Celebrity news for Jan. 23, 2015
Emma Watson delivers new HeForShe speech at Davos
Having amassed more than 11 million views of her first HeForShe speech, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson addressed the issue of gender equality and equal pay for equal work again this week at the World Economic Forum at Davos. She used the opportunity to launch a new step in the campaign called Impact 10x10x10. "It's about engaging governments, businesses and universities, and having them make concrete commitments to gender equality," Watson said, according to Jezebel. "While I would love to believe that this campaign and the results of it are the results of my incredible speechwriting skills, I know that it is not. It is because the ground is fertile. It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and our workplaces — and they know that the world is being held back, in every way, because they are not. Women share this planet 50/50, and they are underrepresented, their potential astonishingly untapped."
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