Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is delighted to announce the winners of its 2015 International Student/Teacher Essay Competition.
ESSAY TOPIC: Focusing on one of the following Sustainable Development Goals, propose specific measures for your country (or region or city) to reach the goal's objectives in the next 15 years.
- Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; OR
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; OR
- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable
The winners came from Brazil, India, Nigeria, South Korea, and the United States.
And the winners are:
HIGH SCHOOL
First PrizeBetter Transportation for a Better City Jack Conway, age 16, Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo, BrazilSecond PrizeThe Fight Against Climate ChangeDheera Vuppala, age 15, Nashua High School South, New Hampshire, USA
Third PrizeDefining the Undefinable: Gender in Developed Nations Se Bin Ahn, age 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, South Korea
UNDERGRADUATE
First PrizeGoals for a Better World: Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change in the United States within the Next 15 YearsAnnabelle Dunbar, age 22, University of Central Florida, USA
Second PrizeThe Making of Sustainable India Sanyam Khare, age 20, ILS Law College, Pune, India
Third PrizeMeasures for Nigeria to Reach the Objective "Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable" in the Next 15 Years Agbeyo Temitope, age 20, Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun state, Nigeria
There were no winners in the Graduate/Teacher category this time.
We would like to thank everyone who submitted an essay. We enjoyed reading them!
In total we received 192 essays from 37 countries.
Here is the country list in alphabetical order: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
