Emma Watson British actress, model, UN WOMEN Global Goodwill Ambassador, and activist
August 21, 2019
Iโm hopeful weโll hear some concrete, bold commitments from G7 states, especially UK Prime Minister ๐ฌ๐ง at #G7Biarritz.
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๐ One of the basic things we're asking states to do is ratify all relevant gender equality standards: http://bit.ly/GEACfrance ๐
There are some incredible global treaties and conventions that set minimum standards for women's and girlsโ rights ๐ฅ but some G7 states havenโt yet stepped up and made them a reality. #BeBraveG7 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ
๐๐ฌ๐ง On a personal note, the fact that the UK has still not ratified the Istanbul Convention, despite signing i...
August 21, 2019
โจ๐ฃ The G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council calls on all nations to:
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Ditch gender discriminatory laws
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Push progressives ones
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Invest in implementation & womenโs orgs
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Measure, treasure and move from words to action. NOW.
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๐ฑ Learn more about our recommendations to #G7Biarritz leaders: http://bit.ly/GEACfrance ๐
๐ Part 2: Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr. Denis Mukwege. ๐
August 20, 2019
๐ I've put the entirety of my conversation with Dr. Denis Mukwege here. #Spoiler, Dr. Denis Mukwege is my hero. Thank you again to How To Academy and The New York Times for facilitating a brilliant conversation.
August 20, 2019
Sexy and scary! ๐ป You smashed this. All the love to you J.K. Rowling. Happy Birthday!!!! Extra points to Evanna Lynch for being the most perfect cat. ๐ฏ
July 31, 2019
My dear friend Paris Reid painted this for my 29th birthday today โค๏ธ thank you for all the birthday wishes! Iโve had such a wonderful time already. xoxo
April 15, 2019
March 8, 2019
๐ With the awareness generated by #metoo, there is an increased demand for support services as more people are emboldened to name what happened to them.โฃ๏ธRape Crisis Centresโฃ๏ธoffer much-needed support to people who have been assaulted across England and Wales (RapeCrisis England & Wales), but demand way outstrips supply.โ๏ธThis time last year, there were 6,355 survivors on Rape Crisis waiting lists and these can be as long as 14 months.โผ๏ธ This means that if a survivor calls to look for support they may be turned away...
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โ๏ธ๐ท Successive UK governments have failed to fund life-saving...
March 8, 2019
Whether youโre ๐ฅmarching, ๐๐ปdancing, ๐นrising, โ๐ปresisting, ๐ฅprotesting, ๐ซstriking, โค๏ธuniting or ๐celebrating, wishing you all a wonderful #internationalwomensday! ๐ฅฐ #IWD2019 #joyfulwarriors
March 7, 2019
Really excited about our ๐ผ March & April ๐ pick ๐ผ Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girlโs Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom - Writer. ๐ฆ My Our Shared Shelf letter: tinyurl.com/MarchAprilOSS ๐ฆ
March 5, 2019
๐ปโจโ๐ป So honoured to be working alongside Nobel Peace Laureates Nadia Murad, Dr. Denis Mukwege Ouided Bouchamaoui ูุฏุงุฏ ุจูุดู
ููุงูู and other ๐ง thought leaders, ๐ creatives and ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป campaigners such as Aranya Johar, Assia Benziane and Aรฏssata Lam as part of the Gender Equality Council advising the G7 this year during the French Presidency. ๐ It's a source of sadness to us all that Nasrin Sotoudeh can only participate in absentia. โ โ โ
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๐คฒ๐ป๐ Together weโll be continuing the work of the first Council convened last year in Canada and will be pushing G7 states and others to do more to mak...
Happy 3rd Birthday Our Shared Shelf! Thank you to everyone involved - you give me so much joy! ๐๐๐ xx
January 8, 2019
December 13, 2018
โI could never love anyone as I love my sisters.โ - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Movie
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๐ From left: Meg March, Greta Gerwig (director), Jo March, Amy March, Beth March and Laurie (Theodore Laurence).
๐ด๐คก Tomโs Origin Series is out on 14th November. Congrats dear friend.
November 8, 2018
November 5, 2018
๐โ๐ผCongratulations to Amika George and Lisa Ranran Hu on being honoured for your work by Teen Vogue #21Under21 2018!
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๐ At 18, Amika started a movement to end #periodpoverty in the UK: http://www.freeperiods.org
๐ At 18, Lisa Ranran Hu, a self-taught filmmaker, directed โEscape,โ a film following the life of a transgender teenager in China.
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๐ Teen Vogueโs full list of girls and femmes changing the world: https://tinyurl.com/TeenVogue21Under21 ๐งก
October 30, 2018
๐๐ Hereโs an excerpt from the powerful November & December Our Shared Shelf letter written by Brittney C Cooper, Ph.D. & Rebecca Traister.
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โDear Our Shared Shelf Readers,
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We are honored to be able to begin a conversation with you about the power and consequence of womenโs rage, both personal and political. We could not be prouder or more excited that Audre Lordeโs Sister Outsider, Brittney Cooperโs Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, and Rebecca Traisterโs Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Womenโs Anger have been selected as the Our Shar...
