The UN's choice of Wonder Woman to become an honorary ambassador for gender equality has not met with everyone's approval.
The United Nations has chosen a fictional female icon to be honorary ambassador for gender equality.
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DC Comics’ Wonder Woman appeared for the first time in time for Pearl Harbour and went on to become one of the best-loved comics creations, the first super-heroine to get her own title in 1942. It spawned a 1970s TV series and, next year, a big-budget movie.
Actresses Lynda Carter and Gal Gadot attended the launch, as did a group of protesters who say the scantily-clad Amazon queen is an inappropriate role model. Some 1000 people have signed a petition asking UN boss Ban Ki-moon to reconsider.
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