Meet the young women internationally recognized in 2023 for activism, advocacy and service
Zonta International is pleased to introduce the 2023 Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Awardees. These 37 women—from 21 countries—have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and commitment to public service and civic causes.
International Recipients
- District 1, Morgan Casey, USA
- District 2, Allison Davis, USA
- District 3, Aparna Parthasarathy, USA
- District 4, Trisha Kotakonda, Canada
- District 5, Emi Kawamura, USA
- District 6, Catherine Tang, USA
- District 7, Wendo Kimori, USA
- District 8, Pauline Ngigi, USA
- District 9, Jolina Le, USA
- District 10, Araceli Coker, USA
- District 11, Ella Paligo, USA
- District 12, Sophia Gomelsky, USA
- District 13, Emilie Schmidt-Lund, Denmark
- District 14, Selin Tegethoff, Germany
- District15, Samantha Karoub, USA
- District 16, Wei Tian Teo, New Zealand
- District 17, Rysa Antonette Ang, Philippines
- District 17, Chinnicha Boonyoo, Thailand
- District 18, Tia Bhatia, Ghana
- Region South America, Sofia Baquet, Uruguay
- District 20, Iris Ots, Finland
- District 21, Kristina Jamil, Sweden
- District 21, Thea Staxhammar, Sweden
- District 22, Charlotte Gillies, Australia
- District 23, Phoebe Bourke, Australia
- District 24, Emily An, Australia
- District 25,Yumna Zaheed, Sri Lanka
- District 26, Riko Kubo, Japan
- District 27, Hannah Back, Germany and Luxembourg
- District 27, Zakia Karwar, Afghanistan
- District 28, Mita Hollingshaus, Germany
- District 29, Emiko L'Estrange, United Kingdom
- District 29, Pauline Ziegler, Germany
- District 30, Carlotta Faina, Italy
- District 30, Inès Roda, France
- District 31, Yu-Ching Tsai, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- District 32, Setbeul An, South Korea
6 June 2023