He ' s looked about 45 since he was 18 , he had a lot of retroactive aging to catch up on . <| sep |> Thanks . And I have . <| sep |> I was skeptical at first too , but he ' s doing great work and pretty woke . Now Bono has created Poverty Is Sexist , a new campaign specifically aimed at helping the world ' s poorest womenthose who survive on less than $ 2 a day . Women bear the burdens of poverty , Bono says , meaning they are far less likely than men to have access to food , clean water , education , and health care laws in many parts of the world don ' t protect them from sexual violence or allow them to own the land they work . By establishing Poverty Is Sexist , Bono is making it clear that powerful men can , and should , take on these deeprooted issues . U 2 ' s front man has no doubts . I ' m sure I don ' t deserve it , he says . But I ' m grateful for this award as a chance to say the battle for gender equality can ' t be won unless men lead it along with women . We ' re largely responsible for the problem , so we have to be involved in the solutions .