In July 2019, Watson helped launch a legal 

helpline for people who have suffered sexual harassment in the

workplace. Legal advice is provided by Rights of Women, a charity which works to help women through the law.
[173]
 In the same year, she joined a G7 gender equality advisory group convened by the president of
France, Emmanuel Macron, to "call on G7 to make political and economic advances for women within their own
countries" as well as a "centerpiece of foreign policy".[174] She attended their first meeting at the Élysée Palace in
Paris in February and attended the 45th G7 summit in August as part of the committee. [175] In an interview with Paris
Lees, she voiced her support for transgender rights, reiterating this on Twitter amidst controversy concerning J. K.
Rowling's remarks on gender identity.[166][176] Watson has spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement;
in June 2020, she shared anti-racism educational resources on social media in support of the George Floyd
protests after initially participating in Blackout Tuesday, and uploaded a podcast episode
onto Spotify interviewing Reni Eddo-Lodge about her book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race.
[177][178]
 In July 2020, she partnered with Lodge and the WOW Foundation to spearhead a project reimagining
the London Underground Map, renaming the 270 stops to spotlight women and non-binary people who have
shaped the city's history. The initiative will consult writers, museums, and librarians and is set to be published
by Haymarket Books on International Women's Day 2021.[179] Watson was among the 400 signatories in a letter
calling for the UK government to include women in "decision-making roles" at the 2021 United Nations Climate
Change Conference in Glasgow.[180] In June 2021, it was reported that Watson was part of a group of investors
funding $12.5 million into FabricNano, a startup developing sustainable alternatives to petrochemical products.[181] In
January 2022 Watson showed support for the Palestine cause by posting an image of a Pro-Palestinian protest with
a "Solidarity is a verb" banner on Instagram. This received backlash from former Israeli science minister Danny
Danon, who shared his post on Twitter and said "10 points from Gryffindor for being an antisemite". Israeli
ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan also criticised her. Danon's comment was criticised by Leah Greenberg, a co-
executive director of Indivisible Project and Conservative Party peer Sayeeda Warsi.[182] More than forty people,
including Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, Miriam Margolyes, Gael García Bernal, Peter Capaldi, Maxine
Peake, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Coogan, and Charles Dance, supported Watson in a letter organised by Artists for
Palestine UK.[183]
She is also an activist for environmental justice[184] and climate change mitigation.[185] At the 2021 United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Glasgow she hosted a panel on climate change with guest including climate
activist Greta Thunberg.[186]