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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.

April 7, 2022

Climate change and COVID-19: Pacific women showing strong governance and resilience throughout the crises

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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March 3, 2022

Adenike Oladosu on the Lake Chad crisis, eco-feminism and the campaign for international action

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March 3, 2022

Belyndar Rikimani on being a Pacific woman at the climate change frontline

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February 11, 2022

Dorcas Wangira: Pangolins in the Dock

InfoNile is a collaborative cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

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January 25, 2022

Sharon Atieno: Saving the Rothschild Giraffe in Kenya

InfoNile is a collaborative cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

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December 6, 2021

Divine Irakoze on life inside Malawi’s Dzaleka refugee camp and the issues facing youth in her community

Divine is a refugee from Burundi living in Malawi.

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November 30, 2021

Kapulei Flores on keeping her culture and tradition alive in Hawaiʻi

Kapulei Flores is from the Moku ʻo Keawe, also known as Hawaiʻi Island. She is a 21 year old Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) photographer focused on capturing authentic moments and showing a perspective of Hawaiʻi through native eyes.

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November 3, 2021

Lute Heivaha ‘Ofa-Ki-Arana Leki on women, climate change and the power of adaptation in Tonga

Lute Heivaha ‘Ofa-Ki-Arana Leki is a recent Law graduate from the University of the South Pacific, and a climate change activist. She is a member and current Executive Secretary for the Pacific Island

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July 21, 2021

Mitzi Jonelle Tan on the treatment of young female environmental defenders in the Philippines

Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She is also an organizer with FFF International and FFF MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas) making sure that voices from the Global South especially are heard, amplified, and given space.

Mitzi Jonelle Tan

June 2, 2021

Maryann Puia on the impacts of climate change on women, culture and tradition in the Pacific

Maryann Songomano Tautu’a Puia is a member and the former Awareness Person for the Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change. One of their campaigns is to seek an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on human rights and climate change. She is also the UN Women National Gender Youth Activist for Solomon Islands. In 2019, she attended COP25 as a Pacific Island Represent and participated in panel discussions.

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