Emma Watson And Malala Interview

Over 10, 000 students witnessed the meeting of two of the world's most inspiring women at the launch of the Into Film Festival 2015 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson.

Malala's story, so brilliantly captured in Davis Guggenheim's documentary He Named Me Malala, is one of courage, resilience, and the importance for everyone to have the right to an education. After the pupil premiere of

Opened the Festival, Malala and Emma took part in a live Q&A session that was broadcast simultaneously for audiences in cinemas nationwide.

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Hopefully the message will spread and influence more people to come together and join the campaign, the Malala Fund. It's not just that you watch the film, but you do something. I want to be not just a movie but a movement.

Emma also asked questions submitted by audience members. Grace, from Mill Primary School in Leicester, asked 'why is it important for girls and boys to be treated equally?', to which Malala responded very succinctly:

Your gender should not make any difficulty in the choices you make. It's a very simple thing: it's about equality; it's about feminism; it's about saying we're all human beings, so why would you separate us because or gender is different?

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The event was the beginning of three weeks of film screenings, Q&As and filmmaking workshops at the 2015 Into Film Festival, all with the aim of placing film at the heart of children and young people's learning.

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View page Into Film Festival The Into Film Festival is a free, annual, UK-wide celebration of film, providing memorable cinema experiences for children and young people aged 5-19. View pageMalala Yousafzai has told Emma Watson that the actor’s speech to world leaders made her change her mind about not describing herself as a feminist.

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The 18-year-old human rights and education champion from Pakistan met the film star at the premiere of a documentary about her, called He Named Me Malala.

Yousafzai, a Nobel peace prize winner, said she initially thought feminism was a “tricky word” but now believed everyone should be a feminist.

Watson, a UN global goodwill ambassador for women, gave a speech to the UN last year to launch her “He for She” campaign, aimed at encouraging men to speak up for women’s rights.

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Yousafzai began speaking out on education for girls in 2009 when she was just 12. She was 15 and on her way home from school in Swat valley, Pakistan, when she was shot in the head in October 2012, for speaking out against the Taliban and its ban on female education.

Yousafzai said her father, Ziauddin, had been an “example to all men” and called himself a feminist. She added: “It has been a tricky word. When I heard it the first time I heard some negative responses and some positive ones. I hesitated in saying am I feminist or not?

“Then after hearing your speech I decided there’s no way and there’s nothing wrong by calling yourself a feminist. So I’m a feminist and we all should be a feminist because feminism is another word for equality.” Men “have to step forward” to promote equality of the sexes, she said.

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Watson posted a video of the interview on her Facebook page and said she found Yousafzai’s admission moving. She said: “Perhaps the most moving moment of today for me was when Malala addressed the issue of feminism. To give you some background, I had initially planned to ask Malala whether or not she was a feminist but then researched to see whether she had used this word to describe herself.

“Having seen that she hadn’t, I decided to take the question out before the day of our interview. To my utter shock Malala put the question back into one of her own answers and identified herself. Maybe feminist isn’t the easiest word to use … but she did it anyway.

“I’ve spoken before on what a controversial word feminism is currently. More recently, I am learning what a factionalised movement it is too. We are all moving towards the same goal.

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“Let’s not make it scary to say you’re a feminist. I want to make it a welcoming and inclusive movement. Let’s join our hands and move together so we can make real change. Malala and I are pretty serious about it but we need you.”

Yousafzai has been living in Birmingham with her family since the assassination attempt. She is studying for A-levels in history, economics, maths and religious studies and plans could include going to Oxford University, or Stanford, in California.The 18-year-old activist for female education has said the Harry Potter star’s speech at the UN last September had changed her mind about describing herself as a feminist.

The inspiring teen - who has made the UK her home after she was shot in Pakistan in 2012 - said she initially thought feminism was a tricky word but now believes everyone should be a feminist.

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She added: It has been a tricky word. When I heard it the first time I heard some negative responses and some positive ones. I hesitated in saying am I feminist or not?

Then after hearing your speech I decided there's no way and there's nothing wrong by calling yourself a feminist. So I'm a feminist and we all should be a feminist because feminism is another word for equality.

She was 15 and on her way home from school in the Swat Valley when she was shot in the head in October 2012 for speaking out against the Taliban and the ban on female education.

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Posting a video to her Facebook page, the British-born thespian said:Perhaps the most moving moment of today for me was when Malala addressed the issue of feminism.

To give you some background, I had initially planned to ask Malala whether or not she was a feminist but then researched to see whether she had used this word to describe herself.

Emma Watson's Interview With Malala Yousafzai. Feminism Is Another Word For Equality

She continued: To my utter shock Malala put the question back into one of her own answers and identified herself. Maybe feminist isn't the easiest word to use... but she did it anyway.