{"id":8859,"date":"2010-08-11T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/08\/11\/bollywood-actress-gets-unicef-role\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:47:57","slug":"bollywood-actress-gets-unicef-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/11\/bollywood-actress-gets-unicef-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood actress gets UNICEF role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Priyanka Chopra appointed UN ambassador<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"180\" height=\"278\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/PriyankaChopra_180x232.jpg\"\/>ONE of Indian cinema\u2019s leading lights, Priyanka Chopra, has been appointed by the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) as its newest National Ambassador.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The actress will promote issues relating to child rights and adolescence. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI am very honoured to formalize my association with UNICEF as their National Ambassador to help bring awareness for child rights and adolescence.\u201d The actress said at a ceremony in New Delhi. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cOver the past few years, I have worked very closely with the team at UNICEF to bring awareness to a number of causes related to India&#8217;\u2019 young and I realized that there is so much more to be done. I hope that by lending my voice I can make a difference to their lives.\u201d <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>UNICEF representative Karin Hulshof said the actress was \u201cpassionate\u201d about working with children. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cYou all know Priyanka Chopra as a shining star of Indian cinema. Now I tell you that she is equally passionate about her work on behalf of children and adolescents,\u201d Ms Hulshof said.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cWe are proud of the work she has done with us so far on child rights and we are thrilled about all what we will be doing together so that no child gets left behind. Priyanka, with her unwavering commitment to child rights, will help to create a world fit for children.\u201d <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The actress first collaborated with UNICEF in 2008. Since then she has recorded a series of public service announcements championing girls\u2019 education and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. She has also participated in a media panel discussion to promote child rights. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Priyanka joins Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Sharmila Tagore in supporting UNICEF\u2019s work for children in India and around the world. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priyanka Chopra appointed UN ambassador ONE of Indian cinema\u2019s leading lights, Priyanka Chopra, has been appointed by the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) as its newest National Ambassador. &#13; The actress will promote issues relating to child rights and adolescence. &#13; \u201cI am very honoured to formalize my association with UNICEF as their National Ambassador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}