Editing Emma Watson (section)

==Activism and advocacy==
{{Quote box|width=30em|align=right|quote="It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals. [...] I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too [...] and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves."|source={{mdash}}Part of Watson's address at the [[headquarters of the United Nations]] to launch the [[HeForShe]] campaign, 2014<ref name=UNspeech>{{cite web |url=http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/9/emma-watson-gender-equality-is-your-issue-too |title=Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too |website=UN Women (official transcript) |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=25 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041318/http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/9/emma-watson-gender-equality-is-your-issue-too |archive-date=24 September 2014}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk Official video] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925142541/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk |date=25 September 2014 }}</ref>}}
Watson is an outspoken [[Feminism|feminist]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Foreman |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Foreman (historian) |url=http://vogue.com/article/emma-watsons-new-day/amp |title=Emma Watson's New Day |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416164152/https://www.vogue.com/article/emma-watsons-new-day/amp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Clark |first=Noelene |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/02/24/emma-watson-feminism-beauty-beast/ |title=Why Emma Watson finds difficulty with the word 'feminism' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=24 February 2017 |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225033058/http://ew.com/movies/2017/02/24/emma-watson-feminism-beauty-beast/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She has promoted education for girls, travelling to Bangladesh and Zambia to do so.<ref name=girlsed>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28205765 |title=Emma Watson announces UN Women Goodwill Ambassador role |work=BBC Newsbeat |location=United Kingdom |date=8 July 2014 |access-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923063048/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28205765 |archive-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> In July 2014, she was appointed a [[UN Women]] [[Goodwill ambassador]].<ref name=ambassador>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/emma-watson-appointed-un-women-goodwill-ambassador-9590993.html |work=The Independent |title=Emma Watson named UN Women Goodwill Ambassador |date=8 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709170933/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/emma-watson-appointed-un-women-goodwill-ambassador-9590993.html |archive-date=9 July 2014}}</ref> That September, an admittedly nervous Watson<ref name=UNspeech /> delivered an address at [[Headquarters of the United Nations|UN Headquarters]] in New York City to launch the UN Women campaign [[HeForShe]], which aims to urge men to advocate for [[gender equality]]. In that speech she said she began questioning gender-based assumptions at age eight when she was called "bossy", a trait she has attributed to her being a "perfectionist",<ref name=MCbossy>{{cite magazine |last=Bennetts |first=Leslie |url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/emma-watson-interview |title=Emma Watson Interview |magazine=Marie Claire |date=3 November 2010 |access-date=24 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006094131/http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/emma-watson-interview |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> whilst boys were not, and at 14 when she was "sexualised by certain elements of the media".<ref name="UNspeech-vid">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk&t=2m52s |title=Emma Watson at the HeForShe Campaign 2014 – Official UN Video |time=2:52–2:57 |via=YouTube |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=26 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182712/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk&t=2m52s |archive-date=5 February 2017}}</ref><!-- NOTE: She delivers "media" in the speech, while the official transcript uses "press". --> Watson's speech described feminism as "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities" and declared that the perception of feminism as being "man-hating" is something that "has to stop".<ref name=UNspeech /><!-- cites previous three sentences except bossiness attribution --> The speech made worldwide headlines from both major news outlets and [[fashion blog]]s, and the organisation's website crashed after press coverage of the event.<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Watson later said she received threats within less than twelve hours of making the speech, which left her "raging. [...] If they were trying to put me off [women's rights work], it did the opposite."<ref name=raging>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joanna |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/emma-watson-feminism-threats-raging-heforshe |title=Emma Watson on How Being Threatened for Speaking About Feminism Enraged and Motivated Her |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=8 March 2015 |access-date=9 March 2015 |quote=When they saw that the minute I stepped up and talked about women's rights I was immediately threatened. I mean within less than 12 hours I was receiving threats. ... It's funny, people were like, 'Oh she's going to be so disheartened by this.' ... I was just raging. It made me so angry that I was just like, 'This is why I have to be doing this. If they were trying to put me off, it did the opposite'. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309151927/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/emma-watson-feminism-threats-raging-heforshe |archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref>

