Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand The first winners for Amnesty Internationals Gary Ware Legacy Award were announced this evening on Human Rights Day as a nod to the importance of youth voices in shaping Aotearoas future. The Gary Ware Legacy Award is a new award from Amnesty International …
The first winners for Amnesty International’s Gary Ware Legacy Award were announced this evening on Human Rights Day as a nod to the importance of youth voices in shaping Aotearoa’s future.
The Gary Ware Legacy Award is a new award from Amnesty International made possible by the Ware family who have been advocating for the rights of others in New Zealand and abroad for decades.
Friday, 11 December 2020, 6:04 am
The first winners for Amnesty International’s Gary Ware
Legacy Award were announced this evening on Human Rights Day
as a nod to the importance of youth voices in shaping
Aotearoa’s future.
The Gary Ware Legacy Award is a
new award from Amnesty International made possible by the
Ware family who have been advocating for the rights of
others in New Zealand and abroad for decades.
Entries
have been piling in from young people across the country,
with some incredible human rights initiatives including
solar lights for homes in Fiji, teddy bears for refugees and
peer-to-peer mentor programmes.