South Indian film star Trisha Krishnan was conferred the UNICEF celebrity advocate status in Chennai on Monday, 20 November.
Trisha is an icon for adolescents and young people. She has the power to amplify children’s issues and address the violation of child rights in the family, community, and in public spaces. She will also promote education and health of adolescents and the value of the girl child in family and society.Job Zachariah, Chief of UNICEF, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
She stressed on the importance of girls’ education, a magic bullet to eliminate social evils like child marriage and child labour.
“If every girl attends school up to 18 years, we can eliminate child marriage and child labour. In the long run, girls’ education will also contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality, and malnutrition among children”, Trisha said
I feel honoured with this recognition. I commit myself to create more awareness on health, education, nutrition and protection of children, especially the adolescents and young people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. I would support the efforts of government to make Tamil Nadu malnutrition-free and open defecation free.
Trisha has acted in 64 films including 38 in Tamil, 23 in Telugu and one each in Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam.
(With inputs from Galatta Tamil)
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