[[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]], the executive director of UN Women, stated, "For a time, there was a conversation about whether 'feminism' was a good thing or a bad thing... [Her speech] gave us the word back."<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> In 2015, [[Malala Yousafzai]] told Watson she decided to call herself a feminist after hearing her speech.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/05/malala-yousafzai-tells-emma-watson-im-a-feminist-thanks-to-you |title=Malala Yousafzai tells Emma Watson: I'm a feminist thanks to you |work=The Guardian |date=5 November 2015 |access-date=5 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712015031/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/05/malala-yousafzai-tells-emma-watson-im-a-feminist-thanks-to-you |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:"Paddington Bear" London (15925013020).jpg|thumb|right|Watson's butterfly themed "Flutterby Bear" (right), one of fifty [[Paddington Bear]]s along 'The Paddington Trail' in London, auctioned for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]]]]

Also in September, Watson made her first country visit as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador to Uruguay, where she gave a speech at the [[Legislative Palace of Uruguay|Legislative Palace]] in Montevideo highlighting the need for women's political participation.<ref name=uruguay>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48741 |title=In Uruguay, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson Urges Women's Political Participation |publisher=United Nations |date=18 September 2014 |access-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921172420/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48741 |archive-date=21 September 2014}}</ref> In November 2014, Watson designed a [[Paddington Bear]] statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'', which was auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Shaunna |title=Emma Watson Designed A Paddington Bear For Charity And It's Freaking Adorable |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=9 June 2022 |publisher=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712015320/https://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In December, the [[Ms. Foundation for Women]] named Watson its Feminist Celebrity of 2014, following an online poll.<ref name=MsFC2014>{{cite magazine |last=Locker |first=Melissa |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/emma-watson-feminist |title=The Feminist Celebrity of the Year Is ... Emma Watson |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=21 December 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309225907/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/emma-watson-feminist |archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Watson also gave a speech about gender equality in January 2015, at the [[World Economic Forum]]'s annual winter meeting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/emma-watson-davos-equality-speech-2015-1 |title=Emma Watson Davos Equality Speech |date=23 January 2015 |work=Business Insider |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126045912/http://www.businessinsider.com/emma-watson-davos-equality-speech-2015-1 |archive-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>

Watson took the top spot on the ''[[AskMen]]'' "Top 99 Outstanding Women 2015" list on the strength of having "thrown her back" into women's rights issues.<ref name=AskMen>{{cite news |last=Begley |first=Sarah |url=https://time.com/3761316/emma-watson-most-outstanding/ |title=Emma Watson Named Most 'Outstanding Woman' In the World |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=27 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327141035/http://time.com/3761316/emma-watson-most-outstanding/ |archive-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> In the same year, Watson was included on the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list of the world's most influential people, her first-ever appearance on the list. For its recap, former ''The New York Times'' editor [[Jill Abramson]] noted Watson's "gutsy, smart take on feminism" and called her effort to get men involved "refreshing".<ref name=TIME100>{{cite news |last1=Sherwell |first1=Philip |last2=Lawler |first2=David |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11542737/Time-100-Emma-Watson-makes-first-appearance-in-the-worlds-most-influential-list.html |title=Time 100: Emma Watson makes first appearance in the world's most influential list |work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]] |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416230126/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11542737/Time-100-Emma-Watson-makes-first-appearance-in-the-worlds-most-influential-list.html |archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><!-- Primary source: http://time.com/3823057/emma-watson-2015-time-100/ -->

Watson has cited [[Gloria Steinem]] and [[Maya Angelou]] as influences.<ref name="Book Fairies" /> In January 2016, Watson started a feminist [[Goodreads]] book club: ''Our Shared Shelf''.<ref name=oursharedshelf>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-emma-s-book-club---our-shared-shelf |title=Emma's Book Club – Our Shared Shelf |website=Goodreads |access-date=7 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708191135/https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-emma-s-book-club---our-shared-shelf |archive-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> The goal of the club is to share feminist ideas and encourage discussion on the topic. One book is selected per month and is discussed in the last week of that month.<ref name=oursharedshelf /> The first book to be selected was ''My Life on the Road'' by Steinem, whom Watson would later interview that February at the How to: Academy in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/videos/99192-emma-watson-in-conversation-with-gloria-steinem |title=Emma Watson in Conversation with Gloria Steinem |website=Goodreads |access-date=7 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032018/http://www.goodreads.com/videos/99192-emma-watson-in-conversation-with-gloria-steinem |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howtoacademy.com/courses/an-evening-with-gloria-steinem |title=An Evening with Gloria Steinem and Emma Watson |website=how to: Academy |access-date=7 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609181817/http://www.howtoacademy.com/courses/an-evening-with-gloria-steinem |archive-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> ''Our Shared Shelf'' ceased updates in January 2020, but continues to be open as a discussion board for recommendations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Emma |title=Our Shared Shelf |url=https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21064641-our-shared-shelf |website=Goodreads |access-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712015632/https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21064641-our-shared-shelf |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 2016 [[International Day of the Girl Child]], Watson visited Malawi to meet with traditional chiefs and girls who returned to school after being freed from child marriage.