UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Farhan Akhtar Answers Some Very Important Questions
Updated : April 06, 2016 10:59 AM IST Farhan Akhtar who is the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, visited New York for joining in the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters.
In collaboration with Mard and UN, Farhan held a discussion about women empowerment and gender rights from his twitter handle. Here are the highlights of the twitter session and his trip to the UNO!
Farhan performed at the event! #CoolestAmbassadorEver
Goodwill Ambassador & Bollywood star @FarOutAkhtar performs at special #Beijing20 event. pic.twitter.com/97R1asOusd
— UN Women (@UN_Women) March 11, 2015
He made sure that the UN Spokesperson also converts in to a Mard loyalist!
@FarOutAkhtar hands over the #MARD band to @UN_Spokesperson Ban Ki Moon. #vaw #Beijing20 @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/evRkq8CiUn
— MARD (@MardOfficial) March 10, 2015
Aaaand he granted Chris Martin a fan boy moment! #FarhanForever
Call it Magic.. @coldplay @anuragrao123 @FarhanLiveBand pic.twitter.com/DmbCAR6KjX
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 10, 2015
Farhan also engaged in lively discussions via Twitter with many people from across the world on women rights! Here are a few pertinent questions he answered:
.@RituAilani because an unfair advantage benefits no one.. it makes the one receiving it lazy & arrogant in the long run
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 11, 2015
.@Reachingsky4me People bring change. people bring positivity.. and the only constant in life is change.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 11, 2015
.@k_jean_ @UN_Women All the women in my life who deserve to have their dreams fulfilled.. that is only possible if there is equality
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 11, 2015
.@GcsswapniL In todays age, lets rephrase it to 'Beside every successful man is a successful woman.'
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 11, 2015
.@elfa_neus the important thing is to get involved. Silence never helps the victim. Keep the volume up.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 11, 2015
Farhan Akhtar has done India proud. Here's to a man who does it all and doesn't stop at anything!
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