Population First's UNFPA-Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2007 will finally culminate in a grand, high-profile awards ceremony in Delhi's FICCI Auditorum on May 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm.
The winners have been chosen from the best from each region, in each category namely: Print Media, Electronic Media, Advertising and Films.
There are 13 awardees who have been chosen by a very erudite jury panel comprising leading media, advertising and film personalities.
The Jury
- Madhu Trehan
- Indira Jaisingh
- Rani Jethmalani
- Jatin Das
- Usha Albuquerque
- Sayeeda Hamid
- Pamela Philipose
- Sumanto Chattopadhyay
- Alyque Padamsee
- Nargis Wadia
- Tariq Ansari
- Tavleen Singh
- Meena Gopalkrishnan
- Anil Dharker
- Vishwanath Sachdeva
- Pinky Dalal
- Meena Karnik
- Rahul Singh
- Balki (R. Balakrishnan)
- Sumati Shivraj
- S.Seshadri
- Lalita Panicker
- Unni Rajen Shanker
- Ira Pande
- Lara Dutta
- Nafisa Ali
- Tanuja
The Laadli Media Awards is a part of the media advocacy of the Laadli campaign- A girl child campaign that seeks to create awareness about the falling sex ratio and gender discrimination. It was launched by Population First, a Mumbai-based NGO working on health and population issues. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is supporting Population First to take the awards to a pan-India level. Delhi-based iCONGO is the Collaborating Agency to coordinate the efforts.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit is the Chief Guest while UNFPA's Goodwill Ambasador is the Special Guest. Laadli's Spokesperson Suneeta Rao would also present at the function.
Mallika Sarabhai will perform Sita's Daughters on the occasion and an extract from Lushin Dubey's Bitter Chocolate will be staged.
The features of the Awards are:
The build-up to the National Awards:
The 4 regions and dates of the Awards functions are:
Western:
Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi
Date: Dec. 19, 2007, Tata Theatre, Mumbai
Southern:
Collaborating agency: The Catalyst Trust, Chennai
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu
Languages: English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
Date: March 28, 2008 at The Music Academy, Chennai
Eastern:
Collaborating agency: Innereye Communications, Kolkata
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mehalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim and Tripura
Languages: Assamese, Bengali, Hindi and Oriya
Date: April 17, 2008 at the G.D. Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata
Northern:
Collaborating agency: iCONGO (Indian Confederation of NGOs)
Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Date: April 26, 2008 at the Law Diwan Atmaram Auditorium, Chandigarh.
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