Young People's Media Network (YPMN)

NEWS. Nigeria set for 'Green Big Brother' show

2009-11-30T12:16:00.000+01:00

Nigeria's most celebrated environmental campaigner is about to launch a reality TV show to highlight the dangers of global warming for Africans.

At almost 72 years of age it is a wonder he still has the energy, but with three crossings of the barren wastes of the Sahara desert already behind him, Newton Jibunoh is preparing for the most ambitious desert adventure of his life.

For his final trek across the desert, planned for the new year, he will be taking a band of 15 young men and women from Nigeria and neighbouring Niger with him.

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NEWS / EVENTS: Mekong Arts Festival: Catalyst for social changes

2009-11-27T09:15:00.000+01:00

by Xinhua Writer Ma Guihua

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- As some 200 artists and media practitioners converge here for the weeklong Mekong Festival beginning on Monday, their attention has gone far beyond "arts for arts' sake". What they are advocating is how to promote arts as catalyst for social transformation.

Through workshops, performances, forum, conference, film shows and visual arts, artists from the Mekong sub-region which is composed of Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, showcased their understanding of life in the era of globalization and economic integration.

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COMPETITIONS / OPPORTUNITIES: Shortie Awards

2009-11-27T07:29:00.003+01:00

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NEWS: Live coverage by youth for youth of the Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen

2009-11-24T19:37:00.001+01:00

Students welcoming ideas for coverage

NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, DENMARK- Danish secondary school students will produce daily reporting on the activities of Children's Climate Forum (CCF) delegates in the run-up to the COP15.

The young journalists will cover 160 children from 44 developing and industrialized countries who are presenting a set of recommendations to world leaders at the COP15. Coverage will be online at www.childrensclimateforum.org.

Using tools such as Twitter(#ccf09), email (climate-tv@oerestadgym.dk), and SMS (check the site), young people from around the world will be able to watch the shows online and then send comments and questions to "Unite for Climate TV." Suggestions can be e-mailed and are well-received.

The shows will be aired twice daily in one hour segments from November 30 through December 4.

The shows will be locally televised and streamed online for global viewers, and will be broadcast at 11:00 GMT/6:00 EST and 17:00 GMT/12:00 EST.

The reporting will act as a youth-created record of the CCF and will enable as many young people as possible to express their views on climate change. By promoting dialogue between delegates and the global youth, the shows will help ensure that the views of all young people are taken into consideration at the CCF and the COP15.

More on the Children’s Climate Forum and COP15

On 7 - 18 December 2009, leaders from around the world will meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss climate change and to work towards an agreement on how to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. The Children's Climate Forum is being held the week before the COP15 and will bring together young people aged 14 - 17 from 40 countries to share ideas for responding to the challenges posed by climate change. CCF delegates will share ideas and potential solutions, and will collaborate on an action statement to be presented to world leaders at the COP15. UNICEF and the City of Copenhagen created the CCF to give young people a platform from which to work together to express the concerns and recommendations of their generation to world leaders.

For further information, please contact:

Katie Mulloy, UNICEF Youth Section, e-mail: kmulloy@unicef.org
Petter Becker-Jostes, UNICEF Denmark, e-mail: PBJostes@unicef.dk
Kate Donovan, UNICEF Media, + 1 212 326 7452 e-mail: kdonovan@unicef.org

NEWS: Government funds young reporters to cover major events (UK)

2009-11-24T18:12:00.001+01:00

By Joe Lepper - Children & Young People Now - 18 November 2009

A team of 26 young people have been recruited through a government-funded initiative to report on major events such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

The young reporters are aged between 13 and 19 and will be sent to write features on events that also include MTV's Play to Stop concert on 7 December that coincides with the UN conference.

Other events they will report on will be The Guardian's International Development Journalism Awards and the Vinspired awards, which include a performance by Tinchy Stryder.

