Beyonce pens an essay for gender equality

Beyonce Knowles-Carter has taken up the issue of gender inequality by writing an essay on it.
The 32-year old singer wrote the essay titled 'Gender Equality is a Myth' for 'The Shriver Report', a media initiative led by Maria Shriver that seeks women empowerment in US.
"We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the US workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 per cent of what the average working man makes.
"But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change," Beyonce wrote.

Beyonce has also urged for working together to provide 100 per cent equal opportunities to women.
"Women are more than 50 per cent of the population and more than 50 per cent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 per cent of the opportunities," she wrote.
Beyonce has joined the list of celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Longoria from the show world and LeBron James (basket-ball star) who have penned essays to support the cause.