UNICEF’s girls Goodwill Ambassadors, give voice to the unvoiced

“It’s important that the hard-won rights of Afghan girls and women are protected”, Secretary-General António Guterrestold the Security Council.

Ladies should not simply half of the worldwide inhabitants, it has been proven that their full participation in public life “enhances financial outcomes, prompts larger funding in social safety, results in extra sustainable peace and advances local weather motion”, based on the UN chief.

UNICEF has lengthy acknowledged and introduced this to the fore, by way of the work of its many ladies Goodwill Ambassadors.

Africa          

Famend West African singer and songwriter, Angélique Kidjo, has since 2002 used her position as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to passionately marketing campaign for ladies’ training.

The Benin native believes that “music is a language past the color of pores and skin, nation or tradition” and needs to “encourage individuals to work to assist educate, nourish and shield our kids”.

The three-time Grammy Award winner has travelled extensively to advocate for UNICEF-supported programmes and has obtained the 2015 Crystal Award on the World Financial Discussion board for her dedication to enhancing the state of the world, and in 2016 was honoured with Amnesty Worldwide’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for utilizing her voice to confront international injustice.

Earlier this yr, she joined others, together with fellow star performer Katy Perry, in demanding that G7 leaders decide to donating doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poorer international locations.

Asia   

International expertise Priyanka Chopra Jonas had served for 10 years as a Nationwide Ambassador to UNICEF India earlier than becoming a member of the worldwide Goodwill Ambassador group in 2016.

The entertainer works to guard youngsters’s rights and promote the training of women in India, together with by way of her namesake charity, The Priyanka Chopra Basis for Well being and Training, and as a UN Basis Woman Up Champion.

“Alongside this journey with UNICEF, I’ve skilled firsthand the transformative energy of empowering younger women with alternatives which might be rightfully theirs”, stated the actress/singer/movie producer.

Final yr, on World Children’s Day, she spoke with 16-year-old youth activist Aditya about his quest to get rid of single use plastics in India and mentioned a extra sustainable world for each baby.

“I’m proud to face with UNICEF to assist construct a world the place youngsters’s rights are revered and guarded”, upheld the Indian celebrity.

Europe        

At simply 14, actor Millie Bobby Brown was appointed in 2018 as UNICEF’s youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador.

“It’s a dream come true to change into a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador”, she stated. “I’m wanting ahead to assembly as many youngsters and younger individuals as I can, listening to their tales, and talking out on their behalf”.

Starring as Eleven in Netflix’s hit collection Stranger Issues, the British nationwide has supported the launch of UNICEF’s One Love international marketing campaign, to assist fundraise and shield youngsters and households from the results of COVID-19.

Amongst many different initiatives, the Display Actors’ Guild Award winner was additionally a serious participant in UNICEF’s international partnership with the jewellery model Pandora, who donated $1 million in direction of the activation and fundraiser.

Latin America      

Grammy-winning artist and devoted advocate for early childhood training, Shakira Mebarak, has supported UNICEF’s work and helped increase consciousness for the world’s most susceptible youngsters since 2003.

Seven years in the past, she turned a member of former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Worldwide Fee on Financing International Training, and was honoured in 2017 on the World Economic Forum, receiving the Crystal Award for her humanitarian work.

Reminding that “at the moment’s infants will drive tomorrow’s enterprise”, the Colombian singer/songwriter has stated that “their capability to contribute will form tomorrow’s societies, will remedy tomorrow’s issues”.

North America     

One of many bestselling music artists of all time, UN Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry has put into motion her dedication to enhancing the lives of kids since she assumed her position in 2013.

The USA-born artist has traveled extensively to spotlight the wants of among the world’s most susceptible, increase consciousness of UNICEF’s emergency aid efforts and use her voice to advocate for youngsters throughout the globe.

“UNICEF works to make sure that each baby, city or rural, wealthy or poor, has an opportunity to thrive, to develop and to contribute to their households and communities – in addition to to have the chance to form the world that we dwell in”, based on the celebrity.

Additionally a social media luminary, who was the primary to surpass 100 million followers on Twitter, final yr she announced the birth of her baby with UNICEF Ambassador Orlando Bloom through UNICEF’s Instagram account, encouraging donations to the company to make sure each mom and new child get the care they want.