Indian-origin Australian Actor & Ms India Australia Goodwill Ambassador, Saroni Roy, receives the Peace Ambassador Award

Following the Ms India Australia Goodwill Ambassador award last year, the Indian-origin Australian actor, Saroni Roy, was appointed as the ‘Peace Ambassador’ by International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG), for her continued efforts and contribution as a volunteer, towards creating a more peaceful and inclusive ‘One World’, at the Annual Peace Conference ‘Peace Heroes of History’, held on the 8^th of September 2019, in Sydney. The peace conference celebrated the work of great peace heroes of the past and honoured the present peace ambassadors, who are working towards creating lasting peace in the world.

As a prelude to the commemoration of the 150^th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi this year, last year on 5^th of October, Saroni along with Partha Gangopadhyay, Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Research Centre, India & Associate Professor, School of Business, Western Sydney University, conducted a one-day International Peace, Security and Development workshop, in Western Sydney University, Parramatta. Since then Saroni has worked with several international world peace NGOs, National Gandhi Museum New Delhi, multi-cultural community organisations and government officials in Australia, and hosted a series of initiatives such as Sydney’s first one-of-a-kind peace festival ‘Spreading a Culture of Peace’, ‘Peace Education’, ‘Art for Peace’ campaigns, a dedicated Peace Post eMagazine and a series of initiatives to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150^th Birth Anniversary to perpetuate diversity, inter-faith dialogue & communication, peace and inclusiveness.

Saroni was an instrumental part of the ‘Mahatma-150’ core team, a conglomeration of individuals from different walks of life and expertise in various field of work with a common goal to perpetuate and celebrate the peace icon, Mahatma Gandhi’s values, teachings and his 150^th Birth Anniversary.

The month of Diwali till mid-November, Saroni ran  a donation drive, ‘Gift of Giving Back to the Community’ at TAFE NSW, Strathfield unit. The proceeds go to the Addison Road Community Centre, committed to support social justice, environment conservation, fair trade, community solidarity, the homeless and the less-privileged, living in Australia.

Saroni is also the first Indian-origin model and brand ambassador for world’s leading intimate apparel & shapewear brand, Nancy Ganz, for their recently launched campaign ‘All Kinds of Beautiful’.

“A cancer survivor, a woman of colour, a victim of bullying and body shaming, the campaign perfectly aligns with my views about spreading awareness about body confidence & positivity, and is smashing the glass ceiling in several ways, shattering the pre-conceived notions of beauty, particularly in the fashion and entertainment industry, worldwide. Along with an overwhelming response to the beauty of showing diversity, it also gave me a super in-depth view of the ignorance of women across the globe, towards the paramount significance of adopting shapewear as an essential, in their wardrobe.”