Chloé
Chloé
Alyette, the President of the Jury,
Mme Jourdet (APEL) & Mr Nettleship
Astrid
Astrid
Members of the Jury: Mme Clamens, Mr Gordon,
Mme Bonnet & Mme Maurin
Ombeline
Edouard
Members of the Jury: Mme Clamens, Mr Gordon,
Mme Bonnet & Mme Maurin
Romane
Mme Bonnet & Mme Maurin
Jean
Eduard
Mme Maurin
Lisa
Auriane
Eloi
Pauline
Sarah
The audience!
Aurélie, President of the Massillon UNESCO Club
Etienne & Léa, the organisers of the 2016 JBM
Alyette giving the Massillon UNESCO Club Prize to Romane
Aurélie & Romane
Etienne, Romane & Léa
Mme Jourdet giving the APEL Prize to Pauline
M. Moncelon giving the Headmaster's Prize to Chloé
Les lauréates du Concours JBM 2016!
The participants of the JBM 2016
The winners: Romane, Pauline & Chloé
The photos were taken by Axelle Habay.
The pupils who take part have to give a 4 to 6-minute speech in French or English.
This year, the “JBM” took place on Wednesday 9th March 2016 from 9am to midday, the day after International Women's Day.
The question was: Are women equal to men?
It is a simple enough question, but
the competitors had to show that they had researched the question and really
thought about it...
The Jury was composed of Miss
Marshall, Ms Jourdet, Mr Moncelon, Ms Clamens, Mr Gordon, Ms Bonnel and Ms
Maurin. They had to give a prize to three of the twelve participants.
Aurélie Berthaud, the President of
the Massillon UNESCO Club (it organizes the JBM) welcomed the competitors, the
Jury and the public made up of pupils and teachers. She told me: “When I
was asked to be master of ceremonies, I did not hesitate for a second!” I also
asked her if she thought women are equal to men: “First, education of children by their parents is indispensable to
change societies. Then, I think associations need to do more for gender
equality and politicians should pass more laws for women's rights”.
Chloe Joubert, the winner of the
Headmaster’s prize, declared: “People
think that feminism is extreme but this is absolutely wrong and that's what I
wanted to convey in my speech. The fight is not over. In developing countries,
there is still inequality between men and women!”
Sarah Roubertou, one of the twelve candidates,
said: “We have to question stereotypes
and show that being different does not mean being less important”.
I asked Alyette Marechal, President
of the Jury and one of last year’s winners if she enjoyed being part of the
Jury: “Yes, a lot, it was very interesting.
It is very difficult to assign grades because I have never done this before,
but it's a very enjoyable exercise. Because I had the experience of last year, I
was perhaps more indulgent than the other Jury members!”
At the end of the morning, all the participants
were invited to go on stage in order to receive the prizes from the Jury. The Massillon
UNESCO Club Prize was given to Romane Le François, the APEL Prize to Pauline
Husser, and the Headmaster’s Prize to Chloe Joubert.
To finish, the public thanked Lea
Goigoux, Etienne Butin and Aurélie Berthaud for their amazing organization of this year’s event.
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