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August 15, 2014

EVENTS: Experts gathering for children’s media summit


World experts on children and media will lead two days of panel discussions and workshops next month when Asia hosts its first ever World Summit on Media for Children.



The 7th WSMC with the theme Media for 21st Century Children will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 8-10 September 2014. 

Organised by the ABU and the WSMC Foundation and hosted by Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), organisers expect more than 1,000 producers, broadcasters, media regulators, educators and community leaders committed to the improvement of quality media for children.

September 4, 2013

OPPORTUNITIES / COMPETITIONS: “Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion” video contest


"Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" World Day for Cultural Diversity May 21 - Online Video Contest

Participating in the "Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" video contest of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) means that you have agreed to all of the rules and regulations listed below.

For promotional and educational purposes we will be using the selected videos on diverse platforms for the "Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" campaign as well as include them on the PLURAL + Youth Video Festival DVD.

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in partnership with UNESCO and various other partners from corporations to civil society is launching"Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" campaign aimed at engaging people around the world to Do One Thing to support Cultural Diversity and Inclusion.


More here

January 23, 2013

OPPORTUNITIES: Youth storytelling competition open (GLOBAL)


Students in middle school and high school worldwide can participate in this contest.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, in collaboration with NewsAction.org, is accepting entries for its Digital Storytelling Competition.
Participants should tell a great story, focused on one person, addressing one of the following themes: gender, health or education. Submissions can use any combination of writing, photography, audio or video.
Written work must not exceed 2,000 words; video and audio stories must be no longer than five minutes; and photo essays must contain no more than 10 captioned images.
Three winners will have their reporting featured on the Pulitzer Center website, and each will be allowed to select a charity for a US$200 donation in his or her name.
The deadline is February 22.
For more information, click here.

November 26, 2012

EVENTS: PLURAL+ 2012 Awards Ceremony



December 6, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm - Paley Center for Media, New York City 

With over 150 videos from 54 countries from around the world, youth filmmakers from Australia, Cameroon,  France, USA, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Canada and other countries will be honored at this year’s PLURAL+ awards ceremony.

PLURAL+ is a Youth Video Festival on migration, diversity and social inclusion, emphasizing intercultural dialogue and youth expression and the desire for peace and better understanding world-wide.  It is a joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with the support of many partner organizations from around the world.

For the list of PLURAL+ 2012 award winning videos, please see PLURAL+ 2012

June 12, 2012

NEWS / ARTICLES: Young People and the Challenges of Rio+20


Children have a remarkable ability to live in the moment, to lose themselves wholly in an activity and take pleasure in the most simple of things. They do not spend time dwelling on the past, worrying about the future or deliberating on the consequences of their actions. That's what adults are for. And yet, as we prepare for the Rio Earth Summit later this month, it is hard not to have a sense that this generation of adults are collectively failing our children.
Yesterday provided an opportunity for a handful of those children to take center stage as over 30 young people aged between 12 and 21 sacrificed a day of their precious school holidays or reading weeks to attend a 'Rio Youth Question Time' event at the Science Museum. The event brought them together with a variety of environment and sustainability experts including broadcaster Simon Reeve and Stern Review co-author Dimitiri Zenghellis to discuss the key issues they want addressed by world leaders at the Earth Summit. In the afternoon they were joined for a lively final discussion by environment secretary Caroline Spelman.
The young people pointed out that unlike many of the political decision makers attending Rio+20, they would still be around for Rio+40, Rio+60 and Rio+80 and they challenged the minister to help instill a long term vision among policy makers for a sustainable future for the planet.

May 22, 2012

OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Monteverde new media expedition


A new media expedition?

