#HeFor

She
 HeForShe.org
-ay isang pinag-isang kampanya
ng UN Women para sa
pagakakapantay-pantay ng
kasarian. Ito rin ay naglalayong
isama ang mga kalalakihan sa
laban sa di-pantay na pagtrato sa
mga kababaihan at para sa
karapatan ng mga kababaihan.
-Noong ika-20 ng Setyembre
taong 2014 sa punong-
tanggapan ng
United Nations, pinangunahan ni
Emma Watson ang isang ang
 Emma Watson
-ay isang aktres mula sa
United Kingdom na nakilala
sa kanyang mga pagganap
sa mga pelikula ng Harry
Potter series bilang
Hermione Granger. Itinalaga
si Watson ng UN Women,
isang ahensya ng United
Nations para sa
pagkakapantay-pantay ng
mga kasarian at sa ikabubuti
ng mga kababaihan, bilang
UN Goodwill Ambassador.
Pinangungunahan niya ang
kampanyang HeForShe.
 "Today we are launching a
campaign called for HeForShe. I
am reaching out to you because
we need your help. We want to
end gender inequality, and to do
this, we need everyone involved.
This is the first campaign of its
kind at the UN. We want to try to
mobilize as many men and boys
as possible to be advocates for
change. And, we don’t just want
to talk about it. We want to try
and make sure that it’s tangible."
 "I was appointed as Goodwill
Ambassador for UN Women six
months ago. And, the more I spoke
about feminism, the more I realized
that fighting for women’s rights has
too often become synonymous with
man-hating. If there is one thing I
know for certain, it is that this has to
stop.For the record, feminism by
definition is the belief that men and
women should have equal rights and
opportunities. It is the theory of
political, economic and social equality
of the sexes."
 "I started questioning gender-based
assumptions a long time ago. When I
was 8, I was confused for being
called bossy because I wanted to
direct the plays that we would put on
for our parents, but the boys were
not. When at 14, I started to be
sexualized by certain elements of the
media. When at 15, my girlfriends
started dropping out of sports teams
because they didn’t want to appear
muscly. When at 18, my male friends
were unable to express their
feelings."
 "I decided that I was a feminist, and
this seemed uncomplicated to me.
But my recent research has shown
me that feminism has become an
unpopular word. Women are
choosing not to identify as feminists.
Apparently, I’m among the ranks of
women whose expressions are seen
as too strong, too aggressive,
isolating, and anti-men. Unattractive,
even.Why has the word become such
an uncomfortable one? I am from
Britain, and I think it is right I am paid
the same as my male counterparts."
"But sadly, I can say that there is
no one country in the world
where all women can expect to
see these rights. No country in
the world can yet say that they
achieved gender equality. These
rights, I consider to be human
rights, but I am one of the lucky
ones."
 We don’t often talk about men
being imprisoned by gender
stereotypes, but I can see that
they are, and that when they are
free, things will change for
women as a natural
consequence. If men don’t have
to be aggressive in order to be
accepted, women won’t feel
compelled to be submissive. If
men don’t have to control,
women won’t have to be
controlled.
 Both men and women should
feel free to be sensitive. Both
men and women should feel free
to be strong. It is time that we all
perceive gender on a spectrum,
instead of two sets of opposing
ideals.
If we stop defining each other by
what we are not, and start
defining ourselves by who we
are, we can all be freer, and this
is what HeForShe is about. It’s
about freedom
 I want men to take up this
mantle so that their daughters,
sisters, and mothers can be free
from prejudice, but also so that
their sons have permission to be
vulnerable and human too,
reclaim those parts of
themselves they abandoned,
and in doing so, be a more true
and complete version of
themselves.
 You might be thinking, “Who is
this Harry Potter girl, and what is
she doing speaking at the UN?”
And, it’s a really good question.
I’ve been asking myself the
same thing.
All I know is that I care about this
problem, and I want to make it
better. And, having seen what
I’ve seen, and given the chance,
I feel it is my responsibility to say
something.
Statesman Edmund Burke said, “All that
is needed for the forces of evil to
triumph is for good men and women to
do nothing.”
In my nervousness for this speech and
in my moments of doubt, I told myself
firmly, “If not me, who? If not now,
when?” If you have similar doubts when
opportunities are presented to you, I
hope those words will be helpful.
Because the reality is that if we do
nothing, it will take seventy-five years, or
for me to be nearly 100, before women
can expect to be paid the same as men
for the same work. 15.5 million girls will
be married in the next 16 years as
children.
 And at current rates, it won't be
until 2086 before all rural African
girls can have a secondary
education. If you believe in
equality, you might be one of
those inadvertent feminists that I
spoke of earlier, and for this, I
applaud you. We are struggling
for a uniting word, but the good
news is, we have a uniting
movement. It is called
HeForShe. I invite you to step
forward, to be seen and to ask
yourself, “If not me, who? If not
now, when?”