This virtual side event to the ECOSOC Youth Forum convened youth activists and multilateral stakeholders to discuss the importance of young women’s leadership in climate action and how their meaningful engagement in climate policy can be better supported.
featuring:
Dr. Marisa Ensor, Senior Climate Research Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Renata Koch Alvarenga, Founder and Director, EmpoderaClima
Ayshka Najib, Youth Lead on Feminist Action for Climate Justice working with UN Women and the Generation Equality Forum
Marcela Fernandez, Founder, Cumbres Blancas
Monique Cirimwami, President, Nouvelle Dynamique de la société civile noyau communal de Bagira (NDSCI)
Samantha Rampersad, CARICOM Youth Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago
Moderated by Sophia Farion, Program Officer, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Co-hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP).