The Harry Potter actress joined Nobel Peace Prize winners and human rights advocates at the G7 (Group of Seven) Advisory Council For Gender Equality with French President Emmanuel Macron in Elysee Palace in Paris, France.
Emma was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador back in 2014, and serves as an advocate for the HeForShe campaign for gender equality. Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States also belong to G7, of which France currently holds the presidency.
The Advisory Council For Gender Equality aims to set out a legislative package and good practices in favor of women. The 45th G7 Summit will be held on August 25 to 27 in Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The United States will host the summit in 2020.
Watson – who is currently filming Greta Gerwig’s remake of Little Women with Saoirse Ronan – has previously spoken about why being part of such councils and campaigns is important to her. “Part of me relaxed after I took on [the] position [of UN ambassador], it gave me a sense of belonging and purpose.
Everything clicked in to place, in a way that it hadn’t before,” she told Vogue in 2015. “I understood what I’m here to do and knew where to channel all this energy that has been coming at me.
I now feel this sense of peace. People say that I’m different since I did it.”
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