Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a Bollywood actress and film producer who has now made her mark in the Hollywood film industry after starring in the hit series Quantico. The actress is the former Miss World, winning the pageant title in 2000 at the very ripe age of 18 after representing her home country. The actress is married to Nick Jonas, a famous singer and a member of the famous band Jonas Brothers- that constitutes his two brothers Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas. The actress has tried her hand at many successful entrepreneurial endeavours and is the owner of a popular restaurant, haircare brand and as well as homeware line. Priyanka Chopra was assigned as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for children’s rights in 2010 and 2016 again, she has worked with the organisation concerning women’s rights and often stands for issues such as gender pay gap, gender issues, environmental causes etc. The actress has a foundation to help underprivileged children in India. The actress is a new mother to her 23-month-old daughter, whom she shares with her singer husband Nick Jonas.
The actress took to her Instagram story today to share a post from the official Instagram handle of the organisation UNICEF that read “Children need a lasting humanitarian ceasefire” a direct quote from Cathrine Russell, the Executive Director for the organisation. The post was captioned “Today, the Gaza Strip is once again the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” The post talks about the statistical death ratio of innocent children in Gaza in the past seven months since the beginning of the active bombing in the country of Palestine, mainly focusing on the Gaza Strip. The post mentions how there are more than 5,300 Palestinian children killed in the past 48 days of constant bombing, this statistic does not mention the numerous missing children yet to be found or discovered.
The post mentions how the pause has been a silver of lifesaving hope for the Palestinian citizens as it has provided an opportunity for humanitarian aid to reach the people which includes necessities such as food, water and warm clothes depicting the intensity of the humanitarian catastrophe. There were more than 30 children held hostage in Gaza who had the opportunity to finally be released and safely returned to their families. This pause has strengthened the belief and need for a complete humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as an appeal to ensure the well-being and safety of all the children residing. The main focus is on providing the suffering country with humanitarian aid and helping the children and people suffering in any and every way possible, the need for medical aid is heightened.
Previously, Priyanka Chopra along with many other celebrities from Hollywood came together and wrote an open letter to the American President Joe Biden, addressing the crisis and appealing for an immediate ceasefire at the beginning of November. Priyanka Chopra along with many other celebrities such as Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Hasan Minhaj, Zayn Malik, Jennifer Lopes etc came together to appeal for a humanitarian cease-fire, more than 200 signatures to the open letter.
