Whether in Hollywood or Paris, many actors are involved in the fight for pay and social equality beginning with the young Emma Watson, who launched the campaign HeForShe.
US, Canadian or French, the actresses are committed to gender equality.
● Emma Watson
Emma Watson has been named ambassador for the UN Photo credits: Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Emma Watson only 24 years old, one of the most committed actors in favor of women. The interpreter of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter did his 2014, a year of support for women. In 2010, the actress had visited Bangladesh to promote girls’ education as it has also in Zambia in 2012 as an ambassador of Camfed association. In 2014, the actress is investing more significantly by agreeing to become Goodwill Ambassador of UN Women will. It multiplies the speech and becomes the figure of the HeForShe campaign that encourages men to fight for full equality of all people, regardless of gender. Emma Watson takes his role to heart and lead this Sunday, March 8 a debate in London on the occasion of World Women’s Day.
● Patricia Arquette
The actress gave a remarkable speech at the presentation of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress Role Photo credits:. KEVIN WINTER / AFP
Patricia Arquette was a sensation at the last Oscars. She received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, but mostly spoke for equality between men and women. She recalled that women are still not considered equal to men and invited its citizens to fight for them after having fought for the rights of others. Meryl Streep was warmly applauded the speech of his colleague. The actress seems determined to commit to the cause. She also tweeted a message asking its readers to fight for equal pay. It reiterated his comments in an interview with the Times .
● Nicole Kidman
The actress is an ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women since 2006 . Photo credits: Kevin Dietsch / UPI / ABACA
Nicole Kidman militates in favor of women’s rights and gender equality. She was appointed ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women in 2006. She is particularly involved in the fight against violence against women. In 2008, she became a spokesperson for Unite to End Violence against Women, an association that fights against it. She gave a speech in 2009 noticed about it before the US House of Representatives. The actress has criticized Hollywood that it contributes to the representation of women as sex objects. She said in 2013: “No matter how much time I devote myself, I still can not understand that three girls are in their lives, beaten, abused or raped. It’s just an incredible statistic. “
● Ellen Page
The Canadian actress is committed to the rights of women but also for those gay . Photo credits: SANDRO PACE / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canadian actress Ellen Page is a cultural figure of feminism. She is not afraid of the word, it claims in an interview with the Guardian in 2013. “I do not know why so many people are reluctant to qualify feminist. Maybe some women do not care, just. But there he has a clear manifestation that we still live in a patriarchal world that the fact that the word feminism is a dirty word? “The actress took part in one of the debates that shook States US: access without a prescription at morning after pill, she defended on social networks. The young actress has also chosen to guide his career towards roles that are not the “stereotypical roles for teenage girls” it deems sexist.
● Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau trying to break stereotypes related to women Photo credits: Nicolas Briquet / ABACA
On the question of a journalist during States General of the Woman who asked her if she was a feminist, Sophie Marceau replied, “Yes, yes absolutely.” French actress reproach to the general society and women’s magazines in particular, the pressure on women to achieve perfection. It also accuses the present erroneously known personalities with 20 years and 20 pounds less. It also supports the right of women to choose from, such as not having children.
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