Licypriya Kangujam
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'Don’t celebrate me if you are not going to listen': Manipuri child climate activist Licypriya Kangujam turns down Modi's #SheInspiresUs campaign
Fp Staff •Child climate activist Licypriya Kangujam turned down the offer to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's #SheInspiresUs campaign on International Women's Day, hoping that her refusal will help attract the attention of the government towards her concerns
'Stop calling me Greta of India': 8-yr-old Licypriya Kangujam says comparison doesn't help; Manipuri climate activist dropped out of school in Feb 2019
Fp Staff •Eight-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam from Manipur, often labelled the 'Indian Greta Thunberg', on Monday rejected the comparison and appealed to the media to recognise her own identity and story. 'If you call me 'Greta of India', you are not covering my story. You are deleting a story,' she tweeted.
How Greta Thunberg mobilised millions to act on climate emergency in just a year
Abigailb •The 16-year-old Swedish teenager is one of the youngest climate change activists in the world.