Law student chosen for prestigious Commonwealth leadership initiative
Third-year law student Ruby Sands will be putting theory into practice sooner than most this summer, as one of five young New Zealanders selected to undertake the intensive 33Sixty Commonwealth-focused leadership programme.
The programme, which takes place ahead of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in November, provides a framework in which participants tackle challenges of fundamental importance to the Commonwealth.
This year they will mull over how to stop people making a profit from migration. On the final day of the programme, participants will present their responses to the challenge to a panel of senior leaders, stakeholders and Commonwealth Heads of Government gathered for CHOGM.
Ruby will be joined by fellow Victoria University student Brad Olsen as well as three other students from across New Zealand.
Ruby told the Dominion Post that migration is a subject she is interested in, so she is very excited to be selected.
“I am really looking forward to developing a practical solution, which will be a change from simply talking about the issues, which I have been doing in my human rights paper this semester.”