As part of the Media Diversity and Sustainability Summit 2006, Gender and Media South Africa (GEMSA), the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA), and Gender Links will be presenting the second Southern African Gender and Media Awards. The awards recognise and acknowledge good gender and media practice since the previous summit in 2004.

The Awards have different categories and are inclusive of commercial, community and public/state media. Applications are invited in the following categories:

1. Print (including articles published in magazines, newspapers, online publications):
   There are four awards in this category:

   
   

   • News
   • Feature stories
   • Opinion and commentary
   • Cartoons

2. Radio:
   There are three awards in this category:
   
   
   • News
   • Radio documentaries
   • Talk shows

3. Television:
   There are two awards in this category:
   
   
   • News
   • Documentary

4. Photojournalism:
   There is one award in this category:
   
   
   • Photographs

5. Awards for best practices in:

   
   

   • HIV/AIDS reporting
   • Economic reporting
   • Sustained reporting on a particular issue (in this category you need to submit a series of articles on a particular issue or theme)

In each category there will be a winner. The prize will include a cash award of R3000 and the opportunity to attend and speak at the Media Diversity and Sustainability Summit: Good for Business, Good for Democracy, September 7-8 2006, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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. Applicants need to submit:

• A completed application form.
• A motivation of why their work should be considered for an award.
• If a person wants to submit more than one piece each piece must be accompanied by a separate application form.
• The application form must be accompanied by:
  
  1. For print: actual artifacts
  2. For radio: audio cassettes/DVDs
  3. For television: video cassettes/DVDs
  4. For photojournalism: actual artifacts
  5. For opinion and commentary: actual artifacts

• Acknowledgement at the end of the application form signed off by the editor or programme manager.

Criteria for best gender and media practices awards will consider the following issues:

• Gender balance of sources (voices)
• Gender neutral language
• Awareness of differential impact
• Fairness in approach to issue
  
  1. No double standards
  2. No moralising
  3. No open prejudice
  4. No ridicule
  5. No placing of blame

• Challenges stereotypes
• Simple accessible gender sensitive language
• Gender disaggregated data

Click here for the application form.

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:

MISA Botswana

398 Kgasa Close

Extension 4

Gaborone

Botswana

MISA Lesotho

House Number 1 B Happy Villa

Maseru

Lesotho

MISA Malawi

Onions Complex

off Chilambula Rd

Area 4
Lilongwe

Malawi

Mauritus

5 Edwin Ythier Street

Rose Hill

Mauritius

MISA Mozambique

Av. Ahmed Sekou Touré,

nr 2710

R/C (Ground Floor)

Maputo

Mozambique

MISA Namibia

Rossini Street

Windhoek

Namibia

Seychelles

L'Echo Des Iles Office

LaDomus

Victoria

Seychelles

South Africa

GEMSA Secretariat

9 Derrick Avenue

Cyrildene

Johannesburg

South Africa

MISA Tanzania

Clocktower Shopping Center Building

Uhuru/Nkrumah Street

Dar-es-Salaam

Tanzania

MISA Swaziland

Dlanubeka House

6th Floor, Office 604

(corner of Mdada & Lalufadlana Streets)

Mbabane

Swaziland

MISA Zambia

Plot 3814

Martin Mwamba Road

Olympia Park

Lusaka

Zambia

MISA Zimbabwe

84 McChlery Avenue

Eastlea

Harare

Zimbabwe