ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT KAVYA SAHARAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Delhi South Campus | New Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10 & UNAI 1
" I strive to bridge the gaps between gender, culture, and socioeconomic realities because I believe that true progress is only possible when every voice especially the most marginalized is heard and valued. I am driven to work for ASHA workers because they are the unsung pillars of community health. Through the Millennium Fellowship, I hope to amplify their voices, advocate for their rights, and create systemic change that honors their indispensable role in society. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Aasha
Project Aasha aims to explore the prevalence of work precarity and its mental health repercussions among ASHA workers- a cadre of over one million women who play a heroic role as community healthcare workers in India. In doing so, the project aims to amplify their voices, so that the concerned authorities can take actionable measures to overcome the plight of our these women frontline warriors. The project recognizes that the challenges faced by ASHA workers are compounded by intersectional factors: gendered expectations, caste hierarchies, societal barriers, and rural marginalization. By examining these interlocking systems of disadvantage, Project Aasha aims to provide a holistic understanding of structural vulnerabilities, advocating for inclusive policies and interventions that ensure their well-being and professional dignity and thereby, helping India achieve the goal of a truly Viksit Bharat 2047.
About the Millennium Fellow
Kavya Saharan is a young dynamic Psychology student at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi. The strong areas of her interest include gender, psychology, culture , socioeconomic and political contexts and the intersectionality that connects them. She vociferously advocates and works for the upliftment of marginalized communities who are disproportionately affected by various events happening in the world today from wars to climate change. With a fire in her heart, and a reservoir of empathy, she calls for a collective change underlined by the global community's participation. For in the collective strength lies the true essence of humanity's compassion and love.