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/10/press-release-emma-watson-shines-spotlight-on-need-to-end-child-marriages |title=Press release: UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson shines spotlight on need to end child marriages |location=New York City and [[Lilongwe]] |website=[[UN Women]] |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220810060832/https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/10/press-release-emma-watson-shines-spotlight-on-need-to-end-child-marriages |access-date=10 August 2021 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson has partnered with organisations such as Book Fairies and Books on the Underground to leave literature on public transit for consumption.<ref name="Book Fairies">{{cite magazine |title=Watch Emma Watson Leave Books Around the New York City Subway |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/emma-watson-books-new-york-city-subway |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712015854/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/emma-watson-books-new-york-city-subway |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Emma_Watson_Uruguay_3.png|thumb|left|Watson delivering an address at the [[Legislative Palace of Uruguay]] as a UN Women Ambassador in 2014]]

In March 2017, Watson received backlash for a ''Vanity Fair'' photo shoot in which one of the shots had her breasts partly visible, for which some in the news media accused her of hypocrisy.<ref name="backlash">{{cite news |last=Petit |first=Stephanie |url=https://people.com/movies/emma-watson-reacts-topless-photos-vanity-fair-controversy/ |title=Emma Watson Reacts to Vanity Fair Controversy: 'I Don't See What My T–s' Have to Do with Feminism |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=7 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020026/https://people.com/movies/emma-watson-reacts-topless-photos-vanity-fair-controversy/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bemused by the controversy, she argued that "feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women" but is instead about freedom, liberation and equality, adding, "I really don't know what my tits have to do with it."<ref>{{cite news |last=Washington |first=Arlene |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emma-watson-defines-feminism-her-response-vanity-fair-topless-photo-shoot-criticism-983295 |title=Emma Watson Defines Feminism in Her Response to Vanity Fair Topless Photo Shoot Criticism |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=7 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020155/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/emma-watson-defines-feminism-her-response-vanity-fair-topless-photo-shoot-criticism-983295/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="backlash" />

Watson has discussed her [[white privilege]] in feminist spaces;<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Watson's willingness to face the truth about race is refreshing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/10/emma-watson-truth-race-white |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020450/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/10/emma-watson-truth-race-white |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> in an interview with [[British Vogue|British ''Vogue'']], she commented, "I saw 'white feminism' coming up again and again, and I was like, 'Hey, this is clearly something that I have to meaningfully engage with. I have to understand this better".<ref name="archive">{{cite web |last1=Lees |first1=Paris |title=From The Archive: Emma Watson on Being Happily "Self-Partnered" At 30 |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women |website=British Vogue |date=4 November 2019 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020757/https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has written about intersectionality for ''Our Shared Shelf'', discussing her self-reflection on "What are the ways I have benefited from being white? In what ways do I support and uphold a system that is structurally racist?"<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Watson: Star failing to be 'normal' in a fantasy world |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/09/emma-watson-struggle-to-be-normal-in-abnormal-world |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020901/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/09/emma-watson-struggle-to-be-normal-in-abnormal-world |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Watson is a founding member of [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up UK]] and coordinated its launch at the [[71st British Academy Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ending Sexual Harassment in the United Kingdom |url=https://timesupnow.org/work/times-up-uk/ending-sexual-harassment-in-the-united-kingdom/ |website=Times Up UK |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712021021/https://timesupnow.org/work/times-up-uk/ending-sexual-harassment-in-the-united-kingdom/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="keringpage">{{cite web |title=Emma Watson, Independent Director |url=https://www.kering.com/en/group/our-governance/board-of-directors/emma-watson/ |website=Kering |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712014547/https://www.kering.com/en/group/our-governance/board-of-directors/emma-watson/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson also assisted in the establishment of nationwide industry guidelines on bullying and harassment, implemented by the [[British Film Institute]] and [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]].