Markle, who is pregnant with her first daughter, spoke about female empowerment.
, appeared in a pre-taped video at Global Citizen's Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World. The duchess and her husband, the Duke of Sussex, served as a campaign chairs of the concert, which aired Saturday night.
Markle, 39, delivered her speech from an outdoor garden. She wore a red floral Carolina Herrera silk shirt dress and cradled her baby bump as she spoke about her excitement to raise a daughter. "My husband and I are thrilled to soon be welcoming a daughter. It's a feeling of joy we share with millions of other families around the world. When we think of her, we think of all the young women and girls around the globe who must be given the ability and the support to lead us forward," she said."Their future leadership depends on the decisions we make and the actions we take now to set them up, and set all of us up, for a successful, equitable and compassionate tomorrow.