You know her as Hermione from the infamous Harry Potter series, or as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, she was officially named the “most outstanding woman in the world” or as Emma Watson, a courageous and inspirational young woman

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson, 28,  is an English actress, model, and activist.

Watson is one of several women in the arts who have taken advantage of their high profile status to bring women’s rights issues to the public eye.

In 2014, Watson was titled the U.N Goodwill Ambassador. It is a program that actively involves prominent personalities in the fields of arts and sports to promote U.N. programs.

Watson’s role in this program is to serve as a defender for U.N. Women’s gender equality campaign known as HeForShe.

There were multiple times in Watson’s life where she even had close friends who believed they had to mold themselves so that society would accept them for they girls they truly need to be so something had to be done.

“When, at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their 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,” Emma said in her Heforshe speech in 2014.

In 2016 announced that she will take a year away from acting to further her knowledge of feminism.

Through her words, she has opened the door to a new way of thinking with gender equality, which affects both men and women within our society, especially younger women and girls who were not yet considering feminism and gender equality. She strongly encouraged men to get involved to help enact this change.

“We must try to mobilize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. We don’t just want to talk about it,” Watson had also mentioned in her Heforshe speech.

Emma continues to strive for her goal for equality.