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COMPETITIONS: Competition seeks to raise awareness of persons with disabilities

2009-11-24T13:47:00.001+01:00

Posted on: 20/11/2009 Fellowships and Awards, Specialized Reporting Deadline: 15/12/2009 Country: Russia - source

A competition is seeking works about people with disabilities, with the goal of bringing attention to the issue and promoting their inclusion in society. Deadline: December 15.

Articles must have been published between December 1, 2008 and October 31, 2009. The Union of Journalists of Russia and the Russian Society of People with Disabilities are organizing the competition.

For more information (in Russian), e-mail inva.press@mail.ru or visit http://www.ruj.ru/konkurs/090408-1.htm

AWARDS / OneMinutesJr: Child-rights video contest winner focuses on the right to education

2009-11-21T15:10:00.001+01:00

NEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2009 – A young girl in India longs to be in school. She watches through the window and the gracious teacher calls her in. But when she sits down, the boys shift over to one side to be away from her.

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This is the premise of ‘The Classroom’, the winner of the UNICEF youth video contest marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

As the one-minute video progresses, more and more girls join the first girl’s side, until the classroom is full of both boy and girl students doing their lessons.

Worldwide submissions

Created by Sonu Thakur, 15, of West Bengal, India, the video is a simple yet beautiful way of illustrating Article 28 of the CRC, which states that every child has the right to an education. It also illustrates one of UNICEF’s top priorities – getting more girls in school.

The video contest, which drew over 135 videos from around the world, asked young filmmakers to produce one-minute videos expressing what child rights mean to them. Judges selected 12 finalists, representing India, Colombia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Romania.

The finalists were judged by a panel of youth video makers and activists, and adult media professionals.

Besides organizing the contest in connection with the 20th anniversary of the CRC, UNICEF ran ‘OneminutesJr’ workshops in 11 countries under the child-rights theme. Operated in partnership with the One Minutes Foundation and the European Cultural Foundation, the ‘OneminutesJr’ project organizes five-day film workshops in which each participant learns camera skills, story development and production techniques.

The CRC-related workshops resulted in the production of video by young people in Senegal, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Niger, Ukraine, Barbados, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Antigua, Guyana, Moldova, Mongolia and Viet Nam.

The videos from these workshops are currently featured on the CRC 20th anniversary website.

OneMinutesJr video workshop in Papua New Guinea - Day 5

2009-11-20T23:15:00.003+01:00

The final day of the OneMinutesJr workshop in Port Moresby has arrived. Hard to believe that it has already been five days since we started working with the teenagers here in the YWCA office in "Mosbi" as Port Moresby is called in Pidgin English.

The day has a very simple structure: Get ready before 5 PM! Many of the films still need a voice-over or subtitles. There is music to be chosen, the teenagers sing songs and for one film they even write their very own song in the morning. The computer room has been turned into the "audio studio". It is by far the most quiet room in the building so it is here where we capture the voice-overs with the cameras.

The trainers have almost worked through the night to get the rough edits on the way and now it is all about putting the last touches on the films. Names and titles have to be added, certificates of participation need to be filled in and so time flies by and the big moment of the final presentation comes almost unexpectedly in the afternoon.

The screening of all 15 videos the children produced this week is - as always - quite an event. Their parents have come to watch the films, the YWCA staff is there and UNICEF staff members from different programmes have also come to see what the children came up with.

The result is a stunning display of creativity, but it is also a mirror image of childhood in PNG, which is not always just happiness and joy. A lot of problems remain for young people in the country - violence, neglect, gender problems, etc - and the OneMinutesJr films we produced here should not be seen as remedy but rather a method of showing the symptoms. Getting the right help that is needed is not in the hands of the children in most cases, but when they work together with the adult, there will be ways of improving the lives of the children in PNG.

Port Moresby, PNG - November 20, 2009 - Chris Schuepp

OneMinutesJr video workshop in Papua New Guinea - Day 4

2009-11-19T12:59:00.004+01:00

--Two days remain at this exciting OneMinutesJr workshop in Port Moresby. Not "two days" but "two years" is the title of the first film that is completely finished. Paul's film about his two-year prison sentence is filmed, edited and already has its voice-over.

