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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.

Watsemba Miriam reports from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Belyndar Maonia Rikimani is a Climate Activist and a One Young World Ambassador from Solomon Islands, a Final Year Law student at the University of the South Pacific - USP and is a member of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change - PISFCC for which she is the Vice President.

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