Meghan Markle has something special planned for International Women’s Day and will take to the stage as a key-note speaker on a star-studded panel. The Duchess of Sussex will speak at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival held in Texas this month.
South by Southwest, also referred to as SXSW, is an annual festival that celebrates the convergence of technology, film, music, education and culture. The event is set to take place between March 8 to 16, in Austin Texas, and Meghan is set to headline on the opening day.
The session is titled Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen and it will be moderated by Errin Haines, host of The Amendment podcast.
A notice of Meghan’s attendance was uploaded to the news section of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new website, sussex.com.
It stated Meghan will also be joined on the panel by Emmy Award-winning journalist Katie Couric; two-time Golden Globe Award-nominated actress, model, entrepreneur, and author Brooke Shields and sociologist and pop culture expert, Nancy Wang Yuen.
Hugh Forrest, co-president and chief programming officer said: “Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields, Nancy Wang Yuen, and Errin Haines are the perfect finishing touch to eight days of remarkable keynote speakers.”
He added: “We are so honored to host this distinguished group on International Women’s Day for a significant discussion on the importance of representation in media and entertainment.”
It will be the latest in a string of public appearances that Meghan and Prince Harry have made in recent weeks. Meghan’s session will focus on “how the ubiquitous nature of social media is creating an often dangerous environment which has led to serious mental health issues for teenage girls in particular”, as reported in the Daily Mail.
