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 SHARON D S, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
National University of Advanced Legal Studies | Kochi, India | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10 & UNAI 3
" I believe that equitable access to justice is essential for a peaceful and inclusive society. The Millennium Fellowship will help me collaborate with passionate change makers, strengthen my advocacy skills, and turn my vision of empowering communities through legal awareness into reality. I am excited to learn, lead, and create sustainable social change together. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Beyond Boundaries: A Child's Right to Education
This project aims to extend quality education to everyone and the major focus lies on the children of migrant workers in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. Ernakulam is one among the places in Kerala, where a large number of migrant workers come in search of jobs. Firstly, we plan to compare urban and rural educational access through surveys and research and then study the socio-economic factors that are challenging the access of education to the children of migrant workers. Our second stage is to look into the government's stance on these challenges and the works and initiatives that the government had undertaken so far. We will try to look into the NGOs or foundations working for this cause and will actively try to collaborate with them. We believe that there may be a lack of awareness about the opportunities available to them and so our next step will be to provide awareness to parents and teachers and ensure maximum enrollment and prevent dropouts. Connecting with NGOs that provide support for higher-studies is the next step . We will find students interested in law field and help them with the procedure of entrance examinations, as we are only familiar with law.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sharon D S is a passionate third-year law student at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi. She is deeply committed to social justice and aims to use her legal education to uplift marginalized communities. From her school days, she took initiative in volunteering and leadership activities, and this passion continued in college, where she played active roles in the Project Beyond Recovery survey under the Legal Aid Clinic and the Digital Sentinel initiative of the NUALS Centre for Human Rights as part of the outreach and partnership team. She also serves as a batch representative on the Discipline Committee of NUALS and is a certified cyber volunteer with the Kerala Government. Sharon is admired for her dedication, responsibility, and ability to motivate others to engage in service and empowerment. She believes that law is a powerful tool for societal transformation and hopes to contribute toward a more inclusive, peaceful, and just future.
