The 2010 LACVOX Investigative Contest is promoted by UNICEF and sponsored by Telefonica Foundation, the International Labor Organization (ILO), together with the SONICO Social Network. The contest objectives center around the participation and development principles of children and adolescent as promoted by UNICEF, the United Nations, civil society, the media, and the private sector.
The alliance with ILO and Telefonica Foundation aims to create awareness and mobilize adolescent communicators about child labour and the way in which this problem affects many children in the region, whose rights should be guaranteed.
This contest aims to strengthen the Regional LACVOX Network and celebrate the International Year of Youth of the United Nations, which begins on August 12, 2010, and ends on August 11, 2011. The Year event recognizes the value of young people’s contributions in the creation of policies, programs, and projects that affect their lives and favor their development.
The children and adolescent communicators are fulfilling their rights as stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and contribute to the promotion and validity of their rights in an environment which respects different cultures and gender equality. Through these traditional media and new informational technologies, children communicators gain self confidence in order to opinionate on issues that concern them at family, school, and community levels.
Who may participate in the contest?
Children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 18 who are active members of youth journalism networks, in Latin America and the Caribbean countries.
They may compete:
a) individually
b) as an independent group with a maximum of 5 participants
c) as a group of students representing a school
In what languages can you participate in this contest?
Entries will be accepted in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
What is the theme of the contest?
The materials submitted by the participants should necessarily refer to Child Labour and how this problem relates to the rights of children as stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In which categories may you participate?
The categories are divided into the following age groups:
a) Between 9 and 14 years of age
b) Between 15 and 18 years of age
Competitors may choose to participate in one of six following categories:
1. Best Radio report
2. Best Press report
3. Best TV report
4. Best Photographic report
5. Best Poster
6. Best School project
What are the conditions for participating?
Entry into this contest is free and open to all the children and adolescents of Latin America and the Caribbean in the previously mentioned age ranges. The sons and daughters of UNICEF and or the allies sponsoring this contest are not eligible and cannot participate.
The materials that the participants submit should necessarily refer to the issue of child labour and how this problem relates to the rights of the children as stipulated by the CRC, such as the right to education, to healthy development, to participation, etc.
The LACVOX contest will accept communication materials produced by and designed for children and adolescents as the primary audience.
