Pictured (from left) are Raissa Gazi and Theresa Rushcroft from St Joseph’s as Algeria, Olivia Christen and Julie Knutson as the United States, James Roberts and Charlotte Martin as the United Arab Emirates and Scott Brayshaw and Chris Casson as Turkey.
More than 100 pupils from nine Yorkshire schools became diplomats for the day, debating how best to eliminate discrimination against women at a model United Nations.
Sixty countries were represented in the debating competition at Bradford Grammar School, which was designed to mirror the UN’s General Assembly.
Young people from schools including St Joseph’s Catholic College, Hipperholme Grammar, Hanson and Beckfoot presented views on articles of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the UN in 1979, before voting on a resolution.
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