But there are still four participants who have not started with their films and so we are out with the cameras again today. Sindy (16) is first with her film about a girl who does not do what her mother tells her to do. The argument ends with the mother beating the girl and chasing her out of the house. The girl flees to her best friend, but the mother in the end finds her and apologizes.

In the afternoon, we are off to two different settlements on the outskirts of the capital Port Moresby. Ephraim's secondary school is near the first settlements and the little children from around there always exchange empty plastic bottles for biscuits in his school So Ephraim wants to use this opportunity to tell the world more about the lives of these underprivileged children who live in the streets near his school.

Next is Junior (17) and his story about alcohol abuse in his neighborhood. We are out in the streets filming a scene at a local store when more and more people, children and adults, gather to watch the filming. They are all very interested in what is going on, ask questions and make comments and give suggestions. When Paul (17) gives the final "action" sign and Wesley (14) pushes the record button for the last time, there are at least 100 people out to witness the film-making process in Kila Kila village.

Before the sun sets, Louisah (14) is the last participant to finish her film. She has told us that at one point she considered committing suicide because her parents are always fighting. But fortunately she did not go all the way and reconsidered her decision. She is a happier girl now, and with her film she wants to make a stand against teenage suicide and give others new hope.

Port Moresby, PNG - November 19, 2009 - Chris Schuepp

OneMinutesJr video workshop in Papua New Guinea - Day 3

2009-11-18T16:43:00.003+01:00

Half-time at the OneMinutesJr workshop in PNG and today is the big filming day. We have planned to get as much as possible done today and would like to finish six films on this sunny Wednesday in Port Moresby.

The first location of the day is a very special one. It is the place where Paul spent the better part of the last two years. The 17-year-old boy was sentenced to two years in prison and served his time in the correctional centre outside Port Moresby.

Today he is back behind bars, but only for the duration of the filming. He wants to create a powerful movie that warns other young people by telling them what the loss of freedom means to a teenager. Paul is still recovering from the time in prison, but he also has a lot of hope and now puts education and a life without violence above everything else. We also found out this week that Paul has a lot of talent behind the camera and that becoming a cameraman might be an option for him in the future.

After the prison, we go to a school. Alythea (13), who has spent some time in the educational system in Australia and who is now back here in PNG, wants to show how crowded the classrooms are in her home country. The final sentence is: "Can you imagine learning in this environment?"

In the afternoon, the whole workshop group drives out to Hanuabada, the biggest village in the country. Hanuabada is partly built on the water and there are fantastic filming locations here, so we immediately set off to film in different places and with different participants. Kaia (14), who actually lives here, wants to show the life in her village in the film. In the meantime, Faith (14) uses Kaia's home for her film, in which an adopted child is exploited by the other family members. And Charlie (16) goes out to the nearby market to film teenagers who smoke.

On the way back to the workshop venue, the YWCA office in Port Moresby, we stop at a grocery store. But not to do the groceries! We are here to shoot the sixth film of the day. Stephen's film is about the fact that he cannot go to school because his family cannot avoid the 40 Kina (about 15 USD) that the bus to school would cost him every month. So he shows us what he could buy for 40 Kina in the supermarket. And tomorrow in the morning we will film him standing at the bus stop, while the bus, of course, will leave without him, because rice and flour and sugar are more important that school. Or maybe not...?

Port Moresby, PNG - November 18, 2009 - Chris Schuepp

OneMinutesJr video workshop in Papua New Guinea - Day 2

2009-11-17T15:12:00.001+01:00

After a very successful round of brainstorming and story development yesterday, we can start the filming already today on the second day of the OneMinutesJr workshop in Port Moresby. One of the most touching stories is that of Geno.

The 17-year-old girl dropped out of school earlier this year, because her teacher almost sexually abused her. He had locked the door already and tried to rape the girl, but she threw a chair at him in self-defense and managed to escape. But the escape from this scene also meant that she could not return to school. She has not told anybody about this until today, because she fears a retaliation from the teacher if she tells her parents or even the police about the incident.

