WASHINGTON, CMC – The Group of American States (OAS) says Trinidadian Ronia Swan was the one particular person from the Caribbean to win the Youth Essay Contest on human rights.
Earlier this week, the OAS stated the winners learn their essays nearly, and this was broadcast from the Corridor of the Americas on the OAS headquarters right here.
Swan’s essay was “Advancing Human Rights for Ladies and Ladies in Trinidad & Tobago.” The opposite winners have been from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.
The OAS stated it organized the competition in coordination with the Everlasting Missions of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States, and Uruguay “to have interaction youth in describing the on a regular basis affect of worldwide devices on advancing and selling human rights.”
The essays coated freedom of expression and meeting, rights of individuals with disabilities, rights of ladies and women, rights of LGBTQI+, indigenous peoples, sexual and reproductive well being, afro-descendants, rights of migrants, and rights of older individuals.
The OAS stated a complete of 75 entries have been obtained from 15 international locations. A global panel—composed of representatives from the OAS Secretariat of Entry to Rights and Fairness and OAS Everlasting Missions of Canada and the USA—judged the entries for relevance to the precise subjects and novel approaches to problem-solving.
The winners have been Antonella Perez and Carla Zapata (Argentina), Jenny del Mar Lozano Mosquera (Colombia), Yairy Vega Muenala (Ecuador), and Rosario Edith Mendoza (Mexico).
The OAS stated the Essay Contest was a part of its intensive efforts to have interaction youth in assist of Human Rights Day and to encourage their participation in formulating concepts and proposals relating to folks in weak conditions within the Americas, together with the Caribbean.
Different very important regional actors that promote the human rights of younger folks, as highlighted in supplies displayed on the OAS Most important Constructing, included the Younger Americas Enterprise Belief (YABT), the Pan American Growth Basis (PADF); the Inter-American Institute of the Little one (IIN; and the US State Division, via the Younger Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI).
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