ActionAid speechwriting competition
STUDENTS in Louth are reminded to submit their entries into the ActionAid Speech Writing Competition. The competition, which opened for entries on October 4th, is aimed at secondary school students aged 14 to 17. ActionAid has already had a lot of interest from students across the country and hopes for more entrants from Louth before the 19th January deadline.
The top eight students from around the country will be invited to Dublin in March 2018 to deliver their speech in front of an esteemed panel of judges.
The first prize is a visit to Brussels in June 2018 for the top two students and their teachers, where the students and teachers will engage with members of the European parliament and Civil Society Organisations active on women’s rights, youth and development. The visit will give students and teachers first-hand exposure of advocating for a fairer world at a European level.
There are three topics to choose from relating to ActionAid’s Irish Aid funded women’s rights programme and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which provide the international framework for a fairer world. The SDG’s came into effect in 2015, aim to mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
ActionAid is hoping entrants will come up with innovative and creative speeches, with a global view.
Choice of topics:
1. The sustainable development goals will make the world fairer by 2030.
2. Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” is the most important goal for long term development.
3. Gender Equality should be a part of every one of the Sustainable development Goals.
To enter, students can ask their teacher for details or visit https://actionaid.ie/ speech-writing-competition/ for more information.