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Video: Emma Watson's speech on feminism at UN's HeForShe campaign
During a moving speech in her role as UN Women global goodwill ambassador Emma Watson formally invited men to join the fight for gender equality.
On a day when your timeline is full of Times of India's justification as to why they are right in obsessing over Deepika Padukone's cleavage and publishing an article title 'OMG Deepika's cleavage show' and also listing out reasons why the actress is wrong to protest against it, you might be forced to think objectification of women is the theme of the day.But Emma Watson's speech on feminism restores your faith in humanity.[caption id="attachment_1724875" align="alignleft" width="380"]![Emma Watson delivering her UN speech. Screen grab/YouTube]()
Emma Watson delivering her UN speech. Screen grab/YouTube[/caption]As the global goodwill ambassdor for UN Women, Watson delivered a moving speech on 21 September, launching the HeForShe campaign.Watson kick started her speech by inviting "men and boys" to end gender inequality."I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice, but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too — reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves," she said at the UN headquarters in New York City on Saturday.A first of its kind campaign of the UN, the HeForShe campaign aims to get 100,000 men and boys involved in the fight to achieve gender equality.The actress also revealed the sexism she experienced throughout her life, saying it started at the age of eight when she was branded 'bossy' for wanting to direct school plays."At 15 my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn't want to appear 'muscly'... At 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings," she said.Watson also pointed out feminism has become an unpopular word and women are choosing not to identify as feminists.Watson, who shot to fame with her role as the witch Hermione in Harry Potter films, is the latest celebrity to take on a role with the UN, following stars such as George Clooney and Angelina Jolie.Watch the video here:
Emma Watson delivering her UN speech. Screen grab/YouTube[/caption]As the global goodwill ambassdor for UN Women, Watson delivered a moving speech on 21 September, launching the HeForShe campaign.Watson kick started her speech by inviting "men and boys" to end gender inequality."I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice, but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too — reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves," she said at the UN headquarters in New York City on Saturday.A first of its kind campaign of the UN, the HeForShe campaign aims to get 100,000 men and boys involved in the fight to achieve gender equality.The actress also revealed the sexism she experienced throughout her life, saying it started at the age of eight when she was branded 'bossy' for wanting to direct school plays."At 15 my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn't want to appear 'muscly'... At 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings," she said.Watson also pointed out feminism has become an unpopular word and women are choosing not to identify as feminists.Watson, who shot to fame with her role as the witch Hermione in Harry Potter films, is the latest celebrity to take on a role with the UN, following stars such as George Clooney and Angelina Jolie.Watch the video here:First Published:Sep 24, 2014, 12:00:54 IST
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