We can also shoot another story in the school building nearby the YWCA office in Port MOresby where we are holding the workshop this week. Eshcol (15) is a bullying victim at school and he wants to make a film about what happened to him last year. He was bullied for quite some time before the bullying got violent. One day he was beaten up by the bullies at school and decided for himself that it was enough. Eshcol went home, told his parents and they went back to school with him to talk to his teacher. The bullies were suspended from school fro a week and have left Eshcol alone ever since.

In the afternoon, we also film Wesley's film about the tools parents beat their children with. In the background you will be able to hear the PNG anthem, sung by the participants of the workshop. The sound and the images will stand in contrast, but this will make the film even better and more interesting.

Before it gets dark, we all take a mini-bus out to where John (15) usually lives. John was in conflict with the law a couple of years ago and was sentenced to eight months in jail. He is not behind bars anymore now and he also does not want to go back to prison. He wants to go back to school now and plays rugby with his friends. Education and sports serve as his substitutes for drugs and armed robbery. The friendship on and off the rugby field had helped him a great deal and so John will make this the center-piece of this film.

The filming schedule for tomorrow is another tight one and will see us going to a school, a prison and a local village. There are just so many more great ideas waiting to be transformed into OneMinutesJr videos...

Port Moresby, PNG - November 17, 2009 - Chris Schuepp

OneMinutesJr video workshop in Papua New Guinea - Day 1

2009-11-17T15:11:00.001+01:00

15 teenagers from different regions in Papua New Guinea have gathered in the capital Port Moresby this week to participate in a OneMinutesJr video workshop. The UNICEF-supported training will produce 15 films, all exactly 60 seconds long, on different aspects concerning children's rights.

With the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) turning 20 this week and, the workshop fits in with global celebrations of the CRC this month and International Children's Day on November 20th.

After a short round of introductions, the two video trainers show some examples of successful OneMinutesJr videos from recent workshops to the participants to give them an idea of what can be done in a minute. There are different techniques of telling a story in a video and lots of different ways of filming and editing. It is interesting for the trainers to find out which of the screened videos the participants liked best. The discussion helps the trainers a lot to understand what kind of films might come out of this workshop. The psychology behind it is that the participants choose their favorite movies always based on what they can relate to best.

In the afternoon, we start discussing film ideas individually with the participants. Here in Papua New Guinea, the young people seem to feel more comfortable talking to us face-to-face rather than in a big group in the workshop room. However, we are still surprised how open and focused they are and soon we have a good list of great topics for the filming that awaits us over the next few days.

Alythea (13) has spent 18 months with her family in Australia, where she also went to school. Back here in PNG, she is shocked that she has to be in one class with over 50 other children and only one teacher. Her film will be about the right to education and she will not only speak for herself: Education seems to be a very important topic for many of the participants at the workshop.

Another topic that comes up frequently when we are talking to the children about their story ideas is violence. Wesley (14) wants to make a film about this and tells us what parents beat their children with: Brooms, rubber hoses, canes, power cables, belts. We just need to organize all these "tools" plus a flag of Papua New Guinea and we can create a great film that speaks out against domestic violence.

At the end of the first day of the workshop, we have talked in detail to all the participants and already have the feeling that they will create a set of very strong movies that will then work as advocates for an improvement in child rights in the country.

Port Moresby, PNG - November 16, 2009 - Chris Schuepp

AWARDS / ICDB: ICDB Awards 2009 honour excellence in children’s broadcasting

2009-11-12T10:37:00.001+01:00

NEW YORK, USA, 11 November 2009 – UNICEF welcomed representatives of all 12 broadcasters nominated for the 2009 International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Awards to New York this week to celebrate their work, partake in a seminar on children's broadcasting and youth media, and attend the 2009 ICDB Awards ceremony.

