Speakers

Gloria Gaggioli is the Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and an Associate Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva. She is also member of the board of Geneva Call and of the International Review of the Red Cross. She has extensively published in various fields of public international law with a focus on international humanitarian law, human rights law and counter-terrorism. She has researched or taught in several Universities in Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America. Previously, she served as Legal Adviser in the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Gloria is a 24-year-old Ugandan young woman advocate born, raised and studied in several rural communities of Uganda. Gloria is a recent graduate from one of Uganda’s rural based science University called Busitema University. Gloria holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Economics.

Gloria’s advocacy journey started in 2019 after her family and community at large faced the effects of a prolonged drought majorly caused by the impact of climate change. This led to poor harvests, starvation of domestic animals, general hardship and poverty for the community that mostly depended on agriculture. The effects of the drought had far reaching impacts for Gloria and her family including her elder sister becoming a victim of teenage pregnancy.

This lived experience ignited a passion for climate change advocacy driven by the desire to find solutions to help her family and community tackle the adverse effects of climate change. This passion informed her academic choices at university, and her interactions with her peers and wider community.

Gloria is currently a Ugandan representative of the She Leads Climate Change Cohort.