Gloria Majiga-Kamoto

Gloria Majiga–Kamoto (born c. 1991) is a Malawian community development officer and environmental activist. She was awarded the 2021 . It was in recognition of her work in working for the enforcement of a national ban on the importation, manufacture and distribution of in Malawi, in 2019.
Background and education.
Gloria was born in Malawi around 1991. She studied in Malawian elementary and secondary schools. She got her graduation degree from the University of Malawi. She got her Master of Laws degree program at the University of London. It was on scholarship from the "Canon Collins Educational &amp; Legal Assistance Trust".
Career.
After the completion of her undergraduate degree studies, Gloria was hired by "Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy" (CEPA). It was a non-government organisation based in Limbe. It was a suburb of Blantyre, the financial capital of Malawi.
She was put in charge of the “Sustainable Agriculture Lead Farmer Project”. It included a “pass-on” programme for goats and other livestock. The programme donated a female goat to one farmer. When that female produced a kid, the farmer would pass on the goat to the next farmer and so on. It was until all the farmers in the place had goats.
However, the program was not developing as planned. Some of the farmers lost their goats because they ate thrown around the Malawian countryside. The goats died from intestinal obstruction as a result.
Activism.
Malawi has made a law passed in 2015. It doesn't allow the importation, manufacture and distribution of single-use plastic. However, the law was not being enforced. Attempts by Gloria and her fellow environmentalists to hold civil dialogue with plastics manufactures in Malawi were continuous. As of 2016, Malawian plastic manufacturers were producing 75,000 tons of plastic annually. Of this, 80 percent was single-use is difficult to recycle. Plastic waste was blocking waterways. When the water is drunk by livestock, it was killing some of the animals.
The association of plastic manufacturers urged the government. They were challenging the ban on single-use plastic. They won in the lower courts but the case was appealed to the country's Supreme Court. Gloria and her fellow environmentalists organized public demonstrations. They highlighted the "plastic problem" in the country. A study commissioned by the government of Malawi. It documented that the country produces more plastic waste per capita than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa.
Over a five-year period, the court case made it to the Supreme Court of Malawi. In July 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the manufacture, marketing, sale and use of single-use plastic (60 microns or less) was illegal in Malawi. Since 2019, three factories have been shut down. The fourth had its manufacturing equipment impounded.