and CEO, Global Fund for WomenMadonna
Artist and Founder, Raising Malawi and Ray of Light FoundationAlyse Nelson
President and CEO, Vital Voices Global PartnershipPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN WomenSharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Academy Award-Winning Documentary FilmmakerFrançois-Henri Pinault
Chairman and CEO, KeringJada Pinkett Smith
Actor, Advocate and Founder, Don't Sell BodiesJulia Roberts
Actor, Activist and PhilanthropistCaryl Stern
President and CEO, US Fund for UNICEFCleo Wade
Artist, Poet, and AuthorHasfat abiola
Founder, Kudirat Initiative for DemocracyMuna Abusulayman
Arab TV Icon, PhilanthropistSarah Brown
Chair, Global Business Coalition for EducationLydia Cacho
Journalist and Human Rights ActivistDavid Carey
Chairman, Hearst MagazinesMinh Dang
Member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human TraffickingJuliet De Baubigny
Venture CapitalistWaris Dirie
Desert Flower FoundationHugh Evans
CEO, Global CitizenLeymah Gbowee
Gbowee Peace Foundation, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (2011)Yasmeen Hassan
Global Executive Director, Equality NowHuang Hung
Writer, PublisherArianna Huffington
Founder and CEO, Thrive GlobalKatja Iversen
President and CEO, Women DeliverMusimbi Kanyoro
President and CEO, Global Fund for WomenMadonna
Artist and Founder, Raising Malawi and Ray of Light FoundationAlyse Nelson
President and CEO, Vital Voices Global PartnershipPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN WomenSharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Academy Award-Winning Documentary FilmmakerFrançois-Henri Pinault
Chairman and CEO, KeringJada Pinkett Smith
Actor, Advocate and Founder, Don't Sell BodiesJulia Roberts
Actor, Activist and PhilanthropistCaryl Stern
President and CEO, US Fund for UNICEFCleo Wade
Artist, Poet, and AuthorManaging Editor
Led by journalist and author Mariane Pearl, CHIME FOR CHANGE curates and shares powerful stories from contributors worldwide to educate, inform, and facilitate a powerful community for conversation, self-expression, and action in support of gender equality.
