Population First's UNFPA-Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2007 culminated in a grand, high-profile awards ceremony in Delhi's FICCI Auditorum on May 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm.
The winners were the best from each region- West, South, East and North, in each category namely: Print Media, Electronic Media, Advertising and Films.
There are 13 awardees who were chosen by a very erudite jury panel comprising some of India's 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
- Pinki 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 was the Chief Guest while UNFPA's Goodwill Ambasador was the Special Guest at the function. Laadli's Spokesperson Suneeta Rao was also present at the function.
Mallika Sarabhai and her troupe of musicians performed Sita's Daughters on the occasion and an extract from Lushin Dubey's Bitter Chocolate was staged.
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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: December 19, 2007, Tata Theatre, Mumbai
Southern:
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu
Collaborating agency: The Catalyst Trust, Chennai
Languages: English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
Date: March 28, 2008 at The Music Academy, Chennai
Eastern:
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mehalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim and Tripura
Collaborating agency: Innereye Communications, Kolkata
Languages: Assamese, Bengali, Hindi and Oriya
Date: April 17, 2008 at the G.D. Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata
Northern:
Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh
Collaborating agency: iCONGO (Indian Confederation of NGOs)
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Date: April 26, 2008 at the Diwan Atmaram Auditorium, Chandigarh.
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