Bollywood and Cricket personalities joined hands on Monday against gender discrimination as UNICEF brand ambassadors Irfan Pathan and Priyanka Chopra launched a website to support adolescent girls.
The newly launched website ‘(www.d2c.in)’ comes as an addition of IPL team Delhi Daredevil`s “Dare to Care” campaign for adolescent girls.
The campaign is designed to motivate people to educate women and equal opportunities for girls.
Talking to media, Priyanka Chopra said, “Even today, millions of girls continue to be deprived of their right to education. Early marriage keeps lakhs of girls from completing their studies.”
Cricketer Irfan Pathan was also present in the event, he said, “The entire Delhi Daredevils team is appealing to all our supporters to join hands in the fight for providing equal opportunities to adolescent girls.”
Further, Louis Georges Arsenault, Unicef India representative said, “women are widely seen as a liability, and the mindset needs to be changed”
Louis Georges Arsenault added, “Given the traditional mindsets on the issue of the gender, women have lower economic status, less livelihood opportunities and they have little say in their home. They are often seen as a liability.”
He ended up saying, “This mindset needs to change making sure girls will not be married before 18, they will be able to complete school, they will be protected from gender based violence.”
