Unicef Global Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra expressed she is a just an “instrument of change” and the real job of empowering women is supposed to be done by the government and society. At a Unicef event, the Bollywood diva said though there is nothing wrong in becoming a homemaker, young girls must be given their rights and be allowed to choose their career path.
“I am just an instrument of change. I am neither government nor am I Unicef. But I have voice, I have a platform which you people have given me… Some change will be done I am sure when so many of you who are here will write about it,” Priyanka stated.
The gorgeous star said she was privileged in her upbringing, with her parents being educated enough to allow her to carry on with her desires, but not everyone shares a similar destiny, and society must give the young girls their say and allow them education.
“Some people say ‘what change I can make alone’, some say ‘we ourselves don’t have enough to eat, how can we contribute to this cause’… To them I would say, if you can’t donate money, then donate your compassion,” she said. Emphasising on the role of girls in a household, Priyanka remarked on the “increasing number of old age homes”, which, she said “might not happen if there are more daughters in the society.
We can change our society on our own,” Priyanka said when asked by a reporter if she has any changes to suggest for something she noticed abroad.
