Kareena Kapoor Khan Appointed UNICEF India National Ambassador, Updates ‘Singham Again,’ ‘Crew’ Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Bollywood A-list actor Kareena Kapoor Khan has been appointed national ambassador for India by humanitarian organization UNICEF.

UNICEF has been operating in India for 75 years and Kapoor Khan has been serving as the org’s celebrity advocate since 2014.

In her new role the actor will support UNICEF India in furthering every child’s right to early childhood development, health, education and gender equality.

Speaking to Variety from UN House, Delhi, ahead of her signing on the ambassadorship, Kapoor Khan said, “When I reached out to them, I was wanting to work for them for child education, because it’s always been a topic that’s been very close to my heart and once I had the babies, my natural instinct was moving towards children’s rights.” Kapoor Khan and her husband, the actor Saif Ali Khan, have two young children. “We always used to talk about the fact that how my voice would be heard across India, for providing children across the country, their fundamental rights, whether it’s the right to immunizations, to vaccinations, to gender equality, talking about how safety, the safe environment that children need to grow up and how education in the first five years of children’s education is so important, the formative years,” Kapoor Khan said. “I’ve worked very hard and closely [with UNICEF] and we’ve done some amazing work.