Guest
Ronelle King
Ronelle King is an Afro-Barbadian, award-winning gender rights activist.
In 2016, she launched the viral #lifeinleggings campaign, empowering thousands of Caribbean women to share their experiences with gender-based violence and sparking the formation of Life in Leggings: Caribbean Alliance Against Gender-Based Violence.
Ronelle’s initiatives include the Reclaim Our Streets: Women’s Solidarity March across seven Caribbean countries and the Pink Parliament Mentorship program to increase women’s participation in politics.
As a UN Young Leader for the SDGs and an Obama Foundation Scholar, she recently created a program addressing the intersection between climate and gender-based violence.