  • expand your media skills
  • support restoration of habitats
  • support conservation of endangered species
  • support the livelihoods of local people
  • help extend the Bellbird Biological Corridor into schools and homes worldwide
Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on our planet. But like wild places around the world, its fragile ecosystems are under enormous stress.
Come join our new media expedition in Costa Rica this July 8th-21st to expand your new media production skills, while helping to create a sustainable environment for animals, plants, and people.
During a one or two-week program, you’ll work with journalists, educators, artists and travelers who’ll create a multimedia project for local conservation and community groups working on the “Bellbird Biological Corridor”– a project to reforest & re-connect a patchwork of forests, farms and communities from the Monteverde cloud forest down to the Pacific Ocean.
The goal of the expedition is to digitally illustrate the ecosystems and communities in the corridor — through short documentary filmmaking, digital animation & mapping, photos, audio and educational resources –  and make these tools accessible locally and to homes and classrooms worldwide.  By creating networks of learning and support, we will join forces with local communities to protect ecosystems and endangered species, and ultimately, the health of our planet.

September 13, 2011

PROJECTS / RADIO / OPPORTUNITIES: Radijojo Media Summer Camp Berlin 2011

International Children's Media Project for the promotion of language, media and intercultural competences.

Children from Berlin spoke via video conference with children in our global partner projects on topics such as peace, children's rights, the environment, school and daily life. Before the conference, the children were prepared on the discussion topics and with the media technology, and afterwards help was given to prepare the resulting articles and photos.

Some examples were: Kiribati, Cameroon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Haiti, Nepal, South Africa, Russia, Serbia, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Republic of Tatarstan, Ghana, Cyprus, ...

More about the project


September 5, 2011

OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTO: Global Fund for Children Photo contest open (GLOBAL)

Young photographers and filmmakers can enter the competition

The Project Rise Facebook Contest, sponsored by the Global Fund for Children, seeks photos and videos representing the biggest issues adolescent girls face in a community. The contest is open to aspiring filmmakers and filmmakers between 16 and 24 years old.

Participants can submit one photo on this theme and/or a one-minute video. Judges will evaluate all entries and the top entries will be posted on Facebook. The photos and videos that receive the most “likes” will win US$100.

For more information, click here.

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May 17, 2011

OPPORTUNITIES / VIDEO COMPETITIONS: Video contest on climate change open [GLOBAL]

Short videos on climate change are eligible to enter a new contest.

Sponsored by Climate Change TV, the contest seeks the best videos on the topic under three minutes. Climate Change TV launched to contest to to build a bridge between the United Nations negotiations and civil society, tapping into the concerns and interests of the wider public consciousness.

All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced after the Cancun Climate Change Conference held in December, 2010.

Videos can be submitted in any language but English subtitles are requested.

The general public will decide the winner; the prize is US$5,000.

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OPPORTUNITIES: UN launches photo contest on green issues [GLOBAL]

To celebrate World Environment Day 2011, the UN has launched a photo contest.

Organized by Greening the Blue, the internal organization of the UN dedicated to sustainability issues, the contest is open to photographers worldwide. Entries must be submitted before May 27, 2011.

The competition provides an opportunity to raise the profile of existing green activities taking place within the UN, and will enable everyone to share their ideas of what a greener UN might look like. It provides a space for creativity and imagination, for hopes and dreams.

All photos must reflect the theme Visions of a Sustainable United Nations. Applicants can submit up to five photos each.

The winning entry will be announced on World Environment Day, June 5, 2011.

The winner will receive an award, be profiled on Greening the Blue and their photograph will be framed and presented to the UN Secretary-General.

For more information, click here

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April 6, 2011

NEWS / OPPORTUNITIES: International Children's Peace Prize

The International Children's Peace Prize is an initiative of KidsRights and is presented annually to a child for his or her devotion to children's rights, anywhere in the world. The goal of the Prize is twofold: it is a sign of recognition for the winners, and it also offers the winner a platform to promote his or her ideals and causes. In this way, the messages that these young heroes convey can reach a broader public, thereby making a greater impact in the promotion of children's rights.

The Children's Peace Prize is accompanied by an award of €100,000 to be invested in projects closely connected to the winner's area of devotion. Nominees for the Children's Peace Prize can come from any person, in any country, with knowledge of an exceptional child dedicated to promoting children's rights. An independent Expert Committee assesses the applications and selects the final nominees.

