Kareena to produce a documentary on women empowerment

Originally posted by: grounder

This one and women empowerment??? .. such a drama!

Kareena Kapoor is a top Bollywood actor noted for playing a variety of characters across a range of film genres. She has received six Filmfare Awards and has firmly established herself as one of the highest-paid female actors of the Indian Film Industry. She has made valuable contributions to the industry as well as strongly involved in supporting social causes to bring a difference to the society.

Ms. Kapoor has been supporting UNICEF India in the area of quality education for over a year now. Some of her key public service statements on this issue are helping us to spread extensively the message of child friendly schooling and the need to include secondary education under the ambit of Right to Education (RTE), to communities across India.

Ms. Kapoor will be working closely with UNICEF in the coming years and will lend support to various programs advocating the cause of quality education and free secondary education for children with high-level government officials,across the country. She will also be a part of our fundraising and advocacy events for this cause

Ms. Kapoor has visited the hinterlands of Rajasthan and Maharashtra to see how some child friendly schools have come up in the interiors of these Indian states. Contrary to the usual education system employed in most schools, these schools endeavour to create happy spaces for children where they can freely intermingle with teachers, are safe and secure, and where interactive and creative tools are used to ensure happy learning.

Ms. Kapoor is specifically advocating for secondary education for teenaged girls above 14 years of age, as that would give them the opportunity to continue learning in a protected space, equipping themselves with life skills and empowering themselves with knowledge, while also keeping away the unwanted pressures of early marriage and pregnancy.

Ms. Kapoor is supporting our efforts on improving the quality of education given at schools and encouraging dialogue on the various facets of the RTE. With her support and other stakeholders' effort this child centered approach is now being practiced in 250,000 primary schools across the nation, resulting in major improvement in both academic and co-curricular outcomes.

The Deal

Choose from the following offers:

• Offer 1: Donate Rs.199 to UNICEF to help each child get the best start in life
• Offer 2: Donate Rs.499 to UNICEF to help each child get the best start in life
• Offer 3: Donate Rs.599 to UNICEF to help each child get the best start in life
• Offer 4: Donate Rs.799 to UNICEF to help each child get the best start in life

How will your donations help?

The amount donated gets matched* as Ms. Kareena Kapoor Khan will give an equal amount donation to UNICEF to match your donation.

India is shining but 81,50,618 children aged 8 to 13 years are still out of school.These children are the future of the country and can contribute to India's growth story but only if they get help in time. Getting these children to school is not easy without your help. UNICEF, with your help and those of our partners, has been working in India for the past 60 years to develop sustainable programs to help children.

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Groupon Partner: UNICEF

UNICEF has been working in India since 1949. The largest UN organisation in the country, UNICEF is fully committed to working with the Government of India to ensure that each child born in this vast and complex country gets the best start in life, thrives and develops to his or her full potential. The challenge is enormous but UNICEF is well placed to meet it. The organisation uses quality research and data to understand issues, implements new and innovative interventions that address the situation of children, and works with partners to bring those innovations to fruition.

Ms. Kareena Kapoor Khan is a leading Bollywood actress and also the UNICEF Celebrity Advocate for Education. She is working with UNICEF to support the education program for children in India.

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