The Good Fight: Sharmeen appointed HIV ambassador

Sharmeen will be working with other Goodwill Ambassadors including Shri Ajay Devgan and Runa Laila.

Oscar and Emmy award winning film director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has been appointed as a SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV and AIDS for the years 2013 and 2014, by the SAARC Selection Committee for this programme.


According to a press release, Sharmeen will be working with other Goodwill Ambassadors including Shri Ajay Devgan and Runa Laila in India, to garner an enhanced response to the fight against HIV/AIDS within SAARC member states through advocacy and public mobilisation efforts at the regional level.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2013.