This year the International Children's Peace Prize will be celebrated around the Day of the Rights of the Child: the 20th of November 2011. We would like to invite you to inform us about the children you meet and work with and whom you feel might be a good candidate for this Prize. Any boy or girl between 12 and 18 years old who has a clear history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children can be nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize. It is important that the child has an active approach in accomplishing his or her goal.

KidsRights calls out to everyone worldwide to nominate a child who would deserve the International Children's Peace Prize. The deadline for sending in nomination forms is 18th April 2011. The nominations can be send to info@childrenspeaceprize.org

January 21, 2011

ARTICLES / EVENTS: Creating Media Connects Kids to Global Events

Over the past five years, more than 27,000 students from Australia to Senegal to San Francisco have made films and other media about a wide range of subjects — from young refugees, to how to improve public education in the U.S., to environmental preservation, racial and gender discrimination, and more. They’ve produced their work in and outside of school and have taken it to festivals like Cinequest and Sundance.

The common thread with all these projects is Adobe Youth Voices (AYV), which is part of the Adobe Foundation. As a non-profit arm of a for-profit company, AYV supports youth media and education organizations (including Listen Up!, the Bay Area Video Coalition, Reel Works, Radio Rookies, iEARN, and the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network) by providing grants, collaborative partnerships, professional development, tech tools and resources, and a worldwide network of teachers, students, and professionals making media together.

full article

Photo: flickr - ListenUp!

December 2, 2010

OPPORTUNITIES: Global Creative Contest

The Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), a program of TakingItGlobal, is organizing a creative contest for young people (15 to 29 years old) all over the world. The contest is focused on youth perspectives of HIV and AIDS and how this is communicated through creative expression. August 2010 – August 2011 was designated by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Youth, a time when issues related to young people will be highlighted and prioritized, particularly in the context of the Millennium Development Goals. This key event provides an opportunity to explore themes with youth and capitalize on this focus on young people to bring creative youth voices to the forefront.

GYCA wants to take advantage of this opportunity to highlight issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights and how they relate to adolescents and young people.

Contest participants can choose to express:

Why comprehensive sexuality education is important for HIV prevention (CSE)
How stigma and discrimination affects young people living with HIV (S&D)
What sexual and reproductive health and rights mean to you (SRHR)

The creative works will be featured on the GYCA website, and may be used in campaigns and documents during the International Year of Youth and beyond, always giving credit to the artists. Winners will be announced on March 1 and a special GYCA newsletter will be distributed showcasing the top-rated submissions.'

more info

June 22, 2010

OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Competition seeks children's science news submissions (GLOBAL)

Posted on: 17/06/2010 Basic Journalism Deadline: 01/08/2010 Region: Worldwide

An international award competition is seeking submissions of Children's Science News from journalists worldwide across all news media. Applications due: August 1.

The U.S.-based 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards are also accepting U.S. submissions in the following categories: Large Newspaper, Small Newspaper, Magazine, Television - Spot News/Feature Reporting, Television - In-depth Reporting, Radio, and Online.

Each category winner will receive US$3,000, to be presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting in February 2011 in Washington, DC. AAAS will cover travel and lodging expenses for one winner in each category.

For more information and the entry form, visit: http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/sja/.

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March 3, 2010

EVENTS: Global Youth Service Day 2010

Mark your calendars - GYSD 2010 will be April 23-25

Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning.

Established in 1988, GYSD is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries. On GYSD, children and youth address the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, and governments.

Website

January 12, 2010

OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTOGRAPHY: Young people awarded the chance to join world renowned photographers on a trip to Ethiopia (GLOBAL)

Young people awarded the chance to join world renowned photographers on a trip to Ethiopia

LONDON, United Kingdom, 11 January 2010 – To mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on 20 November 2009, the World Photography Organisation, Sony Corporation and UNICEF are giving six young photographers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Ethiopia for a photography workshop complete with mentoring from acclaimed photographer and humanitarian activist Reza.