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Attendees at the ceremony, held last night at The Modern restaurant in mid-Manhattan, came from around the world – from television and radio stations, youth media groups and non-governmental organizations. Host SuChin Pak congratulated the broadcasters for powerfully and positively affecting young lives.

The annual awards are given to broadcasters who support ICDB, a day set aside each year to encourage young people to get involved in television and radio broadcasting. ICDB 2009 took place in March of this year under the theme, 'Unite for Children: Tune in to Kids.'

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NEWS / EVENTS: Davao regional youth media summit held (PHILIPPINES)

2009-11-10T15:42:00.001+01:00

Davao City – A total of 18 youths from all over southern and central Mindanao gathered in a 3-day workshop in Davao City for the Mindanao leg of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) regional Youth Media Summit.

The summit-media workshop was held from November 4 to 6 at Casa Maria’s Inn in Davao City. It carries the theme CRC 20 Na: Ano na? (CRC now 20, how is it?)

The summit was held in the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). The summit-workshop was for participants who are members of different youth media organizations — print, video and radio — to produce various communication advocacy outputs related to CRC.

According to Angela Travis, UNICEF director for communications, UN-CRC is still a fairly young convention and while it has achieved gains for children all over the world, many are still unaware or ignorant of the convention.

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OneMinutesJr workshop in Montenegro - Day 5

2009-11-09T15:05:00.001+01:00

On the final day of the OneMinutesJr workshop in Budva, Montenegro, work starts in the early morning with the editing of more than 10 films that still need to be finished. Also, despite the "Thursday, 12 noon deadline", two of the participants still need to do their filming. The weather has worsened again and it is windy and rainy, even thunderstorms are expected for today.

At 11 AM we have new hope when the storms calms down for half an hour. Nina (15) gathers the actors for her film about friendship and we race through the Old Town to find different locations for the filming. We are just finished when the rain starts again and we still have to film with Marinko...

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PUBLICATIONS: Ofcom Media Literacy e-bulletin Oct 2009

2009-11-09T13:18:00.002+01:00

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EVENTS: Youth-led Media Summit (UK)

2009-11-08T19:50:00.003+01:00

The Youth-led Media Summit is a high profile event which will bring together over 150 young people from across the UK to celebrate and debate the future of youth–led media, as well as the need to be more coordinated in order to promote a positive image of young people.

The combined readership and audience of more than 70 youth magazines, radio stations, digital media, film, games, and animation is over 2 million young people across the UK. This event is sponsored by the Comino Foundation, the Cook Foundation, Channel 4 and SHINE with support from NYA, Media Trust, Cleveratom, Anglia Ruskin University, Battlefront and Rich Mix.

Hosted by Riz Ahmed from Shifty

Tuesday 15 December 9.30 – 5.30 @ The Rich Mix, London

This event is by invitation ONLY

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Special Unicef package at International Children Film Fest

2009-11-08T19:18:00.002+01:00

by Indiantelevision.com Team - (7 November 2009 8:30 pm)

NEW DELHI: To mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, Unicef, in a special package, has put together around 15 films made by children from India and overseas to be shown at the 16th International Children Film Festival (ICFF) in Hyderabad.

Unicef representative Karin Hulshof said that the films in the package had been made by child reporters on issues affecting them. She reflected that children were able to make better films when they were able to talk to other kids and adults candidly.

Children’s Film Society chairperson Nandita Das revealed that the festival will have 15 films in the international competition, 18 films including six from India in the Asian competition and 37 films in the non-competitive Children’s World, apart from the Unicef package and a German package.

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NEWS: Cinema push for children’s right to info

2009-11-07T03:44:00.001+01:00

Utpal Borpujari, New Delhi, Nov 5, DH News Service

For the first time in history, the International Children's Film Festival India held every alternate year in Hyderabad will have a package of films highlighting children's right to information.

The package, which comprises around eight films made by children filmmakers from Andhra Pradesh's Medak district, is the result of a unique collaboration between the festival and Unicef marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.

