All eyes are on the women tonight as they walk the red carpet to kick off the 2018 awards season. In the wake of the #MeToo and #Time'sUp movements, many of them chose to express their support for women’s rights by bringing along powerful women activists as their plus ones, including Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Susan Sarandon, Emma Stone, and Emma Watson. Amen, ladies! But if you're anything like me, you're probably wndering just who is Marai Larasi, the woman who accompanied Emma Watson to the Golden Globes?
Larasi is the executive director of Imkaan (UK), a leading Black-feminist network organization with members in England, Wales, and Scotland. She is also the co-chair of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, the UK’s largest coalition of organizations working to eradicate violence against women and girls.
"We’ve been working together this last year," Watson explained on the E! Red Carpet. "She ’s absolutely incredible. She’s the executive director of Imkaan, which is a black feminist organization that fights against violence in women and girls. And I’m very happy to have her here tonight just to amplify, amplify, amplify."
So. Are. We!
emma on carpet:
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“I have been working on ending violence against women for 23 years,” Marai wrote on the UN Women website. “BME [Black and minority ethnic] women have always been central to my practice. Even before I had the language to describe ‘intersectionality’, I somehow understood that the journeys of BME women and girls were being shaped by exclusion and marginalization in different ways to our counterparts.”
While Marai will not be up for an award during the 2018 Golden Globes, most will argue that her work is far more important than a bunch of pretty actors who playing make-believe in Hollywood. In fact, Marai is so badass that she was recognized by the World Pride Power List of 2013 as one of the most influential LGBT people in the world of politics, arts and entertainment.
- She’s got her eye on the big picture when it comes to making a better world for women. “If we are to end violence against women and girls, and create a truly equal world, we need to start to create seismic shifts across our social norms. This is not just about transforming belief systems and behaviors in terms of gender; it also means addressing other norms – for example, around ethnicity, class and disability – all of which contribute to holding other oppressive systems in place.”
https://twitter.com/bestofwatson/status/950143438875496454
excited to be there:
https://twitter.com/EmmaWatson/status/950064890311421952
presenting with robert:
https://twitter.com/alexabower/status/950139248908406785
we’ve been working together this last year. She ’s absolutely incredible. she’s the executive director of Imkaan, which is a black feminist org that fights against violence in women and girls. And i’m very happy to have her here tonight just to amplify, amplify, amply
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