Photo contest on gender & education

As part of the initiative to promote gender equality in education, UNESCO Bangkok - along with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SA) - is pleased to invite entries for the Photo Contest 2009.

Theme:

Reversing Realities: Seeking Gender Equality in Education

Gender equality requires equal opportunities for both sexes to attend school, but beyond access, it also includes equality in the learning process, in learning outcomes, and in job opportunities and earnings for both sexes.

Contest Criteria & Conditions

• Photographs should depict gender equality in action in the contestant’s country.
• Photographs must be individual prints in colour, or black and white and must be submitted with the original negatives or slides. Size: maximum 21 cm x 29 cm; minimum 20 cm x 25 cm.
• With each photo entry, please include the photographer’s name, age, sex, occupation and address, plus brief details about the photographer, the year in which the photograph was taken, the place and country where it was taken.
• Photographers must be citizens of the country in which the photograph was taken.
• Photographs must have been taken after the year 2000.
• It must not have been featured in previous publications, promotional materials or websites.

Awards

The 13 winning photos will be announced at the end of September 2009.

The winning photographs will also be featured in the UNESCO Bangkok and UNGEI (EAP and SA) combined “Gender in Education Calendar 2010”, which is to be distributed widely throughout Asia and beyond.

Contest Schedule

All entries must be received at the UNESCO Bangkok office by 31 July 2009.

Judging will take place in August 2009 at UNESCO Bangkok.

Please submit entries to:

UNESCO Bangkok

APPEAL Unit

Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building

920 Sukhumvit Road, Prakanong

Bangkok 10110, Thailand

E-mail: gender@unescobkk.org

Source: UNGEI