Media Awards: Reporting on trafficking and HIV

One of the fundamental and central elements of the UNDP-TAHA project
is generating rights and gender sensitive responses to trafficking
and HIV in India. To facilitate this process an innovative approach
has been undertaken to mobilise and sensitize media for sensitive and
priority reporting on issues of trafficking and HIV. The aim is to
gain visibility/priority for the issue in both the national and local
media, print as well as electronic.

As part of the media strategy, HDRN which is TAHA is implementing
partner is announcing media awards for the four best published and
aired reports each, four for print and four for electronic, on issues
related to trafficking and HIV.

The main objectives of the initiative are:

Help journalists improve the quality of reporting, in terms of
comprehensive and sensitive reporting, on issues related to
trafficking and HIV Provide motivation for in-depth research, study
and deliver reports on related issues to the subject Reinforce
participants' commitment to address the issue through their work

Awards are open to all categories of news media, specifically,
newspapers, magazines, internet, radio and television; and all
categories of media personnel including producers, photographers,
artists, reporters, editors, etc. who are Indian citizens.

To Apply

Please fill in the application form available at
http://www.hdrn.org/Application%20Form/index.asp.

Time Frame

Applications open: August 10, 2006.
Last date of submission: October 10, 2006

The Award

Eight media personnel will be awarded Rs. 25,000/ - each (four from
the print and four from the electronic media).

For more details, you can contact:

HIV and Human Development Resource Network (HDRN)
J/ 50, B.K. Dutt Colony
Jor Bagh Lane
New Delhi 110003
Tel: 91.11.24652297/98
Email: hdrn@...