Priyanka Chopra Spotted In Delhi, Says 'Women Being Vocal Is Still New To The World'
Priyanka Chopra believes that women have started to stand up against gender biases but the world is still not able to digest them being "vocal" about their choices.
Priyanka
Chopra
believes
that
women
have
started
to
stand
up
against
gender
biases
but
the
world
is
still
not
able
to
digest
them
being
"vocal" about
their
choices.
The
35-year-old
Bollywood
star,
who
is
having
a
dream
run
in
Hollywood,
says
the
movements
like
#MeeToo
and
Times's
Up
prove
that
women
across
the
globe
have
been
facing
challenges
and
India
is
no
different.
"Gender
equality
and
women
empowerment
are
global
issues.
Every
country
has
its
cultural
problems.
But
women's
health
and
women's
rights
are
global
problems.
I
live
in
America
and
in
India
as
well.
And
because
women
are
going
through
problems
across
the
globe
we
have
#MeToo
campaign
and
women
coming
out.
Women
being
vocal
is
still
new
to
the
world," Priyanka
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
"As
a
society,
we
need
to
focus
on
what
are
we
doing
for
our
women
and
children."
The
actor,
who
is
a
UNICEF
Goodwill
Ambassador
and
has
been
attached
with
the
organisation
for
over
a
decade,
was
on
a
16-hour-long
trip
to
India
to
formally
introduce
the
2018
Partners' Forum,
a
platform
which
works
towards
improving
the
health
and
well-being
of
women,
children
and
adolescents.
The
Forum
will
be
hosted
by
Ministry
of
Health
and
Family
Welfare
of
India
in
collaboration
with
the
Partnership
for
Maternal,
Newborn
and
Child
Health
(PMNCH)
this
December.
In
it's
fourth
edition,
the
forum
will
bring
together
over
1200
participants
from
100
countries.
Priyanka,
who
was
in
Delhi
in
December
last
year
to
support
a
similar
initiative
by
UNICEF,
says
she
is
passionate
about
the
cause
and
never
misses
a
chance
to
promote
it.
"I
am
very
passionate
and
emphatic
about
the
causes
I
support.
Whatever
I
can
do
to
bring
people's
attention
to
this
forum
I
will
do
it.
This
forum
is
not
about
supporting
a
cause.
It
is
a
way
of
life.
It
is
how
things
should
be,"
she
says.
Also
present
at
the
event
were
Union
Minister
Health
and
Family
Welfare,
Jagat
Prakash
Nadda
and
Former
President
of
Republic
of
Chile
and
incoming
board
chair
of
PMNCH,Michelle
Bachelet
Jeria.