One World Youth Jury 2010
For the 2010 awards, One World Media organised a national competition to find four young people to judge the Children's Rights Award, sponsored by UNICEF UK. The Youth Jury came to London in April to take part in a series of media activities and select the winner of the Children's Rights category. They then presented the award to the winning entry at the Awards ceremony in June.
The national competition invited young people to submit an idea for a documentary about children and young people in the developing world. A selection panel - comprising representatives of UNICEF UK, One World Media, and the filmmaking industry - then selected the best four. See below for their ideas.
Youth Jury in London
The four youth jurors were invited to London in late April to take part in two days of activities, culminating in their jury meeting, at which they selected the winner of the Children's Rights Award. Activities included:
- visiting the Newsnight set, and watching the programme go out live
- meeting journalists at the offices of the Guardian/Observer
- speaking with award-winning filmmakers Olly Lambert (Tea Boy of Gaza) and Mags Gavan (Saving Africa's Witch Children) to get their perspective on judging the award
- a children's rights workshop at the offices of UNICEF UK, Children's Rights Award sponsors
The One World Youth Jury: Mikel Iriarte, Mya Goschalk, Helen Parker and Megan Pennell
At the ceremony
The Youth Jury attended the One World Media Awards ceremony on 22nd June 2010, and presented the award to Dispatches: Orphans of Burma's Cyclone. Click here to read more about the winning entry.
The winning ideas:
Mya Goschalk
Winning proposal: Switched On in Paradise
This film would look at how the introduction of the internet to a tiny remote island in the South Pacific changed the lives of the local youth and impacted the culture of the community. Can the youth hold on to their culture while embracing the changes that internet brings?
Mikel Iriarte
Winning proposal: Sweets in the Streets
This film would centre on the life of a Peruvian child who spends much of his day working, either shuttling his siblings to school, assisting in his mother's shop or selling sweets on the streets. In this way, it would aim to draw attention to the circumstances of child labour in South America - often unforced but commonly practiced in most families.
Helen Parker
Winning proposal: Our Right to be Uyghur - Fighting for China's Forgotten Children
The Uyghur of Western China share more similarities in lifestyle, language and beliefs with Central Asia than the mainstream Chinese culture they live in, which means they are often marginalized in society. This film would give a view into the lives of three Uyghur children and meet the groups fighting for their right to live without discrimination, disadvantage and persecution in the culture they chose.
Megan Pennell
Winning proposal: The Runaway Disciple
There are up to 100,000 beggars in Senegal, most of who are talibés, sent to the city by their parents and entrusted to religious teachers to study Islam and the Koran. This film would uncover the reality behind the unexplored phenomena of the talibé children, who are often subjected to violence, hunger and sexual abuse.
Who won the One World Media Awards in 2010?