UN becomes tool for marketing comic

Published: October 22, 2016, 6:59 pm

    New York

    The UN has become a marketing tool for DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. in naming a comic book character as ambassador. This year is the 75th anniversary of “Wonder Woman”.

    The international body, known for settling bloody conflicts and grave international disputes, has embraced “fun” after naming the character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls.

    Despite a petition signed by over a thousand UN staffers protesting the fictional character Wonder Woman’s “overtly sexualised image”, it moved ahead.

    On Saturday during the announcement ceremony, protesters, all staffers, silently turned their back to the stage during the opening speech.

    “For something that is this important, you need a woman or a man who can speak, somebody who can champion these rights,” Wendy Mwagmi, a furious UN staff member, told FRANCE 24.

    The character’s outdated image, to be used by the UN on social media platforms “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” is not the most likely image of what they aim to accomplish.

    The decision was influenced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros., which produce both comics and films featuring Wonder Woman.

    karin@praag.org

    Consider donating to support our work

    Help us to produce more articles like this. FreeWestMedia is depending on donations from our readers to keep going. With your help, we expose the mainstream fake news agenda.

    Keep ​your language polite​. Readers from many different countries visit and contribute to Free West Media and we must therefore obey the rules in​,​ for example​, ​Germany. Illegal content will be deleted.

    If you have been approved to post comments without preview from FWM, you are responsible for violation​s​ of​ any​ law. This means that FWM may be forced to cooperate with authorities in a possible crime investigation.

    If your comments are subject to preview ​by FWM, please be patient. We continually review comments but depending on the time of day it can take up to several hours before your comment is reviewed.

    We reserve the right to del​ete​ comments that are offensive, contain slander or foul language, or are irrelevant to the discussion.

    No comments.

    By submitting a comment you grant Free West Media a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution. Inappropriate and irrelevant comments will be removed at an admin’s discretion. Your email is used for verification purposes only, it will never be shared.

    In Short

    No more articles.

    There are no more articles in this category.

    Go to archive