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GEM SUMMIT
MEDIA DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY, GOOD FOR BUSINESS
7-8 September 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
Announcing the second regional Gender and Media Awards
As part of the Media Diversity and Sustainability Summit 2006 GEMSA, MISA and Gender Links will be presenting the second Southern African Gender and Media Awards. The awards will recognise and acknowledge good gender and media practice since the Summit of 2004.
Awards are invited in the following categories:
Print (including articles published in magazines, newspapers, online publications)
There are four awards in this category:
- News
- Feature stories
- Opinion and commentary
- Cartoons
Radio
There are three awards in this category:
- News
- Radio documentaries
- Talk shows
Television
There are two awards in this category:
Photojournalism
There is one award in this category:
Awards for bests practices in:
- HIV/AIDS reporting
- Economic reporting
- Sustained reporting on a particular issue (in this category you need to submit a series articles on a particular issue or theme)
Please note that all categories are inclusive of commercial, community and public/state media.
Criteria for submissions
- All work submitted must have been produced between July 2004 and May 2006.
- Only individual submissions are allowed.
- Submissions may be in French, English and Portuguese.
What do you need to submit
- A completed application form. See below.
- A motivation of why your work should be considered for an award. Last section of the application form.
- If you want to submit more than one piece each piece must be accompanied by a separate application form.
- You need to submit the following with your application:
> For print: actual artifacts
> For radio: audio cassettes/DVDs
> For television: video cassettes/DVDs
> For photojournalism: actual artifacts
> For opinion and commentary: actual artifacts
- Acknowledgement at the end of the application form signed off by the editor or programme manager.
Note: If the work you submit does not have your byline or an attribution you may still submit if the editor or programme manager signs acknowledging that the work is yours.
Where and when to submit entries:
Entries may be sent to: Summit Administrator, 9 Derrick Avenue
Cyrildene, 2198
Johannesburg, South Africa
OR
Dropped off at a MISA country offices or at the following addresses in each country:
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MISA Botswana
398 Kgasa Close
Extension 4
Gaborone
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MISA Lesotho
House Number 1 B Happy Villa
Maseru
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MISA Malawi
Onions Complex,
off Chilambula Rd.
Area 4, Lilongwe
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Mauritus
5 Edwin Ythier Street
Rose Hill
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MISA Mozambique
Av. Ahmed Sekou Touré,
nr 2710
R/C (Ground Floor)
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MISA Namibia
Rossini Street
Windhoek
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Seychelles
L'Echo Des Iles Office
LaDomus
Victoria
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South Africa
GEMSA Secretariat
9 Derrick Avenue
Cyrildene
Johannesburg
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MISA Tanzania
Clocktower Shopping Center Building
Uhuru/Nkrumah Street
Dar-es-Salaam
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MISA Swaziland
Dlanubeka House
6th Floor, Office 604
(corner of Mdada & Lalufadlana Streets)
Mbabane
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MISA Zambia
Plot 3814
Martin Mwamba Road
Olympia Park
Lusaka
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MISA Zimbabwe
84 McChlery Avenue
Eastlea
Harare
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Closing date
Deadline: 5 August 2006
Criteria for best gender and media practices
The criteria for the awards will consider the following issues:
- Gender balance of sources (voices)
- Gender neutral language
- Awareness of differential impact
- Fairness in approach to issue
> No double standards
> No moralizing
> No open prejudice
> No ridicule
> No placing of blame
- Challenges stereotypes
- Simple accessible gender sensitive language
- Gender disaggregated data
The awards
In each category there will be a winner. As part of their prize winners will receive a sponsorship to attend the Media Diversity and Sustainability Summit in Johannesburg.
The awards application form is attached below. For more information you may contact Kubi Rama on +27 11 622 877 or fax +27 11 622 4732 or email admin@gemsa.org.za.
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