--- title: Meghan Markle Empowerment Trip to India description: Find out why Meghan Markle spent a week in India to learn about the issues affecting young girls in poor communities. canonical: https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-25T14:08:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:31.202Z og:title: Meghan Markle Spent a Week in India to Empower Women and Girls og:description: 'She wanted to learn as much as possible' og:url: https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f31ce648be5f412/6988b71dfb4eac3072890862/meghan-markle-trip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: NBC/Universal 2014 TCA Winter Press Tour og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle Spent a Week in India to Empower Women and Girls twitter:description: 'She wanted to learn as much as possible' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f31ce648be5f412/6988b71dfb4eac3072890862/meghan-markle-trip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle Spent a Week in India to Empower Women and Girls > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 19: Meghan Markle arrives at the NBC/Universal 2014 TCA Winter press tour held at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on January 19, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) Michael Tran±FilmMagic by [Diana Pearl and Patrick Gomez / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Diana Pearl and Patrick Gomez / People Contributor Jan 25, 2017 2:08 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://people.com/tag/meghan-markle/) is continuing her advocacy work on behalf of women around the globe. The _Suits_ star spent a week in the slum communities of Delhi and Mumbai, India, to learn about the issues and challenges the women and girls who live there face. In particular, her visit focused on “education, hygiene, empowerment, economic development and healthcare,” a source tells PEOPLE. “She wanted to learn as much as possible from the women in these communities so she can see what is needed and how she might help them in the future,” the source says of the star, 35, who has been dating [Prince Harry](http://people.com/tag/prince-harry/) since last year. Despite reports to the contrary, Markle’s trip was not cut short due to security concerns. “She just flew under the radar for a while,” says the source. The bulk of Markle’s trip was spent speaking with the women living in the city’s slums and meeting with others who are working to improve the lives of the women living there. Markle, a United Nations advocate, has been working with causes specifically focused on women and girls for the past five years, but her love of philanthropy runs deep and started at a young age. She traveled to Rwanda last year for her work with the organization World Vision Canada. “Both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot – buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace – be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright,” she wrote in [an October 2016 post on her lifestyle website, The Tig](http://thetig.com/how-to-be-both/). “This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.” In November, Thuli Madonsela, a senior South African lawyer who met Markle through the U.K.-based charity One Young World, told PEOPLE the actress’s commitment to the cause was impressive. “What struck me about her was [her personality, compassion and her brain](http://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-praised-for-her-human-rights-efforts/). She is extremely bright,” said Madonsela. “I wanted to know why she was involved in helping young people to discover themselves. She encountered some forms of discrimination and awkward moments. When she had this platform, she thought it was her job to make it easier for other young people to discover themselves and lead their fullest life.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/royals/inside-meghan-markles-empowering-trip-to-india-for-women-and-girls/?xid=socialflow%5Ftwitter%5Fpeoplemag) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle Spent a Week in India to Empower Women and Girls","datePublished":"2017-01-25T14:08:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:31.202Z","description":"'She wanted to learn as much as possible'","url":"https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f31ce648be5f412/6988b71dfb4eac3072890862/meghan-markle-trip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diana Pearl and Patrick Gomez / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f31ce648be5f412/6988b71dfb4eac3072890862/meghan-markle-trip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC/Universal 2014 TCA Winter Press Tour","caption":"NBC/Universal 2014 TCA Winter Press Tour","creditText":"Michael Tran±FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4648425/meghan-markle-empowerment-trip-india/","name":"Meghan Markle Spent a Week in India to Empower Women and Girls"}}]}] ```