WATCH: Priyanka Chopra Celebrates International Day of the Girl Child

As people around world marked International Day of Girl Child on Thursday, October 11, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra joined an initiative to support cause. actress who is working with YouTube to highlight impact of educating girls in India, took to Twitter to share a video in which she appealed to audience to give girls a deserving chance at every prospect. 

Sharing clip on Twitter,  36-year-old captioned post saying, "Let m raise ir voices so y achieve ir dreams. This #InternationalDayOfGirlChild, @YouTubeIndia, @UNICEFIndia and I want to help little girls get an education to build a brighter, more secure future."

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"I want to help little girls get an education to build a brighter, more secure future," ANI quoted  global icon as saying. 

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Moreover, as per ANI, Priyanka, who is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, in an official Google blog post wrote, "Today, on October 11, 2018, International Day of Girl Child, I have teamed up with YouTube to highlight importance of educating a girl child. What I love about it is that through this campaign, viewers will be directly linked to stories from NGOs making an impact all across nation." 

' Sky is Pink' actress reportedly furr mentioned about her decade-long association with UNICEF and talked about how collaboration has been working towards empower girl child and to ensure ir access to education.

" statistics staring at us may be staggering but n, let us t focus on how big numbers are. Worldwide, over 250 million children and youth are out of school, so battle is global. Which means, more effort from all of us as a responsible society," she wrote in  post.

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Reportedly, she furr added how before sending more girls to school, one must ensure fewer dropouts and empower every girl child's dream. 

annual event of celebrating  International Day of Girl Child was an initiative taken up by  United Nations (UN) in 2012 to address issues faced by women across globe including inequality, harassment, child marri, etc. This year, me is focused on helping girls overcome adversity.