Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush, UN Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Q. Who has been appointed as the UN Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India on 29th August 2016?
- Published on 01 Sep 16a. Sania Mirza
b. Farhan Akhtar
c. Aishwaryaa Dhanush
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Aishwaryaa Dhanush
United Nations Assistant Secretary General and UN Women Deputy ED Lakshmi Puri on 29th August 2016 announced the appointment of Aishwarya a Rajinikanth Dhanush as the UN Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India
- Aishwaryaa is a film director, classical writer and dancer who will raise awareness of UN Women’s core messages on gender equality and women’s empowerment across India
- Act will boost organisation’s efforts to close the gender gap and attain a more equal world- planet 50-50 by 2030
- Aishwaryaa has joined others who have teamed up with Un Women to work for gender equality and empowerment of women including:
- Farhan Akhtar
- Sania Mirza
- Emma Watson
- Nicole Kidman
- Anne Hathaway
- Aishwaryaa is a leading firm director and startup entrepreneur
- She has debuted along with husband Dhanush
- She has launched 10 Entertainment, a digital medium to promote short film content and new digital ventures
- She is also working on a book called “Standing on an Apple Box.”