<ref name="keringpage" /><ref>{{cite web |title=British Entertainment Industry Issues New Guidelines on Harassment and Bullying |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/british-entertainment-industry-issues-guidelines-harassment-bullying-1202697747/ |website=Variety |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712021142/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/british-entertainment-industry-issues-guidelines-harassment-bullying-1202697747/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> She donated £1&nbsp;million to Time's Up UK in February 2018 and later helped set up the organisation's Justice and Equality Fund in October, which donated to women's groups across the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=#MeToo: UK stars give £1m to sexual harassment victims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45818699 |access-date=28 December 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022026/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45818699 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Marai Larasi, an activist on the issue of violence against women, was her guest to the [[75th Golden Globe Awards|2018 Golden Globe Awards]].<ref name="activists">{{cite web |author=CNWN Collection |url=https://www.allure.com/story/support-causes-activists-2018-golden-globes |title=Golden Globes 2018: How to Support the Activists' Causes |date=8 January 2018 |work=Allure |access-date=11 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022231/https://www.allure.com/story/support-causes-activists-2018-golden-globes |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2019, Watson helped launch a legal [[helpline]] for people who have suffered [[sexual harassment]] in the workplace. Legal advice is provided by Rights of Women, a charity which works to help women through the law.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/04/emma-watson-helps-launch-sexual-harassment-advice-line-women/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/04/emma-watson-helps-launch-sexual-harassment-advice-line-women/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Emma Watson helps launch sexual harassment advice line for women |date=5 August 2019 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=5 August 2019 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, she joined a [[Group of Seven|G7]] gender equality advisory group convened by the [[president of France]], [[Emmanuel Macron]], to "call on G7 to make political and economic advances for women within their own countries" as well as a "centerpiece of [[foreign policy]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Alyssa |title=Emma Watson Attended The First G7 Advisory Committee For Equality Meeting |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26413184/emma-watson-pantsuit-g7-advisory-committee-meeting/ |website=Elle |date=19 February 2019 |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022501/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26413184/emma-watson-pantsuit-g7-advisory-committee-meeting/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> She attended their first meeting at the [[Élysée Palace]] in Paris in February and attended the [[45th G7 summit]] in August as part of the committee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Kate |title=Emma Watson among advisory group calling on G7 for progressive feminist laws |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-g7/emma-watson-among-advisory-group-calling-on-g7-for-progressive-feminist-laws-idUSKCN1VC2PL |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=Reuters|date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022700/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-g7/emma-watson-among-advisory-group-calling-on-g7-for-progressive-feminist-laws-idUSKCN1VC2PL |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In an interview with [[Paris Lees]], she voiced her support for [[transgender rights]], reiterating this on [[Twitter]] amidst controversy concerning Rowling's [[Politics of J. K. Rowling#Transgender people|remarks on gender identity]].<ref name="archive" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Sarah Paulson and More Condemn J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Tweets |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-sarah-paulson-condemn-jk-rowling-anti-trans-tweets-1234630870/ |work=Variety |date=10 June 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022838/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-sarah-paulson-condemn-jk-rowling-anti-trans-tweets-1234630870/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson has spoken out in support of the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement; in June 2020, she shared anti-racism educational resources on social media in support of the [[George Floyd protests]] after initially participating in [[Blackout Tuesday]], and uploaded a podcast episode onto [[Spotify]] interviewing [[Reni Eddo-Lodge]] about her book ''[[Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Watson tells social media followers 'I see your anger, sadness and pain' after Blackout Tuesday post |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/emma-watson-blackout-tuesday-black-lives-matter-a4458191.html |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712023017/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/emma-watson-blackout-tuesday-black-lives-matter-a4458191.html |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2020, she partnered with Lodge and the WOW Foundation to spearhead a project reimagining the [[London Underground Map]], renaming the 270 stops to spotlight women and non-binary people who have shaped the city's history. The initiative will consult writers, museums, and librarians and is set to be published by [[Haymarket Books]] on [[International Women's Day]] 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |title=Reni Eddo-Lodge and Emma Watson to redraw London tube map with women's names |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/21/reni-eddo-lodge-and-emma-watson-to-redraw-london-tube-map-with-womens-names |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712023427/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/21/reni-eddo-lodge-and-emma-watson-to-redraw-london-tube-map-with-womens-names |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson was among the 400 signatories in a letter calling for the UK government to include women in "decision-making roles" at the [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite news |title=COP26: Ellie Goulding and Emma Watson join call for climate talks change |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55254771 |access-date=28 December 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712023547/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55254771 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2021, it was reported that Watson was part of a group of investors funding $12.5 million into FabricNano, a startup developing sustainable alternatives to [[petrochemical]] products.