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Whether it’s celebrating sustainable fashion and beauty, stories of women in Africa creating home gardens, or female leaders advocating for climate justice, MP champions young readers’ appetite to make the world a better place.

July 17, 2023

The women of the icy land of Antarctica

A life on the ice isn’t for everyone, but a growing number of pioneering female scientists and expeditioners are opting for extended stays in Antarctica.

Nina Hendy

May 9, 2023

The missing perspectives in science, and science journalism

At the World Conference of Science Journalists, scientists and journalists examined colonisation of knowledge and systematic exclusion of marginalised voices.

Mahima Jain

March 20, 2023

In Zambia, the $500m charcoal-trade puts women at a dilemma of earnings vs climate

Nyasha Bhobo

December 15, 2022

Global South activists speak out at COP27

Watsemba Miriam reports from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Watsemba Miriam

November 19, 2022

Young people take centre-stage at COP27

Watsemba Miriam

November 13, 2022

Climate change is pushing women and girls into trafficking and modern slavery

Mahima Jain

August 15, 2022

Anjali Sharma on the Australian government’s moral duty to protect young people

Anjali Sharma is an Australian climate activist, who at the age of 16, was the lead litigant in a class action in the Australian Federal Court, against the Federal government, and in particular, the then Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, for failing to consider the impacts of climate change.

Anjali Sharma

July 16, 2022

Belyndar Rikimani on the demands of Pacific youth at the 51st Pacific Islands Forum

Belyndar Maonia Rikimani is a member of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and a young climate activist from the Solomon Islands. After witnessing the impacts of climate change of her home Island in the Solomon Islands, she is dedicating her life to educate, empower and advocate on this threatening issue of Climate Crisis to her people. Connect with Belyndar on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Belyndar Rikimani

June 19, 2022

The legacy of Stockholm: 50 years of environmental action or 50 years of failure?

Maria is a 19-year-old queer woman, Mexican, ecofeminist, full-time climate and human rights activist at FFF International and FFF MAPA (Most Affected People and Areas). She is also a leading member of the Feminist Action for Climate Justice Coalition of the UN Women Generation Equality Forum. She fights for a systemic and intersectional change that prioritizes the well-being of the most vulnerable communities in the face of the Climate Crisis.

Maria Reyes

June 18, 2022

Jane Kisha: The secret poisoning of Lake Victoria

This InfoNile / WanaData story was produced with support from JRS Biodiversity Foundation and Code for Africa as part of the WaterCommons initiative and the Code for All Exchange Program, funded by the National Democratic Institute and the National Endowment for Democracy. Additional reporting by Ruth Mwizeere and Annika McGinnis.

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