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into a damage and chaotic country. This resulted into how there are many citizens choose to seek for the asylum from the neighbourhood countries. Another ongoing war still happens between Israel and Palestine. Luckily even if the resolution has been voted by the US for many times, Palestine’s flag can finally be put in the UN office in 2015. It shows that Palestine has been acknowledged by the UN as an official country and official member of the UN. Thus the UN can give any measures to help the conflicting parties in the war in which this is considered as a good move from the UN in creating and maintaining the peace in the world. 2 Economy The world is facing the economic problem such as poverty, gap of prosperity, unsustainable development, unfair trade and the increasing of immobilizing foreign debt. In finding the resolution for that problems, the UN urges the adoption of macroeconomic policies that address current imbalances between the North and South. The UN also established some sub-organizations such as the UNDP United Nations Development Programme, the UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework, the UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund and so forth to provide sound policy advice and to help to generate the equitable economic growth especially in the developing countries. It also provides the development and sustainability loan through World Bank and its sub-organizations such as the IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the IDA The International Development Association, the IMF International Monetary Fund and so forth. 3 Socio-Culture The world is facing the new change of civilization right now. It is not only proven with numbers of authoritarian countries which have changed into a democratic countries but also proven with the existence of the pop-culture. This pop-culture is the culture of citizens who are considered as modern citizens. The development of the technology and life style causes the change in the people’s ideology and behaviour. For instance people now choose to be more active in talking through social media than in the direct face- to-face conversations. The new culture like free sex, hook-up, and ignorance as the new life style has been becoming the culture of our youths. The problem about this culture is not about the change but rather it is more about how this culture is mostly opposed by the conventional society. The world is no longer safe since the people are easily offended by other’s people actions which actually do not bring any significant impact to them. For example if someone executes one of the values of the pop-culture, it does not necessarily mean that they break the values that are believed by the conventional people. However, people ’s responses are random and uncontrollable. At the extreme case this intolerance can bring them into a conflict and disintegration. 4 Education Education is currently becoming the main problem in some countries in the world. This is where poverty comes from. Therefore, the UN programmes have shown some progress in enrolling the children in the primary schools. Based on UN Facts 2012, in 2008 primary school enrolment had increased to 89 per cent in the developing world. The progress was also reported in Southern Asia and Northern Africa, where enrolment increased by 11 and 8 percentage points, respectively, over the last decade. 5 Gender The gender gap in the out-of-school population is decreasing which was based on the UN Facts 2012. It was proven with the share of girls in that group decreasing from 57 per cent to 53 per cent globally between 1999 and 2008. However, the share was much larger in some regions, such as Northern Africa, where 66 per cent of out-of-school children are girl. Sadly, the focus of gender equality only to the extent of how women are empowered through the education means but not broadly to the extent of how women are given the same freedom as men in expressing themselves, in executing the full self-determination, and in achieving whatever they want to achieve even if it is perceived as the man-stuff. B. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson 1. Bibliography Figure 1: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris. Her parents are both British lawyers. Sadly her parents divorced when she was 5 years old. After the divorce her mother brought Emma and her brother to Oxfordshire in England. Hermione Granger, Harry Potters smart, bossy best friend and voice of reason in the Harry Potter film franchise was her first debut in acting. She becomes a popular adult model and actress since then. Emma attended the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School at Oxford. She studied singing, acting and dancing. Emma took her schooling quite seriously. She attended the Dragon School, a premier preparatory school in Oxford, England in 2001. From 2001-2006, she attended the equally prestigious Headington School for girls. Not only did she attend top schools, but Emma also earned top marks in her schools. She consistently achieved grades in the A category, and has done quite well on her exams too. She received two A marks on her GCSEs, which are a series of tests English students to gain entrance to institutions of higher education. She attended Brown University and graduated with cum laude title. Sports activities such as field hockey, netball, and tennis are her favourite. She enjoys recreational skiing and dancing, and competes regularly in dance competitions. This activities help her to have an athletic body. Her youngest fans see Emma as a role model because she is considered quite approachable, friendly and easy to relate to. Therefore, it is not surprising that Emma easily gets many friends around her. Meanwhile, her adults fans see her as a person with a strong determination because she finally can make the cut for top-earning, sexiest, and most popular celebrities in Forbes and Empire magazines. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, The Reuters, ep 23 September 2014 believed that the engagement of young people is critical for the advancement of gender equality in the 21 st century, and she was convinced that Emma’s intellect and passion will enable UN Women’s messages to reach the hearts and minds of young people globally. Therefore, Emma Watson is pointed as the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in 2014.

2. Summary of The Speech

This speech was delivered in UN General Assembly Meeting in New York, United States of America on September 20 th , 2014. The audience in the hall was the members and staffs of the General Assembly delegates. However, the speech was streamed through the official UN Youtube site, so that the international people outside the hall can also witness the speech directly. She said that the world is not enough in treating genders equally. She believed women should also have rights to determine themselves including to be aggressive and strong. In other words, men will also get the rights to be submissive and vulnerable. She added that feminism is about addressing the power imbalances which limit people’s opportunities to live their lives to the fullest. Furthermore, saying that the world needs men to uphold women’s right strengthened the message that men are considered as having the higher power than women in the society. This condition brings benefits for men because they have more authority to change the stereotypes that have been widely spread for years in the society. Lastly, she informed the good news about how this world has got the HeForShe uniting movement. This is an urge for people who believe in the gender equality to join and support this movement. At the end of her speech she asked everybody to step forward to be seen to speak of and to be “he” for “she for the greater good in the future.

3. The Audience’s Comments

E mma Watson’s UN speech on gender equality was applauded by actors, musicians, politicians and almost all people in every spectrum of society in the world. After receiving a standing ovation, her speech had successfully made waves on social media and blogs . There were more than 100,000 men worldwide who shared the HeForShe hashtag Rachel Jones, The Telegraph Post, ep September 28 th , 2014. On September 23 rd , 2014, more than 70,000 men and boys had signed online pledges, according to the HeForShe online active map on the campaigns website The Reuters, ep September 23 rd , 2014. T here were many people who gave comments toward Emma’s Speech. Some of the comments showed that they disagree with her but most of them showed that they were amazed with the speech. Here are some of the audience comments which were taken from different sites. “I love that Emma Watson has bravely put herself on the line as a proud feminist. It is wonderful that she may be instrumental in inspiring millions more to consider these issues. Bravo to her. ” Clementine Ford, The Freelance Writer The Sydney Morning Herad, September 26 th , 2014 “She delivered a thoughtful and passionate argument about the need for gender equity. Her words were impressive, but so too was how she delivered them. Anyone who wishes to speak as a leader would be wise