Emma Watson on HeForShe Campaign

Emma Watson, British actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, co-hosts a special event for UN Women’s HeForShe campaign.

The HeForShe campaign is a solidarity movement for gender equality which calls upon men and boys to help end the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally.

Stars from film, music and sports have such opportunity to do good, reach wide swaths of people, and inspire them to do good as well.  Their renown, their exposure, and their influence make them ideal candidates for a key campaign such as HeForShe.

In this regard, bravo to Emma Watson!

I appreciate the fact that she doesn't engage in male-hating.  Instead, she makes an earnest, personal plea to all people, men and boys in particular, to help in this campaign for true equality and mutual respect between the genders.  Greg Portell speaks about the impact of her plea in The Emma Watson Effect.

If not me, [then] who? If not now, [then] when?

A well-deserved rousing applause at the end of her speech.