Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra who took the stage at the Beautycon Festival Los Angeles 2019 urged women to empower each other. The actress addressed a variety of topics from sisterhood to not seeking validation from others to not be afraid of failure and to take risks.
She said that due to lack of opportunities for women they are pitted against one another. Spreading the message of sisterhood, she said that we should create opportunities for one and all.
The 'Mary Kom' actor said that the problem stems out from the lack of opportunities, further adding that "the more opportunity we create for each other, the more sisterhood will grow."
Speaking more about it, the actress said: "I feel like, over time, because women had the lack of opportunities, we were pitted against each other. Because there were only five places a woman could be hired and so we were elbowing each other out to get to that one spot."
The 'Isn't It Romantic' star revealed that women all over the world are pitted against each other.
Sharing one of her experiences, she said: "I've had so many times where I'm doing interviews and people always ask me, 'You're doing a movie with a female actor. Did you guys get along? Were there cat fights?' But when it comes to boys, they say, 'Oh, my gosh. That's a bromance, and everyone works so well'."
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Women are 50 per cent of the world population and therefore they need to be represented in every field. They need to be empowered by putting women in positions of power, she said.
Championing for sisterhood she said: "I realized many, many years ago, the more I champion women in my own small way, maybe I'll be able to create a world, around me at least, where women run the show. Because we kinda do it really well."
Ironically, an attendee at the event yelled at Priyanka for her controversial tweet and even questioned her for her role as the UN Goodwill ambassador.
If news reports are to be believed, the Pakistani woman claimed that the actor was a 'hypocrite' for "encouraging war between India and Pakistan."
With unfiltered opinions, the actor reverted back: "I have many, many friends from Pakistan and I am from India. War is not something I'm really fond of but I am patriotic, so I'm sorry if I hurt sentiments to people who do love me and have loved me."
The 'Baywatch' star further added: "But I think that all of us have a sort of, a middle ground that we all have to walk. Just like you probably do as well. The way that you came at me right now, girl, don't yell. We're all here for love."
On the work front, Priyanka is all set to make her Bollywood comeback with Shonali Bose's 'The Sky Is Pink'.
