YEJI, GHANA, (September, 13 2007) - International youth group Student World Assembly will announce the winners of Ghana's Human Trafficking National Essay Contest on September 17th. Winners are selected from the judges panel, composed of teachers, youth development workers and social workers. Launched on June 15th, SWA wishes to extend thanks for some 185 submissions from SWA member-applicants in ten regions of Ghana.
Following the announcement of the winners, SWA-Ghana will bestow first, second and third prizes at a special ceremony and reception on September 28th, to be held in GNAT Hall in Yeji, Ghana. First, second and third place winners from each of the three categories and will each be awarded a school bag, several books and a monetary prize.
The competition, "Breaking the Silence: End Child Trafficking and Labor" aimed to promote awareness about the issue of human trafficking and to stimulate student movement against human trafficking in Ghana. The contest encouraged dialogue between the student movement and other partners in the fight against human trafficking.This event has received endorsement from the Ministry of Education Science and Sports, the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs, and has been co-sponsored by UNICEF.
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The Student World Assembly believes that true global democracy affirms fundamental human rights, which include the dignity and worth of all human beings, the equal rights of men and women, social, economic, and cultural justice for every person, and the freedom to promote these causes. SWA's representative democracy offers a powerful instrument for addressing the vital social and political conditions that threaten our global future. The informed wishes of the people, conveyed through the collective of a democratic assembly, need to be heard in the decision-making processes. By giving students from the most remote to the more accessible institutions an equal voice, we are enabling all students to educate, participate, and take action, and to begin thinking of themselves as global citizens.
