OPPORTUNITIES / AWARDS: Child Rights Award to recognize best TV coverage in Asia

Child Rights Award to recognize best TV coverage in Asia

Region :Asia and the Pacific
Country :None
Topic :Fellowships and Awards, Children

16/07/2007

Asia-Pacific broadcasters and producers can submit films to the Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award 2007. Entry deadline: August 10.

Programs can cover any child rights issue and may be aimed at child or adult audiences. Entries can include documentaries that detail the plight of children, dramas that help break down stereotypes and discrimination, or animation that teaches and entertains.

Entries must have been broadcast between August 2006 and July 2007. The awards are given jointly by the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU), Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and UNICEF.

The award will be presented at the CASBAA convention in Hong Kong on November 2.

For more information, visit www.childrightsaward.org or contact kjirathun@unicef.org.  Details on the Convention on the Rights of the Child can be found at www.unicef.org/crc.

 

SOURCE: http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=306499&LID=1

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

 

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

 

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