New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Cricket and Bollywood Tuesday
joined hands against gender discrimination as Unicef brand ambassadors
Irfan Pathan and Priyanka Chopra launched a website to support
adolescent girls.
The website - The Cheer-O-Meter (www.d2c.in) comes as an extension of
IPL team Delhi Daredevil's "Dare to Care" campaign for adolescent
girls.
Championing the cause of reducing discrimination against women, the
campaign is meant to promote education and equal opportunities for
girls.
"Even today, millions of girls continue to be deprived of their right
to education. Early marriage keeps lakhs of girls from completing their
studies," said Priyanka Chopra, urging people to join the cause.
Irfan Pathan also appealed to the people and said: "The entire Delhi
Daredevils team is appealing to all our supporters to join hands in the
fight for providing equal opportunities to adolescent girls."
Speaking on the occasion, Louis Georges Arsenault, Unicef India
representative said women are widely seen as a liability, and the
mindset needs to be changed.
"Given the traditional mindsets on the issue of the gender, women
have lower economic status, less livelihood opportunities and they have
little say in their home. They are often seen as a liability," Arsenault
said.
"This mindset needs to change making sure girls will not be married
before 18, they will be able to complete school, they will be protected
from gender based violence," he added.
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