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 GIRIPRIYA GIRIDHAR PAI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
O.P. Jindal Global University | Sonipat, India | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 9
" The Millennium Fellowship allows me to work on a project with an impact and bring some changes with tangible results. I also look forward to networking with like-minded individuals from across the world through the MCN. Further, the workshops organised in the course of the Fellowship will help me sharpen skills that are essential to me as a law student-- leadership and organisational skills, as well as soft skills such as communication, team work and time management. Overall, the Fellowship will allow me to become a better citizen today and an even better lawyer tomorrow. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Meri Kahaani Suno
Project Meri Kahaani Suno is an initiative to share the complex stories of women from Haryana, India. Our research will entail understanding problems related to gender, environment and sustainability faced by Haryanvi women and how they are dealing with them in their communities.
The location was selected not only because our University is situated in the state, but also because statistics show that Haryana has the lowest female sex ratio in our country. 68.82% of women are unemployed in the state. The most recently available data on literacy rates in Haryana shows that only 55.73% of women are educated. We want to know why conditions are so in the state and what women’s everyday lives look like in such conditions.
Post this, we’d like to convey our findings to people through the art of storytelling, by compiling the stories into a Coffee Table Book. In an effort to make our research and production as sustainable as possible, we will partner with local small businesses for printing the book and will use recycled material to the best of our ability.
We hope to positively impact the lives of the local womenfolk around us and also the lives of students aspiring to be changemakers.
About the Millennium Fellow
Giripriya Pai is a Law student at O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, India. She is passionate about intersectional feminism and Indian politics. Giripriya strives to stand up for what she believes in and wishes to make the world a kinder, more inclusive space for everyone. Over the years, she learnt much about this predicament of women, some through her own experience and some through others', and has become deeply passionate about the feminist cause. Hence, Giripriya is passionate about facilitating the growth and development of women so that the future generation of third-world women does not have to endure the same hurdles their predecessors had to achieve their goals. Through her project, she hopes to amplify the voices of inspirational women from Haryana, India, who have become successful and defeated all odds.