Among the over 70 films to be screened at the festival will be a special package of films from Unicef, and this partnership between the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and Unicef is going to be a long-term one. CFSI chairperson Nandita Das says the 16th edition of the festival, starting in Hyderabad on November 14, will also have several sessions devoted to discussions on cinema and entertainment vis-à-vis children.

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NEWS: UNICEF and Xinhua News Agency join forces to promote children’s rights

2009-11-06T09:39:00.002+01:00

BEIJING, China, 5 November 2009 – UNICEF and Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining joint plans to promote better understanding of the situation of children worldwide.

In particular, the partners have planned special coverage leading up to the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November, which Xinhua has declared a 'Global News Day for Children'.

"The Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the few global commitments that link together virtually every country on the planet in common action," UNICEF Representative in China Dr. Yin Yin Nwe said at the signing of the agreement in Beijing today.

"Even so, there is a vast gap between what the whole world has agreed to and what actually happens to children everywhere," she added. "That's why we are so pleased to get the message of children's rights out loudly, by joining forces with one of the largest media organizations in the world."

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EXHIBITIONS / PHOTO: Focus on children’s rights: UNICEF launches photo exhibit and film festival

2009-11-05T13:35:00.002+01:00

By Amy Bennett

NEW YORK, USA., 4 November 2009 – As part of the run-up to 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman yesterday introduced a photo exhibit and opened a documentary film festival with a special screening at UNICEF headquarters in New York.

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The 'Art in All of Us' photo exhibit now on display in UNICEF's Danny Kaye Visitors' Centre is based on a new book that features children's photography, poetry and art. UNICEF has provided global support for this project, and Ms. Veneman wrote the book's foreword.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu and director Guy Jacobson were also on hand to introduce their film, 'Red Light'. It is part of the International Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival, which will continue through December.

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WORKSHOPS: OneMinutesJr workshop in Montenegro - Day 1

2009-11-03T09:42:00.001+01:00

Budva, Montenegro - 9.00 AM on a beautiful Monday morning in late autumn. 20 children and teenagers from all over Montenegro have gathered in a workshop room overlooking the Adriatic Sea, ready to start a five-day workshop that will give them new insights into film-making and visual story-telling.

The topic of the workshop is "children' rights" and there could not be a better time for all this, taking into account that this month, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) turns 20 years old. There will be celebrations and festivities in almost every country of the world, and here in Montenegro, this workshop is part of it.

By the end of the week, the young people will have produced 20 OneMinutesJr videos in which they present their own personal views on the CRC and the way they children's rights in real life.

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NEWS / RADIO: Seven youths from Liberia learn how to record, edit, write and produce radio programmes at UNICEF radio workshop

2009-10-31T13:02:00.001+01:00

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children – UNICEF is featuring a series of stories about progress made and challenges that remain. Here is one of those stories.

MONROVIA, Liberia, 30 October 2009 – "The last time I got malaria, I had to leave school because I couldn't walk properly. I couldn't eat," says Veldis Malkor, age 13. "I missed school for about a week."

Yet Veldis says that he doesn't like to sleep under a mosquito net.

"It's too hot," he admits.

However, after several days of interviewing some of Liberia's experts on malaria for a UNICEF-sponsored week-long radio production workshop, Veldis will think twice about using one.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

2009-10-28T16:48:00.001+01:00

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program.

Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativity, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.

More info here

Deadline is December 10, 2009

AWARDS / COMPETITIONS / VIDEO: UNICEF selects 12 young finalists in child rights-themed video contest

2009-10-28T16:20:00.001+01:00

NEW YORK, USA, 13 October 2009 – Twelve finalists were announced this week in the UNICEF-sponsored video contest celebrating the 20th anniversary of the the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), which spells out the basic human rights of children everywhere.

In response to a call for submissions, young people from around the globe created one-minute videos about what child rights mean to them.

Finalist Dobrota Andreia of Romania found that the experience taught her a lot about herself.

“Children's rights is something I used to know nothing about. I know now that I didn't have the chance to make use of all my rights. I wonder how different I would be if I had,” she said.

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