Priyanka Chopra spends time with refugee children in Ethiopia

After her fashionable appearances at the 2019 Met Gala and recently Cannes 2019 which was also her debut outing at the film festival Priyanka Choprais currently in Ethiopia spending time with refugee childrenPriyanka took to Instagram to share a series of photographs and videos of herself with the children from her philanthropic tour as Unicefs Goodwill Ambassador in Addis Ababa She also met SahleWork Zewde the first female president of the country The Quantico actress is seen interacting dancing and playing with the children in the videos She also highlighted the issues of poverty sexual violence and child marriage through her postsSee photosBest of Cannes 2019 Priyanka Chopras glamorous appearances at the galaSharing the story of a 15yearold girl Priyanka spoke about the importance of education for girls She wrote This is Hasina 15 she is a 7th grade student who loves to go to school She used to live with her sister and her husband and without her knowing her sisters husband was arranging her marriage to one of his friends she was 12 at the timeView this post on InstagramThis is Hasina 15 she is a 7th grade student who loves to go to school She used to live with her sister and her husband and without her knowing her sistersrsquo husband was arranging her marriage to one of his friendsshe was 12 at the time One day when the man visited her house to pester her parents to marry her she escaped to a friends house and the next day went to one of the communitybased childrsquos marriage prevention platforms alone which she had heard about at school She asked herself if She married now would she ever go back to school again Hasina loves learning and wasnrsquot willing to trade her education or freedom for anythingThat gave her the courage to stand up for herself The community along with the authorities stepped in and stopped the marriage The man was charged Itrsquos important to understand that it takes an immense amount of courage to go against these cultural ldquonormsrdquo that have existed for centuries Hasina is a very brave girl It was so heartening to see the elders in the community learning from the examples these young girls are setting standing up against child marriage and female genital mutilationcutting Education gave these girls that perspective This community is an example of how change is possible FEMALE RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS To make a difference and learn more about Unicefrsquos efforts visit UNICEF Link in bioA post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas priyankachopra onMay 21 2019 at 1106am PDTPriyanka tried her hand at the traditional Ethiopian dance and said that she has bonded with the country over the joy she shared through dancing Praising Zewde Priyanka said Her fierce commitment to the empowerment and advancement of women is unprecedented She also has a global perspective for the development of her country Ethiopia is the second largest host country of refugees in Africa theyve taken in just under 1 millionView this post on InstagramThis afternoon I had the honor of meeting Madam President SahleWork Zewde the first female president of Ethiopia Her fierce commitment to the empowerment and advancement of women is unprecedented She also has a global perspective for the development of her country Ethiopia is the second largest host country of refugees in Africa theyrsquove taken in just under 1M Shersquos pushing for policies that provide people with access to education and other essential needs so they can improve their familial economic situation and hence the economy of Ethiopia Irsquom so inspired unicef unicefethiopia achildisachild foreverychildA post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas priyankachopra onMay 20 2019 at 942am PDTLast year Priyanka visited Bangladesh to meet Rohingya childrenAlso readAfter Cannes 2019 Priyanka Chopra heads to Ethiopia for THISCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesEdited by midday online desk with inputs from IANS