--- title: Emma Watson Gender Equality: Actress Holds Facebook Q&A description: Actress and activist Emma Watson took to Facebook on Sunday to advocate for men and women joining together in the fight for gender equality canonical: https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-09T03:24:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:49.158Z og:title: Emma Watson Tackles Gender Inequality in Facebook Q&A og:description: Discussion held on International Women's Day og:url: https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58289d2d4733f0f7/698782bccd68481f6109a0e5/455817550.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: UN Women's "HeForShe" VIP After Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Emma Watson Tackles Gender Inequality in Facebook Q&A twitter:description: Discussion held on International Women's Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58289d2d4733f0f7/698782bccd68481f6109a0e5/455817550.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Emma Watson Tackles Gender Inequality in Facebook Q&A  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 9, 2015 3:24 AM UTC  Actress and U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at the UN Women's "HeForShe" VIP After Party in New York City, Sept. 20, 2014\. The actress held a live Q&A session via Facebook on International Women's Day. Actress and U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at the UN Women's "HeForShe" VIP After Party in New York City, Sept. 20, 2014\. The actress held a live Q&A session via Facebook on International Women's Day.Robin Marchant—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 9, 2015 3:24 AM UTC Actress and activist Emma Watson took to Facebook on Sunday, which marked International Women’s Day, to advocate for men and women joining together in the fight for gender equality. Watson, whose speech at the U.N. in September was widely lauded and coincided with the launch of the “HeForShe” campaign, held a one-hour discussion in London that was live-streamed on Facebook, where she had solicited questions. Among the topics were roles imposed on men, misunderstandings (like men “saving” women), wage discrimination and more. “We’re never, ever, ever going to be able to fly as high,” she said, “unless we’re both in support of each other.” _Read next:_ [_Emma Watson Wants to Know How You’re Advancing Gender Equality_](http://time.com/3731357/emma-watson-gender-equality/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/"},"headline":"Emma Watson Tackles Gender Inequality in Facebook Q&A","datePublished":"2015-03-09T03:24:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:49.158Z","description":"Discussion held on International Women's Day","url":"https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/","keywords":["Living","feminism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58289d2d4733f0f7/698782bccd68481f6109a0e5/455817550.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58289d2d4733f0f7/698782bccd68481f6109a0e5/455817550.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"UN Women's \"HeForShe\" VIP After Party","caption":"UN Women's \"HeForShe\" VIP After Party","creditText":"Robin Marchant—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3736712/emma-watson-tackles-gender-inequality-in-facebook-qa/","name":"Emma Watson Tackles Gender Inequality in Facebook Q&A"}}]}] ```