Emma Watson Launches HeForShe Arts Week
Mar 09, 2016
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On International Women’s Day, Emma Watson was in New York, fulfilling her role as the Women’s Ambassador to the United Nations. Watson made a small speech to launch HeForShe Arts Week, as a part of her gender equality initiative.
Watson gave a small speech, which can be seen below, talking of the importance of art, it’s meaning and how it carries its weight through feeling and emotion. UN Women posted on Facebook:
Emma Watson launches #HeForShe #Artsweek on #IWD2016“Study after study shows us the value of gender equality. But we have to do more than help people see the logic with their minds, it’s also about making them feel it in their bones.” Watch our Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson launching the #HeForShe #ArtsWeek on International Women’s Day at The Public Theater. #IWD2016
Posted by UN Women on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Beginning on International Women’s Day, HeForShe Art Week will run from March 8 to March 15, in partnership with the city of New York. The HeForShe Arts Week website describes the event:
To learn more about HeForShe Arts Week, please visit the new website set up for the initiative, here.