โค๏ธ โI am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.โ - Audre Lorde
October 30, 2018
October 28, 2018
๐ฅ๐๐ Our full Our Shared Shelf interview: bit.ly/2QLzlWy
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If youโve already read Reniโs book and want to continue the conversation (or even if you havenโt read it), her podcast โAbout Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge' is available to listen now www.aboutracepodcast.com ๐ถ๐๐ป#blackhistorymonth
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October 25, 2018
๐โ๐ป Stonewall - All About Trans - Gendered Intelligence
October 18, 2018
October 15, 2018
๐ฅ๐๐ซ Our full Our Shared Shelf interview: bit.ly/2QLzlWy
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If youโve already read Reniโs book and want to continue the conversation (or even if you havenโt read it), her podcast โAbout Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge' is available to listen now www.aboutracepodcast.com ๐ถ๐๐ป#blackhistorymonth
October 11, 2018
Today is International Day of the Girl ๐ง ๐ช๐ผ๐ & I want to celebrate by letting all the girls here know ๐๐ฃ that I am truly and totally in awe of all the ideas, efforts and talents youโre using to organise together and transform our world! Iโm so inspired by you all xo
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I encourage you to check out FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund - the only youth led fund focused on supporting the organising of young feminist activists all over the world ๐ because your work is critical to expanding, rejuvenating and sustaining social justice movements, now and in the future! โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ
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October 4, 2018
Itโs ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LGBT History Month in the USA. I have learned so much about feminism and anti-racism through the work of LGBTQIA+ activists. Thank you Sylvia Rivera, Audre Lorde and Marsha P. Johnson!! Sending love to all those I love and wider LGBTQIA+ communities around the world.
โค๏ธ๐งก๐๐๐๐ We love you.
October 2, 2018
๐ธ Words cannot express how excited I was to interview Reni Eddo-Lodge ๐ a London based feminist activist, podcaster, award-winning journalist and author of โWhy Iโm No Longer Talking to White People About Race,โ the Jan/Feb Our Shared Shelf book pick.
๐ฑ๐ท Reniโs research and candour opened my eyes to how deeply-engrained structural racism is in UK society. Her work enlightened and motivated me to begin a journey of acknowledging the history of racism in Britain. Thank you, Reni, for thoughtfully answering the questions from #OurSharedShelf members and myself.
๐ฅ๐ Full interview out ๐! #blackhi...
September 29, 2018
As part of their Incredible Women list featuring letters to remarkable changemakers, it was a great honour to be asked by PORTER magazine to pay the deepest respect to the legacy of Dr Savita Halappanavar, whose death powered the determination of activists to change Irish abortion laws & fight for reproductive justice all over the world. https://bit.ly/2QinVJI
The planned new legislation has already been dubbed โSavitaโs lawโ by campaigners out of respect for a woman who didnโt want to become the face of a movement, but simply wanted a procedure to save her life.
A note on her memorial...
September 25, 2018
โ๏ธโค๏ธ Calling all fellow Londoners! TRAID - a UK clothes reuse charity - revealed in their new study that 23% of Londonโs clothes are unworn. Thatโs 123 million items! ๐๐คฏ๐ข
๐ฃ๐ If you have clothes you donโt wear, TRAID offers *free* home collections picking up clothes you no longer need direct from your door, direct to the charity! Passing on our unworn clothes to TRAID also helps fund their projects to improve conditions in the supply chains making our clothes. www.traid.org.uk/23collect
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. TRAIDโs study shows 22% of Londoners...
September 12, 2018
SP๐๐KY TREAT ๐ the Sept/Oct Our Shared Shelf membersโ choice winner is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.
Itโs a gothic thriller with three well-drawn female characters and some prophetic feminist themes. Donโt want to give anything more away ๐ป this oneโs a creepy classic! ENJ๐ฌY!
and yes, that is Yoda.
๐ฝ๐๐ Sending all the love for your upcoming American tour, Rupi Kaur (Details here: rupikaur.com/tour/)
Our full Our Shared Shelf interview: bit.ly/2M2dVBA โจ
September 5, 2018
August 20, 2018
๐ซ Finally got to meet Rupi Kaur ! ๐ป So excited for Our Shared Shelf to hear our interview!
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Rupi,
I think I first publicly said I was a feminist aged 9, and since then I have been on a worldwide search to find my tribe. Thank you for being the kindred heart & spirit I knew you would be. Heartened to know you and grateful your work is out there. ๐๐
Your friend,
E x
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#milkandhoney #oursharedshelf
August 3, 2018
Calling all UK organisations & grassroots activists - donโt forget the Justice and Equality Fund is open for applications!
This fund, catalysed by the UK #TimesUp movement, and hosted by Rosa, the UKโs womenโs fund, supports those working to bring an end to sexual harassment and abuse in our workplaces and communities across the UK.
Find out more about how to apply here: http://www.rosauk.org/how-to-apply/justice-and-equality-fund-2/
Here is the link if you would like to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/Justice-and-Equality-Fund
July 21, 2018
I recently visited Thorpe Hall Primary School in Walthamstow to launch Hockey Futures, a charity aiming to get more young people into hockey. Hockey was a big part of my life growing up and I am excited that the Hockey Womenโs World Cup is going to be hosted in London, starting on TODAY! Good luck, England Hockey - Iโll be cheering you on!
https://www.hockeyfutures.org/
Unseen portraits from the Australian Vogue shoot, exclusively for my fans. Thank you Peter Lindbergh! Em x
May 4, 2018
April 29, 2018
I'm proud to support many incredible campaigns and organisations, all working to create a more equal and just world.
You can find out more about them on my new Facebook tab, 'Emma's Partnerships'.
I'd love to know which organisations inspire you too. Who do you donate to, volunteer or campaign with?
Em x
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