The European Commission (EC) is launching the Drawing Competition on Gender Equality on International Women's Day 2009. This is the third year that the EC is calling on children aged 8 - 10 in developing countries to express their vision of gender equality. The jury will be composed of children from the 27 European Union member states, and the exhibition will be inaugurated during the autumn of 2009. Two drawings by region will be selected by the jury, and a prize of a total value of €1,000 for each region will be awarded to the winners. The winning drawings will be included in a booklet which will be distributed in the schools of the participating countries and in the European schools that have participated in the competition.

The timeline for this competition includes:

• Selection of the winning drawings by a jury composed of European children, in the presence of Princess Mathilde from Belgium, June 23 2009
• Inauguration of the exhibition in Morocco, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25 2009




Drawings should be sent to the European Commission Delegation from the country where they originate. The best drawings of each country will receive a delegates' choice award. These drawings will be sent to the international competition.

Click here for more information.


Click here to read the English version of the competition rules in PDF format.


Click here to download a brochure about the competition in PDF format.

Press release from Charlotta Asplund on March 3 2009.