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 MANSHA SIDHU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
National Law University Delhi | Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 16 & UNAI 8
" I am a person with a lot of ideas, ideas that can bring changes and I am also a strong believer in the power of children and good quality education to bring about any sustainable change, but many a times these ideas just remain intangible and Millennium Fellowship is a one of its kind platform that gives me this opportunity to change my ideas and plans into a reality. I am excited to see how this journey would help me grow on a personal level as well as help me achieve dreams that I haven't even dreamt of yet. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Dwandha - Conversations & Conflict
Our project is based on raising awareness about conflicts and the lives of people living in conflict zones in India. We want to highlight the contrast between the everyday life of an individual living in a conflict-prone territory with that of an individual living in a relatively peaceful state. Through this project, we aim to humanize conflicts and bring out the stories and difficulties of people living through such difficult circumstances. This will bring a variety of perspectives to the table and make people look at conflicts beyond the statistics of war.
Moreover, it will also help the cause of securing basic human rights for people of such regions. Raising awareness about oft-ignored things such as women’s personal hygiene in a conflict zone, the development, and growth of children in such an environment, is what we aim to do.
Our project furthers UN Sustainable Goal16 (peace, justice, and strong institutions). and UNAI Principle 7 (Peace and Conflict Resolution).
To achieve these ends we are using the following means:
Events/Discussions: Inventing researchers, academicians, activists to speak about the importance of conflict resolution, lives of people in conflict, different aspects of a conflict, information war, lives of marginalized groups of the society in conflict zones, the role of law in conflict zones, etc.
Social Media: Creating accounts under the name of our project on different social media platforms to put out bite-sized content in an easy-to-understand way that helps raise awareness on issues that concern us.
Email Campaigns: Writing informative emails to people about the work we are doing and sending out resources through which they can keep themselves informed.
Publishing articles/short stories/interviews: The conversations we will have through the course of our fellowship will enrichen our perspective. The knowledge that we amass, we would be sharing out in the form of write-ups that we will send out to different publications.
Interviews/Questionnaires: As we progress through our project we will identify key areas about our project that people must know about and therefore track awareness of these metrics through interviews/questionnaires. We would also interview people who can help us raise awareness and share these videos through our outreach campaign mechanisms.
About the Millennium Fellow
Mansha Sidhu is a Law student, pursuing her undergraduation from National Law University, Delhi. She is a young aspiring scholar who is driven by compassion, fairness and a hint of rebelliousness (in a positive way). Her compassion for socio-economic welness drives her to think out of the box. She advocates for various issues like gender equality and reforms in education system. She also has keen interest in diplomacy and international affairs. Mansha is known for taking initiatives, from rescuing animals to leading mental health campaigns. She strives to bring change in the society and will never seize to stop.
