New video of Meghan Markle on humanitarian trip in 2017 released: Watch!

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Long before marrying Prince Harry in May 2018, Meghan Markle was an advocate for women's and girls' rights. As a self-proclaimed feminist, she worked with the United Nations to highlight the need for gender equality and as some may recall, gave a memorable speech at the UN Women's Conference for International Women's Day in 2015.

“It is said that girls with dreams become women with vision. May we empower each other to carry out such vision — because it isn’t enough to simply talk about equality. One must believe it. And it isn’t enough to simply believe in it. One must work at it. Let us work at it. Together. Starting now,” she said in her speech.

Today, more of Duchess Meghan's hard work has been brought to light through never-before-seen footage of a humanitarian trip she took to India back in 2017.

The video, which was shared on UK"s ITV, shows the duchess in Delhi and Mumbai on behalf of World Vision. She speaks about the need for bathrooms for girls at schools in order to encourage them to attend and succeed while they're there.

“What we found is that the enrollment at this school went up three times as much once the latrines were built so that girls had access to clean hygiene and bathroom facilities while they’re at school,” Meghan said in the video.

In the video, the duchess is also shown painting, planting flowers and speaking with girls at the school.

Meghan was seemingly so moved by this trip that she wrote about it for Time shortly after.

"I traveled to Delhi and Mumbai this January with World Vision to meet girls and women directly impacted by the stigmatization of menstrual health and to learn how it hinders girls’ education," she explained in the article.

"To break the cycle of poverty, and to achieve economic growth and sustainability in developing countries, young women need access to education," she continued "When we empower girls hungry for education, we cultivate women who are emboldened to effect change within their communities and globally. If that is our dream for them, then the promise of it must begin with us. Period."