ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ASRA UROOJ, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
National University of Medical Sciences PWD Campus | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 11, SDG 17, SDG 13, SDG 12 & UNAI 9

" "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Being a part of Millennium
Fellowship will give me the opportunity to impact lives by making a difference. I am excited to enhance my social skills through the journey. It would really help me to create a better version of myself and to meet my desire for contributing in the welfare of the society. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EcoCycle: Empowering Girls with Menstrual Health and Sustainability
This project title as “EcoCycle: Empowering Girls with Menstrual Health and Sustainability” led by two passionate Millennium fellows from National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), PWD Campus, is mainly focused on female menstrual hygiene. Especially orphan girls who just hit puberty and there is no one to guide them about the changes happening in their bodies. As we know our society is still conservative and even parents don’t guide girls properly. Being a female is already a big task here as they can’t even talk freely about their hygiene and menstrual health. So, core objective is to guide such girls, to let them know what changes they will observe in themselves, and how to tackle those. Secondly, to create awareness on destigmatizing menstruation in our society as many girls can’t talk freely about their menstrual health even to their parents because of cultural values and societal stigma. To break this stigma in order to empower girls towards a healthy and productive life is very important as menstrual hygiene is an important part of their lives. Moreover, this project aimed to take a step towards environmental sustainability by education young girls on proper disposal of their menstrual waste or pads. Replacing the use of synthetic plastic pads by organic cloth pads can significantly reduce the plastic waste. Our project aimed at promoting the use of organic pads through awareness sessions and distribution of cloth pads. Activities include conducting Focus group discussions to gather public opinions and baseline data regarding the knowledge on menstrual hygiene, conducting in-person and virtual awareness session at orphanage and university campus, establishing partnerships with orphanages, government organizations as well as university societies working on environment protection, conducting surveys through google forms as well as in-person surveys and distributing free of cost cloth pads from funds to orphan girls during visits.
About the Millennium Fellow
Asra Urooj is a young and motivated student at National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She is currently perusing her bachelor's in biotechnology. She was born in Chakwal, Punjab and is currently residing in
Rawalpindi. She has always been so passionate about creating a social impact. Her aim is to mark her contribution in driving a positive impact in her community. Her vision is to build a more inclusive and equitable world where everyone can thrive.





