She took to Twitter for a Q&A, during which she answered questions from both men and women about how we can be doing more to achieve gender parity.
In a series of tweets, the actor provided some very wise words about gender equality.
@archangel_grl @UN_Women @HeforShe Conviction.
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
@TheWyfeOfBathe Why not have both?
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
@cmclymer @HeforShe It really depends on peoples unique circumstances, but really its just about men reaching out to and including women.
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
@Triz84 be both!!!
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
@BaileyandBirch we believe in equality for everyone regardless of gender, race sexuality, religion ....
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
But the best piece of advice - of only three words - was:
@lordvoldemot @HeforShe Become an engineer.
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 23, 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded Watson for the campaign saying, “she has been using her magic wand in her movie. I hope she will use [her] magic wand to stop violence against women.”
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