For the chance to join the field trip, young photographers between ages 12 and 18 are being invited to log on to www.worldphotographyawards.org/unicef and show their support for children’s rights by pledging a single photograph, accompanied by a written pledge, highlighting one of the five fundamental children’s rights:

* The right to survival
* to education
* to health
* to protection from harm, abuse and exploitation
* and the right to be heard

Six selected young photographers will attend the Sony World Photography Awards and World Photography Festival in Cannes, France, in April 2010, where they will collect their award. They will then attend a workshop in Ethiopia for young photographers in the Summer of 2010.

more info

June 23, 2009

CONTESTS: Mladeshki videokonkurs na UNICEF (in Bulgarian)

Младежки видеоконкурс на УНИЦЕФ

УНИЦЕФ организира видеоконкурс по повод 20-годишнината от подписването на Конвенцията за правата на детето. Всички млади хора до 25 години могат да изпращат кратки видеа, които да представят тяхната визия за правата на детото на световно, национално или местно равнище.

Клиповете трябва да са с дължина точно една минута, и да са тясно свързани в правата на децата. Желаещите трябва да ги публикуват видеата онлайн на YouTube, Blip.tv, Dailymotion, Veoh, както и да ги изпратят на електронната поща на конкурса: unicef.crc.videocontest@gmail.com.

Изпратените видеоклипове ще бъдат оценявани от международни жури от медийни експерти. Най-доброто видео ще бъде излъчвано по цял свят в рамките на Международния ден на правата на детето 2010, както и на празненството по повод подписването на Конвенцията за правата на детето.

Крайният срок за изпращане на предложенията е 1 август 2009 г. Повече информация можете да намерите на интернет страницата на конкурса.

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March 23, 2009

NEWS / ARTICLES: Young reporters to promote global issues

Young people have been challenged to raise awareness about global issues and international development during the G20 summit in London next month.

The Department For International Development (DFID) has recruited Live Futures, the publisher of London's youth-run Live magazine, to generate interest in international issues.

The organisation is already mentoring a group of young reporters and training them to use film and editing equipment. The 16- to 24-year-olds will use video blogs, interviews, stories and mini-documentaries on the London summit website to communicate the event to their peers.

full article

February 26, 2009

COMPETITIONS: International Essay Contest on "The role of science in building a better world"

International Essay Contest on "The role of science in building a better world"

The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World" and 2005-2014 as the "United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development." Not only should young people benefit from these global initiatives, but they should be empowered to play a leading role in them. The theme of this year's International Essay Contest is "The role of science in building a better world." Young people from around the world are invited to submit their innovative ideas on this theme.

Theme: "The role of science in building a better world"

Scientific progress has brought many benefits to humanity, while some applications of science have had adverse impacts. What kind of science and technology do you think is needed for realizing a more equitable, prosperous and sustainable world for all? Please express your vision for the future of science, including examples of studies or researches you wish to engage in.

Guidelines & Deadline here

March 17, 2008

NEWS / PROJECTS: Voices of Youth - CRC@18 Online Art Exhibit

Online Art Exhibit

Voices of Youth is proud to present its 18@18 Online art exhibit.

Take a look at the art pieces submitted by VOY members from around the world, and see what they have to say about their rights. You can navigate from piece to piece, and also e-mail it to friends and family!

Let´s continue to spread the word on Child Rights.

Background

In November 20, 2007, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) celebrated its 18th Anniversary, and as part of the activities to commemorate this historic event , Voices of Youth requested its members to choose an article of the Convention and send their artistic interpretation
it.

Visit Voices of Youth, UNICEF´s website for young people:
http://www.unicef.org/voy
http://www.unicef.org/voy/arabic
http://www.unicef.org/voy/french
http://www.unicef.org/voy/spanish