Author’s statement
With the realities of climate change, inequality and the pandemic, one could be forgiven for choosing despair. But the world is no better off for that, so I choose to study hope, a discipline that requires practice. Here, treat yourself to a few minutes of joy in the next instalment of my series profiling amazing and yes, hopeful young people contending successfully with the climate justice crisis in Canada.
Sophia Yang
Sophia Yang wants us to listen to the stories in our clothes. Late in 2020, she launched Threading Change to raise consumer and fashion industry awareness of its climate, gender, racial, and labour justice impacts, and the ethical alternatives.
04 Mar 2021
Sarah Shakour Project Specialist, Forum Foundations, World Economic Forum
As we commemorate International Women’s Month and Women’s Day on 8 March, we celebrate the women who choose to take on incredible challenges.
Here are six inspirational young female leaders who influence me and others around the world.
International Women’s Month is dedicated to the social, economic, political, cultural and scientific achievements of women and girls. In my work with the World Economic Forum’s communities of Young Global Leaders and Global Shapers, I am inspired every day by amazing women in our network: young female leaders who are driving the call for equitable and sustainable food systems, de-stigmatising mental health in developing countries, curbing the pandemic in vulnerable communities, raising awareness of the impacts of fast fashion, and a civic engagement leader who has defied all the odds.