UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson will join several international dignitaries on Friday morning in Davos, Switzerland in a press conference to discuss HeForShe’s new pilot initiative for the next year to come.
The
Harry Potter actress will join Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; and Mr. Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever for the HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 Initiative.
A livestream for the event, set to take place Friday, 23 January, 8 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Central European Time, will be available here when
live.
Quote:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson, and top global leaders to announce dynamic new initiative on 23 January
Who:
Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
H.E. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Ms. Emma Watson, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
Mr. Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever
What: UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, will unveil HeForShe’s new pilot initiative, to galvanize momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. The new campaign IMPACT 10X10X10 is a one-year pilot effort that aims to engage governments, corporations and universities as instruments of change positioned within some of the communities that most need to address deficiencies in women’s empowerment and gender equality.
Emma Watson to attend Friday's UN Women launch of HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 Initiative 
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