Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom by Catherine Kelaher

I got the opportunity to emcee last year's virtual Girl Up summit. All of the work we've been doing now over Zoom has been a lot swifter. Onanuga: This has been the best time for me to engage as an activist. How has the pandemic impacted your activism? They're essential in the work towards equality. They were willing to listen and able to help educate the other men in our school so that we didn't have that emotional burden placed on us to educate them. boys and young men to come to our Girl Up meetings. It's toxic because men don't listen to women. Goats and Soda A Menstrual Expert's Surprising Tips On How To Talk About Your Periodįetzer: Toxic masculinity. Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the U.N. It also featured inspirational speakers such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Amina J. The conference offered sessions on topics such as gender-based violence, LGBTQ issues, mental health and personal finance. She was one of more than 4,000 young people who attended the virtual Girl Up 2021 Leadership Summit on July 13 and 14. She's also been lobbying the government to provide free menstrual products in schools - and hosting virtual events on gender equality as a leader for the U.N.-sponsored group Girl Up.įor girls like Basso, 19, being a teen and an activist is a balancing act. If you ask Giovanna Basso, a teen activist from Brazil, what she's been doing in the pandemic, she'll tell you she's been listening to the South Korean pop group BTS, watching Netflix to improve her English and writing letters in calligraphy to her friends. Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer, Joanne Lee They attended Girl Up's virtual conference last week, which featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as a guest speaker. From left: Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer and Joanne Lee are teen leaders for the U.N.-sponsored gender equality group Girl Up.

Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom by Catherine Kelaher