联合国亲善大使、女演员艾玛·沃森（Emma Watson）利用自己的名望和行动主义，将世界各地大学和学院的性别不平等和性侵犯问题作为焦点。2016年9月，这位《哈利波特》影星发表了一篇演讲，讲述了许多女性在大学学习和工作时遇到的性别双重标准。

两年前，她在纽约联合国总部发起了一项名为“HeForShe”的两性平等倡议，之后发表了一次演讲，随后发表了这篇演讲。然后，她重点讨论了全球性别不平等以及男子和男孩在为女孩和妇女争取正义方面必须发挥的作用。她2016年的演讲呼应了这些担忧，同时特别关注学术界的性别歧视。

为女性说话

作为一名女权主义者，艾玛·沃森（Emma Watson）于2016年9月20日在联合国露面，宣布发表了第一份HeForShe IMPACT 10x10大学平价报告。它记录了性别不平等在全球的普遍存在，以及10位大学校长为解决这一问题所作的承诺。

在她的演讲中，沃森将大学校园中的性别差异与许多女性在接受高等教育时所经历的普遍性暴力问题联系起来。她说：

Thank you all for being here for this important moment. These men from all over the world have decided to make gender equality a priority in their lives and in their universities. Thank you for making this commitment. I graduated from university four years ago. I had always dreamed of going and I know how fortunate I am to have had the opportunity to do so. Brown [University] became my home, my community, and I took the ideas and the experiences I had there into all of my social interactions, into my workplace, into my politics, into all aspects of my life. I know that my university experience shaped who I am, and of course, it does for many people. But what if our experience at university shows us that women don't belong in leadership? What if it shows us that, yes, women can study, but they shouldn't lead a seminar? What if, as still in many places around the world, it tells us that women don't belong there at all? What if, as is the case in far too many universities, we are given the message that sexual violence isn't actually a form of violence? But we know that if you change students' experiences so they have different expectations of the world around them, expectations of equality, society will change. As we leave home for the first time to study at the places that we have worked so hard to get, we must not see or experience double standards. We need to see equal respect, leadership, and pay. The university experience must tell women that their brain power is valued, and not just that, but that they belong among the leadership of the university itself. And so importantly, right now, the experience must make it clear that the safety of women, minorities, and anyone who may be vulnerable is a right and not a privilege. A right that will be respected by a community that believes and supports survivors. And that recognizes that when one person's safety is violated, everyone feels that their own safety is violated. A university should be a place of refuge that takes action against all forms of violence. That's why we believe that students should leave university believing in, striving for, and expecting societies of true equality. Societies of true equality in every sense, and that universities have the power to be a vital catalyst for that change. Our ten impact champions have made this commitment and with their work we know they will inspire students and other universities and schools across the world to do better. I'm delighted to introduce this report and our progress, and I'm eager to hear what's next. Thank you so much.

对沃森演讲的反应

艾玛·沃森（Emma Watson）2016年在联合国大学校园发表的关于两性平等的演讲在YouTube上的浏览量超过60万。此外，她的话在《财富》、《时尚》和《Elle》等出版物上占据了头条。

自从这位布朗大学毕业的女演员发表演讲以来，新的挑战出现了。2016年，沃森希望美国能选出第一位女性总统。相反，选民选举了唐纳德·特朗普，他任命贝齐·德沃斯为他的教育部长。批评她的人认为，德沃斯已经彻底改变了大学如何应对性侵犯指控，使受害者的程序更加困难。他们说，奥巴马时代教育政策的拟议变化将使女性在大学校园中更加脆弱。