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SUBMISSION DEADLINE
15 OCTOBER 2009
Winners
will be notified by early November
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The 7
contest winners will receive official plaques of recognition and their
winning photographs will be unveiled on 25 November 2009 at the opening of
the exhibition “Women
CAN: Women’s Rights are Human Rights” held in Bangkok,
Thailand. The winning
photographs will also be featured on the websites of the UN agencies
involved in organizing the contest.
Please
download the CEDAW photo contest brochure (880KB -
pdf).
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WHAT
IS CEDAW?
Adopted
by the UN General Assembly in 1979, CEDAW is the international bill of rights
for women. It legally obligates Governments that have signed onto the
Convention to promote and protect the rights of women in all spheres of their
lives. It defines what equality and life without discrimination mean for
women and girls around the world. It empowers women and promotes women’s
active participation, which are crucial to creating social change and
fighting global poverty. 186 countries – more than ninety per cent of the
members of the United Nations – have signed onto the Convention. This is a
powerful expression of commitment to achieving gender equality.
HOW TO SUBMIT?
Contestants may apply in two categories: amateur and professional
For each entry, please include: photographer’s
name, age, sex, contact information, photograph category, title, year, place
and country where it was taken
Please include a brief description of the
photograph (no more than 50 words per entry)
Mail submissions to: CEDAW Photo Contest; UNIFEM;
UN Building,
5th Floor Block B; Rajdamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok, 10200; THAILAND
or email to: cedawphoto@cedawphotocontest.org (please
note that emails over 10MB may bounce)
SPECIFICATIONS
Photographs may either be submitted in print or digital format:
Print submissions must be individual prints in
colour or black and white and submitted with the original negatives or
slides, sized at min. 20cm x 25cm, max. 21cm x 29cm
Digital submissions must be in TIFF, EPS or JPEG
format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and must be submitted on a
CD-Rom, accompanied by A4 size prints (21cm x 29 cm)
SUBMISSION CRITERIA
Successful entries will depict gender equality and non-discrimination of
women in action in the Asia-Pacific region on the theme: Women can – Women’s
Rights are Human Rights. Interpretations of this theme can include depictions
of:
- Women participating in
decision-making processes, such as women exercising their right to vote
and the right to be elected, taking part in peace negotiations and
post-conflict reconstruction processes, holding leadership positions in
the government, civil society, community, private sector;
- Women participating in
post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction initiatives;
- Women and girls enjoying
the same opportunities for education as men and boys;
- Women enjoying the same
employment opportunities and labour rights as men, and working in
sectors that are traditionally dominated by men;
- Women having equal access
to health care services;
- Women and men participating
equally in household duties, such as taking care of children or the
elderly;
- Rural women, indigenous
women, HIV positive women, migrant women, refugee women and other often
excluded groups of women enjoying these rights.
CONDITIONS
- Each
individual/organisation can submit more than one entry;
- Photographs must not have
been featured or printed in previous publications, promotional materials
or websites;
- Entries must be submitted
with the permission of the photographer;
- The photographer retains
copyright; any photograph used by the organisers will bear the
photographer’s name and country;
- By submitting an entry, the
contestant agrees to the condition that any image submitted for the contest
may be used by the organisers for not-for-profit advocacy and
promotional materials, including but not limited to: photo exhibition
related to this contest, publications, websites, documents,
presentations, videos and PSAs;
- Photographers must be citizens
or residents of a country in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Winners are invited to the
exhibition opening but cannot be financially supported by the
organisers;
- Due to the large volume of
expected submissions, only winners will be contacted.
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The
Asia Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic Working Group on
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, co-chaired by UNESCAP and UNIFEM,
serves as a forum for UN partners to engage in coordinated efforts to
enhance the UN system’s work at the regional level in promoting gender
equality and empowerment of women
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