Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Metcalfe in Coronation Street, travelled to India with her daughter to visit Reena, one of the girls they sponsor through ActionAid in India.
Sally said: “I am a mother of three wonderful kids – two daughters and a son. I’ve brought them up to believe in their rights and that they are as valuable as each other, whatever their gender. I want the world they inherit to be equal, where no one has to face violence or injustice simply because of their gender.
I’ve been reflecting on this recently more than usual, amid the #MeToo movement, which is showing just how many women – in the UK and around the world – face harassment, sexual violence and other abuses of power.
The character I play in Coronation Street, Sally Metcalfe, has herself survived domestic violence and online harassment and I’ll always be proud of having brought those issues to people through the soap. But my brief, pretend experience of the problem makes me all the more angry when I read about the women who face violence around the world.
It can be hard as a mum to expose your kids to these issues, but I’ve always tried to show my children how women and girls face discrimination around the world and that it’s our job, as feminists, to support their calls for change. Several years ago, when my daughter Phoebe was just 12, she and I were lucky enough to travel to India to meet Reena – one of two girls in India whom our family has sponsored through ActionAid.
You can read more of Sally's interview at Action Aid.
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