GOLDMAN PRIZE 2021: GLORIA MAJIGA-KAMOTO BATTLED AGAINST SINGLE USE PLASTIC IN MALAWI AND WON

For more than five years, Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, a 30-year-old Malawian environmental activist, has waged a David v Goliath battle against some of the country’s largest plastic manufacturers to bring an end to single-use plastics. Together with other activists and civil society groups, Majiga-Kamoto spearheaded a grassroots campaign that fought to pressure authorities into instituting a plastic ban in Malawi. Click here to learn more.