Beyonce calls gender equality 'a myth'

Beyonce calls gender equality 'a myth' as she writes a plea for female empowerment in Maria Shriver's new report

· Maria Shriver has produced a report on gender equality in America

· Includes essays by Beyonce, Sheryl Sandberg, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Arne Duncan, Hillary Clinton, LeBron James and Eva Longori

Beyonce has contributed an essay to Maria Shriver's annual report on the status of women in America.

The singer joined top women’s rights activists like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Facebook COO and Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg, and designer Tory Burch who all wrote essays touting the importance of gender equality.

'We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t a reality yet,' Beyonce wrote inThe Shriver Report.

Powerful women: Beyonce has written an essay for a female empowerment project spearheaded by Maria Shriver (seen here together in 2010 at Coachella when Shriver was the First Lady of California)

The Grammy-award winner signed the essay using her hyphenated married name, Beyonce Knowles-Carter.

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk