Zahra Basil
Zahra is a 19 year old Pakistani student and youth advocate whose work primarily centres on climate justice and gender inequality. With the support and platform of the Re-Earth Initiative - a youth-led global organisation dedicated to fostering regeneration and empowering communities to champion collaborative climate solutions - she aims to make the climate movement more inclusive.
Zahra is currently working with them to provide financial support to local, grassroots climate mitigation efforts across the world. She is also a gender rights activist, with a focus on eradicating menstrual poverty. As co-founder of a women's collective and member of several local feminist organisations, she works to increase the accessibility of menstrual products and create safe spaces where womxnhood is celebrated.
She is also passionate about encouraging inter-cultural harmony and bonds beyond borders and so runs Qurbat, a virtual exchange program for South Asian youth to collaborate and connect.
One action you’d like people to do to help your work
“Realise that there are always ways you can contribute to something positive. This could be by simply educating yourself and others around you about significant issues, engaging in relevant discourse, or simply acknowledging your own privileges. On an individual level, truly every (seemingly) little effort counts, and your fear of not making a "huge impact" is stopping you from making any.”