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#SolvingIt

#SolvingIt is a weekly Instagram series that highlights young activists, artists, changemakers and innovators who are working to solve some of the world’s most intractable problems.

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#SolvingIt video series

The next generation of leaders are #SolvingIt, addressing issues like climate change, world peace and more. Listen to four of them explain how—and why—in their own words, with new videos out weekly beginning September 1.

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Mohamad al-Jounde is #SolvingIt

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Mitzi Jonelle Tan is #SolvingIt

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Vanessa Nakate is #SolvingIt

#SolvingIt26

Doha Debates’ #SolvingIt26 project, an extension of the long-running #SolvingIt Instagram series, introduced 26 young climate activists and innovators whose vision and work inspire hope—and real change.

Meet the #SolvingIt26, and be sure to follow @DohaDebates on Instagram, where each of the honorees is featured, along with our #SolvingIt series.

 

About the series

Each week, and with each changemaker, #SolvingIt brings a pressing issue to light—microplastics in Bali, child marriage in India, pipeline politics on Native American lands—but it also focuses on the people who are taking action to solve those problems.

#SolvingIt celebrates the next generation of leaders whose vision and work inspire hope and real change.

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Dr. Marie Roseline Bélizaire is #SolvingIt! Dr. Marie Roseline Bélizaire is a Haitian epidemiologist and community health advocate who helps fight disease outbreaks in conflict zones. She's tackled everything from Ebola to HIV, and is currently helping the @who's COVID-19 response in the Central African Republic implementing prevention strategies in high-risk communities. For these reasons and countless others, Doha Debates salutes Marie Roseline for #SolvingIt. Doha Debates' #SolvingIt series is highlighting people who are taking action to help solve the world's most pressing issues. Illustration by @aya_mobaydeen. #DearWorld #womeninstem #womeninscience #communityhealth #communityhealthworker #healthworkers #healthwarrior #science #womenempowerment #inspiration #inspire #inspired #inspiredaily #communitylove #covid19 #solutions #thoughtoftheday #doctor #blackgirlmagic #marieroselinebelizaire #womeninmedicine? #womeninmedicine

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Ilwad Elman is #SolvingIt. @ilwadelman is a Somali Canadian activist who advocates for human rights, peace building and social justice. She serves as the One Young World Ambassador to Somalia, helps run Sister Somalia, the first rape crisis center in Somalia, and has addressed the UN Security Council. She has also co-written the Youth Action Agenda on Countering Violent Extremism, which was cited in a UN Security Council resolution. In addition to making the 2019 shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize, she was also a 2015 recipient of Harvard's Gleitsman International Activist Award for her leadership and humanitarian work. For these reasons and countless others, Doha Debates salutes Ilwad for #SolvingIt. Doha Debates' #SolvingIt series is highlighting people who are taking action to help solve the world's most pressing issues. Illustration by @arielsinhaha #DearWorld #Solutions #communitylove #somalia #somaliangirl #somalian #canada #blackgirlmagic #worldpeace #globalcitizen #peace #humanrights #equality #equalityforall

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Joshua Wong is #SolvingIt. @joshua1013 is a Hong Kong activist and political organizer who came to prominence during the 2014 Umbrella Movement for more transparent elections. Since then, he’s been leading efforts to promote democratic and progressive values in Hong Kong. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Wong is using the internet and video games to stage virtual protests. For these reasons, Doha Debates salutes Joshua for #SolvingIt. Doha Debates' #SolvingIt series is highlighting people who are taking action to help solve the world's most pressing issues. Illustration by @motherhoodillustrated. #DearWorld #hongkong #democracy #democracyforhk #joshuawong #community #communitylove #umbrella

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Amika George is #SolvingIt. @amikageorge is a human rights activist from London who is fighting to end #periodpoverty. She founded @FreePeriods after learning that students were missing school because they were unable to afford menstrual products. Because of her leadership, all state-funded schools in England can now order free period products through the Department for Education. For these reasons and countless others, Doha Debates salutes Amika for #SolvingIt. Doha Debates' #SolvingIt series is highlighting people who are taking action to help solve the world's most pressing issues. Illustration by @annakozdon. #FreePeriods #FreePeriod #freeperiodstories #freeperiodproducts #womensrights #women #equality #equalrights #respect #art #artist #feminist #feminism #freedom #girlpower #grlpwr #girl #girls #body #bodypositive #empowerment #strongwomen #strongwoman #drawing #draw #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday

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Greta Thunberg is #SolvingIt. What happens when politicians drag their feet for decades on climate change? This is a problem that convinced @gretathunberg to decide not to attend school and instead strike outside the Swedish Parliament building, demanding that politicians in Stockholm, Sweden, take action on #climatechange. Starting out as a one-person protest, she got the attention of media and more people began listening to her message. She launched #FridaysForFuture, a global movement of students and adults striking outside of government buildings and urging their representatives to implement new policies. Having become the face of a generation tired of waiting, Greta Thunberg has been invited to address parliaments in the UK and in France. But whenever she travels to another country, she refuses to fly because of the environmental impact of air travel. Just a few days ago, the 16-year-old set sail across the Atlantic Ocean to attend the UN Climate Action Summit @unfccc in #NewYork on zero-emissions boat. Though a plane would take only about 8 hours, this voyage will take 2 weeks.

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