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Di Stefano |first1=Mark |title=Actor Emma Watson Invests in U.K. Anti-Plastics Company |url=https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/d1cbd1 |website=The Information |date=29 June 2021 |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712023927/https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/d1cbd1 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2022, Watson showed support for the Palestine cause by posting an image of a pro-Palestinian protest with a "Solidarity is a verb" banner on Instagram. This received backlash from former Israeli science minister [[Danny Danon]], who posted on Twitter, "10 points from Gryffindor for being an antisemite". Israeli ambassador to the UN [[Gilad Erdan]] also criticised her. Danon's comment was criticised by [[Leah Greenberg]], a co-executive director of [[Indivisible Project]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] peer [[Sayeeda Warsi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khomami |first1=Nadia |title=Emma Watson pro-Palestinian post sparks antisemitism row |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/emma-watson-pro-palestinian-post-sparks-antisemitism-row |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024043/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/emma-watson-pro-palestinian-post-sparks-antisemitism-row |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Watson post in support of Palestinians angers Israeli envoys |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/4/emma-watson-voices-support-for-palestinians-angers-israel-envoys |publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> More than forty people, including [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Miriam Margolyes]], [[Gael García Bernal]], [[Peter Capaldi]], [[Maxine Peake]], [[Viggo Mortensen]], [[Steve Coogan]] and [[Charles Dance]], supported Watson in a letter organised by Artists for Palestine UK.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ifteqar |first1=Naheed |title=Emma Watson's Post for Palestine Receives Support From More Than 40 International Stars |url=https://en.vogue.me/culture/emma-watson-palestine-solidarity-post-supported-by-mark-ruffalo-susan-sarandon/ |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=Vogue Arabia |date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024147/https://en.vogue.me/culture/emma-watson-palestine-solidarity-post-supported-by-mark-ruffalo-susan-sarandon/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars back Emma Watson after Palestinian solidarity post |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/13/hollywood-stars-back-emma-watson-after-palestinian-solidarity-post |website=The Guardian |date=13 January 2022}}</ref>

Watson is an activist for [[environmental justice]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryu |first1=Jenna |title=Emma Watson surprises fans with sustainable crop top look at 'surreal' meeting with Al Gore |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/22/emma-watson-wears-sustainable-crop-top-al-gore-meeting/6135230001/ |access-date=7 March 2022 |date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024323/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/22/emma-watson-wears-sustainable-crop-top-al-gore-meeting/6135230001/ |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[climate change mitigation]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Köhler |first=Imke |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/earthshot-prize-coldplay-101.html |title=Prinz William vergibt Earthshot-Umweltpreis. "Wir werden Lösungen finden" |trans-title=Prince William presents Earthshot environmental award. "We will find solutions" |language=de |work=[[Tagesschau.de]] |date=18 October 2021 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024501/https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/earthshot-prize-coldplay-101.html |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Swedish researchers from [[Lund University]] analysed the [[carbon footprint]]s of ten celebrities including Watson's.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gössling |first=Stefan |date=1 November 2019 |title=Celebrities, air travel, and social norms |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016073831930132X |journal=Annals of Tourism Research |volume=79 |pages=102775 |doi=10.1016/j.annals.2019.102775 |s2cid=211419517 |issn=0160-7383 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024614/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016073831930132X |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson's carbon footprint was the lowest of the celebrities analysed, but her [[CO2 emission|{{CO2}} emissions]] from flying alone was still 15.1 tons of {{CO2}} – three times the global average. At the [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in Glasgow, Watson hosted a panel on climate change with guests including climate activist [[Greta Thunberg]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryan |first=Anna |date=4 November 2021 |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/cop26-harry-potter-actress-emma-watson-hosts-panel-event-attended-by-greta-thunberg-at-glasgow-climate-change-summit-3445690 |title=COP26: Harry Potter actress Emma Watson hosts panel event, attended by Greta Thunberg, at Glasgow climate change summit |work=The Scotsman |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024734/https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/cop26-harry-potter-actress-emma-watson-hosts-panel-event-attended-by-greta-thunberg-at-glasgow-climate-change-summit-3445690 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>