Background of a comitted young girl

Originally from Kenya, my name is Mathilda, I moved to France at the age of 2 and I did my studies in that country. I am now 18 years and I just obtenained my French Baccalaureat with distinction at Jules Ferry High School, in Conflans Sainte Honorine.

Since the age of 14, I have been involved as a volunteer in civic life. I worked on the subject of inequalities in all aspects, not just the financial one. The cultural gap between students struck me. It was essential to me to create awareness, therefore when I was in middle school, I decided to join a youth movement of an NGO called "Plan International for gender equality in the world".

At the same time, I founded a debate club within my high school, which was a partnership with various associations and international organisations: Plan International, Unicef, Expression de France, the Human Rights League, Greenpeace... It has been active for two years now and is called the "Rights and Equality club".

I recently received a quality cerfication from the United Nation Women France and Generation Equality Voices. My aim is to allow high school students to exchange views, debate and learn about current and social issues, in other words, to give them a place and a framework where they can express themselves on issues that concern them. I want to give them a voice and a visibility so that they can be agents of change.

It is essential to me that more young people, especially women of my generation, get involved to assert their point of view, in the public sphere.

Updated on pirmdiena, 20/09/2021