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31 August 2007 | Opportunities | Ernesto Aguilar

Women working for peace, putting together broken lives, pursuing dreams, building a more humane and just world. Do you know these women? Can you tell their stories?

If you have a radio or television program about women building peace, enter it for this years IAWRT Radio and Television Awards.

The competition is open to all women producers/journalists/directors making Radio and TV programs, so please spread the word to your colleagues, freelancers, companies and broadcasters. Your mobilisation will enrich this competition.

This year’s Awards will be presented at the IAWRT conference in Nairobi, Kenya, from 29 September to 3 October 2007.

All around the world women are struggling to build a peaceful society and to keep life going, often in regions and countries torn by years of war. The IAWRT Awards want to concentrate on their stories, the stories of women fighting for peace and a better society, the stories of women building peace in the aftermath of war. But we also want the personal stories of women trying to build a life for their families, pursuing dreams, articulating visions of peace, charting the lives and territories of women to create a more humane and just world. And last but not least we welcome documentaries expressing the drive for peace through art and cultural work.

The winner in each category will be a woman responsible for an outstanding documentary about women. Those are the two absolutes in these awards, the documentaries must be made by women – about women.

More here.

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