After a record-breaking number of entries to Coventry International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition from 29 different countries, the 2021 winners were announced in November. The winning essays can be found at youngpeoplespeaceessay.org/2021-peace-essays. United Nations Association Coventry Branch are hoping … Continue reading →
What is the International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition? The International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition is an annual essay-writing contest open to categories of young people all over the world. The predominant theme in the contests is PEACE and … Continue reading →
UNA Coventry Branch, working with the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, ran Young People’s Peace Essay Competition for the first time in 2020. The competition will run again in 2021, this time aiming to attract … Continue reading →
Benjamin Ssuuna from Uganda was awarded the Third Prize in 2020 for his essay: The Seed of the Little Dove In a peaceful world lived an initially peaceful community of doves which was hit by a catastrophe. Deforestation made the … Continue reading →
Elsa Tiny Rajan from India was awarded the Second Prize in 2020 for her essay: The Role of Young People in Building Peace In the words of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, “Where there is righteousness in the heart, there … Continue reading →
Ema Nikolova from Republic of North Macedonia was awarded the Third Prize in 2020 for her essay: Peace and Youth Nearly half of the world’s population is composed of young people whose energy and ambitions could have a destructive nature … Continue reading →
Amna Hameem Jawfer was awarded the Third Prize in 2020 for her essay: The Role of Young People in Bringing Peace In society today, there are many animalistic and inhumane traits that we carry. Not only is it uncivilized, but unethical … Continue reading →
Arina Abu Bakir was awarded the Second Prize in 2020 for her essay: Peace; freedom from disturbance. It is something were all working for, yet we can’t achieve it. Every day brings new challenges which we must face. These challenges … Continue reading →
Malaika Hussain was awarded the First Prize and a Special Commendation by the judges for her essay: We all know what peace is: something we all aspire towards but haven’t achieved just yet. Whether you are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh … Continue reading →
In November 2020 the United Nations Association Coventry Branch ran the world’s first Young People’s Peace Essay Competition the winners of which were announced during Coventry Peace Festival. Young people aged up to 25 submitted their essays of up to … Continue reading →