FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Zonta Club of Morristown Area
Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award Recipient Named
MORRISTOWN, NJ — March 21, 2025 — Lithra Sankari of Parsippany, NJ was named the recipient of the 2025 Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Leadership Award. She is receiving a $1000 award.

The goal of the Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award is to encourage young women to participate in leadership positions by recognizing a young woman’s commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to building a better world for women and girls.

Applicants are asked to reflect on their voluntary commitment to their school and their community and the problems limiting the empowerment of women in their own country and worldwide. The Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award program looks to the young women of today for the leaders of tomorrow.

Ms. Sankari was named the 2025 Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Leadership Award recipient. Ms. Sankari intends to pursue neuroscience with a minor in public health and to eventually work in a hospital or public health setting. The combination of Lithra’s intellectual curiosity and compassion put her in the forefront of our candidates. She feels that implicit bias is a narrative that needs escaping. “The more we begin to take on leadership and pursue our desired careers, we build a space for the future generation of girls to feel empowered.”

Applications for the 2026 Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award will be available in July 2025 at zonta.org/ZontaYoungWomeninLeadershipAwards. Applicants aged 16-19 on April each year, studying at a secondary school, college or university in a Zonta district, or who are studying elsewhere but are citizens of a Zonta country at the time of application, are eligible to apply. The application process must start with a Zonta club and applicants may use the Club Locator to find the nearest Zonta club. Applicants must contact the Zonta club for deadline information.

Zonta International (www.zonta.org) is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women in girls. More than 26,000 members in 64 countries work together to make gender
equality a worldwide reality for women and girls. Since 1923, Zonta International has provided more than US$50.9 million to empower women and girls and expand their access to education, health care, economic opportunities and safe living conditions.
Contact:
Maria Brodeur Ludwig
Chair, Young Women in Leadership Award
Zonta Club of Morristown Area
Email: zontamorris@gmail.com
https://zontamorristown.com/