Lilly ‘ Superwoman’ Singh has made female empowerment a central part of her digital mission. Singh’s #GirlLove campaign, for instance, aims to promote positive interactions between women, and she even sold a line of rafiki bracelets to help support the education of young women in Kenya.
Today, Singh will continue that mission at the Young Women’s Honors, a first-ever award show from Marie Claire magazine that will recognize noteworthy female millennials for their accomplishments in technology, philanthropy, and beyond. The one-hour show will air this evening at 9 pm ET on The CW and live on YouTube.
Singh is slated to present the Made With Code award, honoring excellence in coding. The award is named for a Google’s Made With Code initiative, which the search giant launched in 2014 to empower middle and high school-aged girls with computer programming skills. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has frequently advocated for more women to enter the tech industry — among other social causes — and YouTube sought to further this cause by distributing a free documentary titled Codegirl last November.
Other attendees at the Young Women’s Honors will include Michelle Obama, Katie Holmes, Simone Biles, and Hailee Steinfeld.
You can tune into the show later this evening right here:
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