Salma Hayek and Gwyneth Paltrow speak out about equal pay

Yes, we suffer a few slings and arrows along the way”, she said, before joking, “Not me obviously. “They can not ignore us anymore”.

While presenting the 43-year-old actress with a Lifetime Impact Award for her work with L.A. Kitchen, Murphy said that when Ford was born he sat down and made a list of qualities he would like his godmother to have, reports E! That experience borne in her a desire to help others, she said, which she has acted on throughout her career.

“This is really, really sad and tragic”, she said. “When I look at my daughter and her peers and I look at the millennial women, I think it’s all about to change”. “Especially in this industry for the first time”.

“We’re living through an era where women are making astonishing, even revolutionary, creative contributions on a daily basis”, Gianopulos said. “And I think this has now been clearly identified and I think it’s now the biggest difference”.

Hayek Pinault co-founded Chime for Change with Beyonce and global fashion powerhouse Gucci in 2013.

On equal pay, an issue highlighted numerous times in the past year as more high-profile actresses demanded the same salaries as their male co-stars, Hayek said it was a problem that went beyond Hollywood. “For all of you who don’t know what Chime for Change is, it is a call for everyone to use social media for social justice”.

The private, three-hour event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel was part pep-talk for gender equality and part call to action for charitable work that, as Winfrey put it, allows each woman to “live from the heart of yourself and give (back) what you have been given”.

Chime for Change is focused on supporting initiatives launched by nongovernmental agencies that empower women by providing access to education, justice and health services.