Priyanka Chopra Talks About Sustainable Development Goals and Child Education At UNGA

As
the
global
goodwill
ambassador
of
UNICEF,
Priyanka
Chopra
graced
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly(UNGA)
to
address
various
issues
like
the
impact
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
the
need
for
Sustainable
Development
Goals(SDG),
and
how
education
is
every
child’s
birthright.
The

Sky
is
Pink
actress
then
shared
pictures
and
videos
from
the
event
on
her
Instagram
handle
and
posted
the
highlights
of
her
speech
in
the
comment
section.

In
her
opening
statement,
Priyanka
said
that
as
countries
continue
to
struggle
from
the
devastating
effects
of
COVID,
as
climate
crisis
affects
lives,
as
conflicts
rage,
as
poverty,
displacement,
hunger,
and
inequalities
destroy
the
very
foundation
of
the
just
world,
global
solidarity
is
now
more
important
than
ever.
She
added,
“We
all
know
that
all
is
not
well
with
our
world.
But
these
crises
did
not
happen
by
chance,
but
they
can
be
fixed
with
a
plan.
We
have
that
plan.
The
UN
Sustainable
Development
Goals,
a
to-do
list
for
the
world.”

On
her
Instagram,
Chopra
wrote
that
she
had
the
privilege
of
participating
in
the
Transforming
Education
Summit.
She
shared
her
disbelief
at
discovering
the
fact
that
2/3rd
of
children
across
the
world
cannot
read
or
comprehend
a
simple
story,
claiming
that
the
system
has
failed
them.
She
wrote,
“As
the
US
Secretary
of
Education
@seccardona
put
it
candidly,
education
is
the
great
equalizer,
but
if
we
continue
to
do
what
we
have
done,
we
are
going
to
get
what
we
have
gotten.
We
owe
every
child
this
basic
birthright,
an
equal
chance
to
learn
and
reach
their
full
potential.”

Ending
her
note,
Priyanka
quoted
US
poet
Amanda
Gorman,
saying,
“I
dare
you
to
shape
our
fate.
Above
all,
I
dare
you
to
do
good,
so
that
the
world
might
be
great.” In
her
photos,
Priyanka
posed
with
social
activist
Malala
Yousafzai
and
Amanda
Gorman,
along
with
a
few
others.

On
the
work
front,
Priyanka
will
next
be
seen
in
the
Hollywood
film

It’s
All
Coming
Back
To
Me
and

Citadel,
a
series
helmed
by
the
Russo
Brothers.
In
Bollywood,
she
will
star
in
Farhan
Akhtar’s

Jee
Le
Zaraa
alongside
Alia
Bhatt
and
Katrina
Kaif.