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Aaditha Edirisinghe and Shaheen Abdul Gani are members of Hype Sri Lanka - a Youth Empowerment Incubator which strives to streamline the present Youth Developmental System (YDS) through a shifting of dependence on the conventional Bottom to Top approach of youth development.
Hania Imran is an 18 year old climate activist and Founder of Youth Climate Activists Pakistan. She is also a Global Youth Leadership Council member of Earth Uprising International.
Natalia Oelsner is a Bolivian journalist specialising in Latin American affairs. She has worked in countries including Bolivia, El Salvador and France and reported for international media outlets such as CNN and Euronews.
Natalia Oelsner is a Bolivian journalist specialising in Latin American affairs. She has worked in countries including Bolivia, El Salvador and France and reported for international media outlets such as CNN and Euronews. She is currently based in Lyon, France, where she works as a multimedia journalist for the pan-European news channel Euronews. You can follow her on Twitter here.
Sarah Copland is a United Nations staffer, former Beirut resident and Isaac Oehlers' mother. Sarah sat down with our Editor-in-Chief Hannah Diviney to discuss the explosion, the aftermath and her fight for justice for Isaac.
Cassandra Ashcroft is a frontline worker at Wayside Chapel, a Sydney community-based organisation that has been providing unconditional love, care and support for people experiencing homelessness in Sydney since 1964. Its Aboriginal Cultural Centre provides counselling, advocacy, referrals and other forms of support, as well as cultural activities and ‘mob lunches’. Donate to Wayside’s Winter Appeal today.
Roya Musawi is a journalist, public communicator, and writer with extensive experience in advocacy, and public relations. For the past 8 years, she has served in different national and international organizations  in support of human rights, women’s rights, youth, gender equality, IDPs, and returnees. Names in this article have been changed to protect anonymity.
Shoi Sengupta is a climate activist and member of the Tomorrow Movement. She was part of the protests this week at Parliament House in Australia.

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