For the second year in a row, the United Nations has chosen a new group of young leaders to combat some of the world's most pressing issues.
This year's class of 17 "Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals," chosen by the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, is "an incredibly diverse, intersectional, and inspirational group of young people who reflect the very best of global youth activism and advocacy when it comes to challenging the status quo and creating a better world for all," Jayathma Wickramanayake says in a press release.
The leaders, all between the ages of 17 and 29, "demonstrate immense resilience, resourcefulness, and leadership in finding innovative solutions to the world's biggest challenges," Wickramanayake says.
Among the winners: Ronelle King: A Gender Justice Activist from Barbados, she founded the #LifeInLeggings hashtag in 2016 to provide a safe space for women who had experienced sexual violence, the New York Times reports.
She has gone on to lead the Reclaim Our Streets women's solidarity march and Pink Parliament, which seeks to increase women's participation in decision-making spaces.
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