Comic and cartoon competitionGENERATION EQUALITY: PICTURE IT!
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About the competition | Eligibility | Selection of winners | How to submit your drawing
About the competition
UN Women—together with the European Commission, and the Governments of Belgium, France, and Mexico—is organizing a global comic and cartoon competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set out how to remove the systemic barriers that hold women back from equal participation in all areas of life. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women and girls, everywhere.
To commemorate this anniversary, UN Women has launched the multigenerational campaign, “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future”, and will be convening a global gathering for gender equality, the Generation Equality Forum, co-chaired by the Governments of France and Mexico, with the leadership and partnership of civil society. The Forum will kick off in Mexico City, Mexico, on 7–8 May 2020 and culminate in Paris, France, on 7–10 July 2020.
As a global public conversation for urgent action and accountability for gender equality, the Forum will celebrate the power of women’s rights activism, feminist solidarity, and youth leadership to achieve transformative change.
Eligibility
- You are between 18 and 28 years old.
- You believe in gender equality and realizing women’s rights for an equal future.
- You want to express your vision of a gender-equal generation in a drawing.
- Unleash the power of your creativity and PICTURE IT!
Selection of winners
The first-, second-, and third-prize winners of the competition will get the chance to attend the closing of the Forum in Paris, and will be among the changemakers of this generation, including civil society, international organizations, governments, business, cities, parliaments, trade unions, media, and more!
Prior to the closing of the Forum in Paris, the three winners will also be invited to Brussels to attend the competition award ceremony. The costs for travel and stay will be borne by the organizing entities.
In cooperation with Cartooning for Peace, professional and renowned comic artists from different corners of the world have been identified as members of the jury. Finalists will be selected by a jury composed of expert comic artists and high-level representatives of the organizing partners, including:
- Boligán, member of Cartooning for Peace and comic artist from Mexico
- Adène (Anne Derenne), member of Cartooning for Peace and comic artist from France
- Alaa Satir, member of Cartooning for Peace and comic artist from Sudan
- Chamathya Fernando, Youth Activist and member of the Beijing+25 Youth Task Force
- Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation
- Mauricio Escanero Figueroa, Head of the Mission of Mexico to the European Union and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director
How to submit your drawing
We invite you to picture your vision of what a gender equal generation looks like.
Get familiar with the Beijing Conference and its outcome document, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and seek inspiration for your drawing in the “12 critical areas of concern”. Please note that your comic or cartoon must be without words.
Please consult the “Terms and conditions” for detailed information on the competition.
The submission deadline is 19 April 2020.