St. George's High School graduate Teonya Takahra Knowles is the eighth recipient of a two-year scholarship awarded by the Grand Bahama Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
Knowles, who aspires to enter the field of law, will pursue an Associate of Arts in law and criminal Justice. She was named the scholarship recipient yesterday. The FIDA Scholarship, valued at $2,000 annually, is tenable at The College of The Bahamas.
The award is available for Bahamian citizens and Grand Bahama residents who are recent high school graduates from a Grand Bahamian high school. The student must have at least five Bahamas General Certificates of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination results at grade "C" or above, including mathematics and English, and a minimum 3.0 high school grade point average.
Knowles earned seven BGCSE examination results.
Previous scholarships were awarded to Patrick Lamar (electrical engineering), Kishmere Rolle (pharmacology), Destiny McKinney (law), Pedro Neely (biology with a minor in chemistry), Abigail Wallace (biology with a minor in chemistry), Jessica Bain (physics with a minor in mathematics) and Angelique Smith (biology with a minor in chemistry).
In 2009, FIDA also introduced a $500 book grant for a student(s) attending The College of The Bahamas in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement. One grant is given in memory of late FIDA member Nekcarla Grant. This year, the FIDA awarded three book grants to deserving students -- Tamarind Johnson, a graduate of St. George's High School and student at The College of The Bahamas in New Providence; Tominitra King, a graduate of Grand Bahama Catholic High School who received the Nekcarla Grant Book Grant and who is pursuing a degree in banking and finance, and Shavanya Roberts, a graduate of Grand Bahama Catholic High School who is pursuing an associate degree in law and criminal justice.
FIDA is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Organized in Mexico City in 1944 to promote the principles and aims of the United Nations in their legal and social aspects, FIDA works to establish friendly international relations on a basis of mutual respect and equality, and to promote the welfare of women and children. Members and affiliates from 80 countries meet every second year in the country of the current president, in rotation among five areas of the world during which time articles on legal and humanistic topics is issued biennially.
Individual membership is open to male and female law graduates admitted to practice in their respective countries or eligible to be admitted. Academics and law students can also be members. Apolitical, non-profit, independent organizations of women lawyers may affiliate with FIDA as voting members. Men and women non-lawyers interested in the advancement of women in the legal profession may participate in FIDA as patrons. FIDA New Providence was reestablished as a chapter in March 2014.
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