The Ghartey Dove Girls Essay Prize 2024

Our inaugural essay prize is open to all girls aged 13-18 across Ghana.

Essay Questions

Submission Info

In 800-1,200 words, please answer one of the following:

1. What is the most pressing issue Ghana is facing and how should it be solved?

2. Why is equal access to education important?

3. Is ‘world peace’ a realistic goal?

All essay participants should:

A. Send their essay in a document, scanned or a clear photograph

B. Write their name, date of birth, age, region, school, favourite school subjects and future aspirations

C. Send all the above to: enquiries@thegharteydovegirlsproject.com

Submissions close – Sunday 10th March, Midnight WAT

Prizes

National Prize winners receive a 1 on 1 career session with the Chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council (UK) and an Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Nigeria

National Prizes

1st Prize - GH₵ 1000

2nd Prize - GH₵ 500

Junior Prize

1st Prize - GH₵ 900

Runner up: GH₵ 400

Regional Prizes/ Commendations

GH₵ 100 each

An additional prize will be given to the school with the most entries.

Winners

Senior Winner:

Ewura Efua Ofori - Yentumi, Achimota School

Junior Winner:

Adwita Kumar, Ghana International School

Senior Runner up:

Naa Agowah Codjoe, Ghana International School

Junior Runner up:

Deborah Naa-Selam Odoi, Ghana International School

Commendation:

Ama Obiyaa Nkrumah, Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School

Bangura Maejenu Yamena, Winneba secondary school

Gloria Tiponja Torringnam, Christian Methodist Senior Hight School

Lydia Nkrumah, Aburaman Senior High School

Janelle Nartey, Ghana International School

Mercedes Naa Korkoi Glover, Wesley Girls school

Sandra Afenyo, Wesley girls

Teye Beverley Yaa Ampea, Wesley girls

School commendation:

Odorgonno Senior High School

Ghana International School

Wesley Girls School

Judges

The official judges for The Ghartey Dove Girls Essay Prize 2024

Gisela Abbam

She is the first black Chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council, and the British Science Association. She is a commissioner on the National Preparedness Commission, a Board member of the Bar Standards Board, Black British Business person of the year (2019) as well as a former advisor at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. At General Electric, she set up a global function that within a year was generating $600 million with a pipeline of $3 billion. From the UN to the World Bank and all the way to the WTO, Gisela has worked with, advised and negotiated with many multilateral organisations, as well as governments such as Turkey, France and the US. More recently she hosted the high-level Ukrainian delegation who came to the UK to start the process of rebuilding their security and health systems. Gisela was presented with a Ukrainian medal at this meeting. Source - Wikipedia

Tiffany Abbam-Osibanjo

Tiffany is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and has served on various advisory committees, including a 10 Downing Street working group. She was youngest member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in its history and won a British Citizens recognition award. She has held many community positions such as Young commissioner (Hertfordshire), Youth Councillor (St Albans) and was an EY Foundation Ambassador. She was a Youth Delegate at the World Bank and a delegate for UN Women UK (CSW) advocating for gender equality and empowerment. She is also the founder of The Ghartey Dove Girls' Project.

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Mary Fasheitan

She is a special advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Prior to this she was a director at Morgan Stanley, worked in Business Transformation for TMobile and MTN. She was also a consultant for EDS, Coca-cola, British Telecom (BT), IBM and Ford.

She is also an international speaker.

Rules and Regulations.

Submission:

1. Essays must be submitted by email with “The Ghartey Dove Girls Essay Prize 2024 submission” in the subject line to … by midnight WAT on Sunday 10th March 2024. No entries after this date will be accepted for the competition.

2. The essay should be attached to the email, either in a document or as a clear scan or photo of handwritten work.

Criteria for entrants:

3. The essay competition is open to anyone who satisfies the following criteria at the point at which the competition closes in accordance with

rule 1:

3.1 A girl between the ages of 13-18

3.2 Currently enrolled in secondary education in Ghana

Essay criteria:

4. Only one entry per person will be allowed for each annual competition.

5. The essay must be the sole creation and original work of the entrant. No previously

published work will be accepted. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate

disqualification.

6. Any essay submitted should conform to the following rules as to content, length and style:

6.1 The essay must be of no more than 1,200 words

6.2 The essay must be no shorter than 800 words

Judging and prizes:

7. GDGP reserves the right to shortlist essays prior to judging.

8. The judges’ decisions on any awarding of any prize in the competition will be final and is not subject to any appeal. Essays will be judged on the quality of analysis, and not on judges’ views as to the merits of the wider issue.

9. The prizes are as listed on the website.

10. GDGP reserves the right, in its absolute discretion and without notice, to:

10.1 make a substitution for any prize; or

10.2 withhold the award of any or all prizes offered (if in its view no essay entered warrants the award of any or all prize(s)).

11. Prize-winners will be notified once judging is complete

Information rights:

12. Prize-winners are entitled to refer to the achievement on their CV.

13. GDGP reserves the right to publish or reproduce any or all of any essay entered for the competition, as well as the name and educational institution of the author.

14. Entrants who do not consent to the publishing of their name and educational

establishment (as a prize-winner or otherwise) should notify GDGP by email at the point at which their essay is submitted.

Interpretation of the rules:

15. The decision of the GDGP Judging Committee on the interpretation of these rules will be final.