As part of the activities surrounding International Women's Day, "Kri Fanm Ayiti" (KRIFA) organized the first edition of the National Inter-school Advocacy Competition on Women's Rights.

During the grand finale, last week, 10 students were competing

List of finalists :

Laguerre M. Malthazar II (Adventist College of Diquini)

Alfred Ashly (Saint Charles de Carrefour School)

Gloriane Lory José (Saint Francis of Assisi College)

Cinéus Shaskiya (Children's Paradise College)

Toussaint Kérène Widnaëlle (Methodist College of Brothers)

Timeau Grégory (Henry Christophe High School)

Marie Claude Dorival (Benoit Batraville High School)

Marlykita Menton (National High School of Pétion-Ville)

Siméon Wederson (National High School of Pétion-Ville)

Jean Louis Berth-Annie (Adventist College of Diquini)

After deliberation, the jury chose the 3 winners of the Competition, they are :

1st Laureate: Ashly Alfred (St Charles School / Sisters of Charity of Saint Louis de Carrefour)

2nd laureate: Gloriane Lory José (Saint Francis of Assisi College)

3rd. Laureate: Balthazar II Laguerre M. (Diquini Adventist College)

Remember that this activity was carried out within the framework of the "Voix et Leadership des Femmes" project implemented by CECI-Haiti and the Access to justice and fight against impunity in Haiti project, implemented by Avocats Sans Frontières Canada with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.

This activity, which is part of the promotion, awareness-raising and initiation of young people on the issue of gender, was a great success. KRIFA would like to congratulate and thank the educational institutions that made this activity possible, the members of the Jury, the Office for the Protection of the Citizen, the parents, the members of KRIFA and the media.

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