Bono has been named in Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year list for 2016.
The U2 frontman will be honoured as the first Man of the Year at a ceremony in Los Angeles on November 14.
The magazine will commend the 56-year-old for his work shedding light on the rights and needs of women who are living in poverty stricken areas across the world, namely through his ‘Poverty is Sexist’ movement, which was launching through his One campaign.
Speaking to the Press Association, Glamour’s editor-in-chief Cindi Leive said, “We’ve talked for years about whether to honour a man at Women of the Year and we’ve always kind of put the kabash [sic] on it.
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“You know, men get a lot of awards and aren’t exactly hurting in the celebration and honours department.”
“But it started to seem that that might be an outdated way of looking at things, and there are so many men who really are doing wonderful things for women these days. Some men get it and Bono is one of those guys.”
Speaking about his nomination, Bono urged men to get involved in his campaign, “We’re largely responsible for the problem, so we have to be involved in the solutions.”
Announcing his Man of the Year honour, Glamour magazine wrote, “Bono, 56, has an extraordinary talent not just for music, but for tackling problems that seem intractable – and making mighty gains. In 2004 he co-founded ONE, the international volunteer advocacy organisation that has helped get lifesaving AIDS drugs to millions of people in Africa.
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“And now Bono has created Poverty Is Sexist, a campaign specifically aimed at helping the world’s poorest women – those who survive on less than $2 a day. The campaign’s first order of business: to document a clear link between poverty and gender, and send that data to every president and prime minister in the world.
“That report motivated leaders to donate an additional $13 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which will help save the lives of millions of women and babies.
“By establishing Poverty Is Sexist, Bono is making it clear that powerful men can, and should, take on these deep-rooted issues. ‘The battle for gender equality can’t be won unless men lead it along with women,’ he says. ‘We’re largely responsible for the problem, so we have to be involved in the solutions’.”
