Renowned Female Photographers Spanning Fifteen
Countries Create Inspiring Images and Kick off $1 Million
Fundraising Effort for Girl Up
Disney today unveiled a global photographic campaign in support
of #DreamBigPrincess celebrating inspiring stories from around the
world to encourage kids everywhere to dream big. Nineteen female
photographers from fifteen countries have created a series of
empowering images showcasing real-world girls and women, as part of
Disney’s Dream Big, Princess initiative launched in 2016, which
taps into the power of Disney Princess stories to inspire kids.
Photographs will be shared on social media to help raise funds for
Girl Up, the United Nations Foundation’s program supporting
adolescent girls’ leadership and empowerment.
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Girl Up Leader Miriam Farooq, 16
(pictured here), spends her time advocating for girls’ and women’s
issues across Asia. The image is part of #DreamBigPrincess, a
global photography campaign celebrating inspiring stories from
around the world to encourage kids to dream big. Social support for
the campaign will drive donations to the United Nations
Foundation’s Girl Up program. (Photo: Annie Griffiths)
“The idea that stories, whether real life or fictional like
those of Belle or Rapunzel, can inspire kids to follow their dreams
is at the heart of the #DreamBigPrincess campaign,” said Jimmy
Pitaro, Chairman, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media.
“We asked some of the most accomplished female photographers to
help tell the stories of inspiring women and girls from around the
world—and the results are incredible.”
From one of the first female staff photographers at National
Geographic to winners of the International Picture of the Year,
World Press Photo Award for Nature, Commonwealth Photographer of
the Year, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News,
the accomplished roster of photographers bring a wealth of
experience and talent. Each was challenged to find and document
stories with the power to inspire kids.
With subjects including the youngest ever speaker at the UN; a
gold-medal-winning Chinese Paralympian; the founder of the first
female cycling team in Bamiyan, Afghanistan; a teenage author of a
STEM coding book for kids; and a young surf champion from Brazil,
the project aims to spotlight a diverse range of stories to connect
with kids and families around the world. The images bring the
#DreamBigPrincess message to life in a multitude of ways, including
highlighting women who’ve achieved success in the face of
adversity, young Girl Up Teen Advisors who’ve already helped make a
positive impact on the world, and girls at play who illustrate the
importance of imagination in childhood.
As well as inspiring kids with positive images and the stories
behind them, the campaign aims to make a tangible difference for
girls who face challenges in achieving their dreams, through its
collaboration with Girl Up. From August 15-October 11, 2017, Disney
Worldwide Services will donate US $1 for any public post of a photo
using #DreamBigPrincess or like of such a post on Facebook,
Instagram, or Twitter, for a minimum donation of US $500,000 and a
maximum of US $1 million. Girl Up’s leadership program engages
girls to take action and advocate for girls around the world,
giving them empowering tools to help make a difference.
“Girl Up envisions a world where every girl can reach her full
potential and be an advocate within her community for positive
change and empowerment. The #DreamBigPrincess campaign is perfectly
aligned with our goals, and we’re excited to partner with Disney
and this incredible group of women to spotlight what it means to
dream big around the world,” says Melissa Kilby, Director of Girl
Up.
Annie Griffiths, one of National Geographic’s first female staff
photographers, profiled eight teenage girl leaders at Girl Up’s
Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, to showcase their inspiring
stories as part of the campaign.
“Every picture tells a story, and I’m delighted to be part of an
initiative that tells so many stories that are interesting and
diverse. I hope that people around the world will be motivated to
share their own inspiring #DreamBigPrincess images in support of
Girl Up,” says Annie.
Girl Up Teen Advisor alumna Meg Schwartz was given the chance to
follow her dream of becoming a professional photographer by
creating images of Girl Up celebrity Champions, including YouTube
influencers Brooklyn & Bailey, actress Katherine McNamara as
well as philanthropist and actress Monique Coleman. Meg’s images
will be shared as part of the campaign to help raise funds for Girl
Up.
In 2016, Disney launched “Dream Big, Princess,” a campaign that
encourages kids everywhere to dream big by highlighting key story
moments and the inspiring qualities that each Disney Princess
showcases through her adventures, such as Merida’s bravery,
Cinderella’s kindness or Tiana’s perseverance. While each princess
has her own unique and admirable qualities, what they all have in
common is resilience and an ability to triumph over adversity to
make their dreams come true. The Dream Big, Princess content
series, which runs across Disney TV and digital networks globally,
brings together a host of inspiring moments from beloved Disney
movies with the stories of real-life young role models, who have
dreamed big and achieved their goals to show kids what’s
possible.
The Dream Big, Princess series has already reached millions of
kids and families and the photographic campaign builds on this
success by spotlighting women and girls from around the world with
stories that have the power to inspire others.
Visit the Disney Princess Facebook page to support the
campaign.
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About Girl Up
Girl Up, the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl
campaign, supports the empowerment of girls everywhere. Since its
launch in 2010, Girl Up has funded UN programs that promote the
health, safety, education, and leadership of girls in developing
countries and built a community of over half a million passionate
advocates. Our girl leaders, representing more than 1800 Girl Up
Clubs in 90 countries, stand up, speak up, and rise up to support
the hardest to reach girls living in places where it is hardest to
be a girl. Learn more at GirlUp.org.
About the United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation builds public-private partnerships
to address the world’s most pressing problems, and broadens support
for the United Nations through advocacy and public outreach.
Through innovative campaigns and initiatives, the Foundation
connects people, ideas, and resources to help the UN solve global
problems. The Foundation was created in 1998 as a U.S. public
charity by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner and now is
supported by philanthropic, corporate, government, and individual
donors. Learn more at unfoundation.org.
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