Emma Watson launches gender equality campaign at UN

British actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations on Saturday to launch the HeForShe campaign.

The campaign is aimed at bringing about gender equality through equal efforts by men and women.

In her remarks, Watson recounted her personal history with gender discrimination and her reasons for taking up the feminist cause in the hopes of helping women and men alike.

“We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence,” Watson said.

“If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.”

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