ASHENEWS reports that a Nigerian mental health and environmental advocate, Jennifer Uchendu has made the BBC 100 Women 2023 list.
Uchendu, who is currently working on her “Eco-anxiety Africa Project (TEAP) has over a decade of experience in sustainability advocacy which promotes youth leadership and action in Nigeria.
Through her organization, SustyVibes, she works to combine both eco-feminist and climate justice frameworks to make sustainability cool and relatable in Africa.
“The ambition of the youth-led organization SustyVibes, founded by Jennifer Uchendu, is to make sustainability actionable, relatable, and cool.
“Uchendu’s recent work has focused on exploring the impacts of the climate crisis on the mental health of Africans, especially young people.
“In 2022, she set up The Eco-Anxiety Africa project (TEAP) to focus on validating and safeguarding climate emotions in Africans through research, advocacy, and climate-aware psychotherapy.
“Her goal is to work with people and organizations interested in shifting mindsets and doing the hard and often uncomfortable work of learning about climate emotions,” the BBC said about Uchendu’s works.
Also on the list are ex-US First Lady, Michelle Obama, ace makeup entrepreneur, Huda Kattan, Vee Kativhu, Zimbabwe/UK Content creator and YouTuber, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ugandan Veterinarian, Wanjira Mathai, Kenyan Environmental adviser, Susan Chomba, Kenyan Scientist, and Ulanda Mtamba, Malawian Campaigner against child marriage.
Every year, BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspiring women around the world, telling their stories which are published and broadcast on all BBC platforms.
According to the BBC, the women were selected and assessed against this year’s theme – climate change and its disproportionate impact on women and girls around the world.
