ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ANKITA DAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Indraprastha College for Women | New Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" A natural gravitation has always occupied my heart when it comes to working in the field of human rights and humanitarian aid. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will prepare and enhance my experiences. The experiences and skills I gather from the Fellowship will align me further with the future projects I aim to uptake pertaining my said interests. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Noor
Growing up under the influence of feminist ideologies and also to blame it on my sense of empathy, one practice that has constantly agitated me is the endless harassment faced by sex-workers and thhe stigma that is attached with the work that they do. Due to this prevalent stigma, sex workers are denied basic human dignity and have to bare the social, economic and political costs for the same. Hence, the aim of project NOOR is to alter the discriminatory attitudes, amplify the voices and stand for the rights of sex-workers.
To attain these, the following activities have been conducted :
1. Contacted pro-bono health professionals for mental medical counselling for sex-workers.
2. Organized awareness campaigns to eliminate the stigma attached with sex-workers and to normalize conversations involving them and their rights.
3. Attempts were made to impart free tuition to the children of sex-workers.
4. Also, drives for amplifying the voices and promoting the rights of sex-workers in social, economic and political spheres were also conducted to highlight the key concerns.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ankita is a final year student, majoring in Political Science at IPCW, University of Delhi. She is an intersectional feminist who passionately uses her voice against all forms of oppression and human rights violations. Apart from being involved in various initiatives that deal with rights of women and sexual minorities, she is also an ardent defender of environmental justice and sustainability. Also, she actively engages in activities pertinent to fashion and style.
