0:08 – Earlier this month a 14 year old girl committed suicide in Kenya after being shamed by her teacher for starting her period in class. We discuss the stigma and shame around menstrual cycles that led to the girl’s death, and the details surrounding it, with Tamerra Griffin (@tamerra_nikol) East Africa correspondent for BuzzFeed News based in Nairobi, Kenya, and author of the article “A teenager kills herself after being called dirty while on her period.”
0:34 – Live from the UN Global Climate Action Summit: Upfront host Brian Edwards-Tiekart brings us his final report from the UN Global Climate Summit in NYC, including interviews with 14 year old climate activist Alexandria Villasenor, who’s been on a weekly climate strike in front of the UN headquarters for the last 42 weeks; Kumi Naidoo, director of Amnesty International and more.