Our Voices Our Rights
Award Nomination Guide
October 2013
A. Preamble:
Indigenous peoples remain among the most marginalized and
vulnerable groups as they have been largely excluded from the mainstream
development procedure. They account for about 5% of the world’s population but
about one-third of the world’s extremely poor rural people.[1] Seventy percent of the estimated 370 million
indigenous peoples in the world live in Asia[2]. Indigenous peoples in this region
continue to suffer from social injustice and discrimination, including issues
related to their status and citizenship as well as the state’s recognition of
their economic, social and cultural rights.
With limited representation and participation in the democratic
processes – both formally through elections, political parties and local
governments and informally through the media and other communication channels –
indigenous peoples have minimal voice on policies and decisions affecting their
lives. As a result, they have been deprived of their collective rights and
entitlements including cultural rights, rights to land, territory and natural
resources and basic social services, such as health and education.
With this backdrop, the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) with
funding support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
(SIDA) is organizing the Indigenous Voices in Asia (IVA) Awards to
acknowledgment the media professionals who devoted their time, talent, and
efforts to cover the real situations and issues of the indigenous peoples in
print, radio, television, online and, documentary film.
B. Aim and Objectives:
The aim of IVA awards is to encourage thorough reporting on
indigenous peoples’ issues by the media professionals. Specific objectives of
this award are to:
- Recognize the contribution of media institutions and individuals in making the general public aware of, and perhaps sensitive to, the rights and issues of indigenous peoples at the national and international levels
- Strengthen linkages between indigenous peoples and the media at large
- Bring indigenous issues into public discourse
- Promote awareness for the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights
C. Eligibility Criteria:
The IVA-Media Awards are meant for media professionals who have
made exemplary reporting related to indigenous peoples’ issues, such as aspects
of society, politics, culture, and related overall rights. The awards are
opened to all journalists, reporters and media professionals from radio,
television, print, documentary, and online media. One outstanding reporting award and two special recognition
awards will be given to media professionals, who have made the most
outstanding reporting on IP rights and IP issues between November 2012 and
November 2013. Journalists can be based in any part of Asia; however, their
works must have been broadcasted, printed or somehow accessible to audiences.
Entrants can submit pieces of work from the following:
Print Media
- For a single news report or feature in a newspaper, magazine, and tabloid that deals with current affairs in or related to the life, culture, and rights of indigenous peoples.
- For a feature article (1500 – 2000 words, A4 size in 10 points font) in print media that deals with some aspect of social, political or cultural life in or affecting the indigenous peoples.
- Articles from a series can be entered as separate entries if desired. If the article is part of a larger series, please use the synopsis to describe the series but do not include the entire series.
Television
- For a television program, either standalone or from a series, or a compilation of short reports that address current affairs in or related to indigenous peoples.
- Duration: If a series of short reports is submitted, the total combined duration must not exceed 60 minutes.
- For a single news report, entries must not exceed 15 minutes in duration.
Radio
- A radio feature, single news report, series of short reports, or a single program from a series broadcast in any radio, particularly at the national broadcasting centers that deals with IP rights and issues relating to social, political or cultural life in or affecting the indigenous peoples.
- Duration: If a series of short reports is submitted, the total combined duration must not exceed 60 minutes.
- For a single news report, entries must not exceed 15 minutes in duration.
Online
- A single news report or feature in online news and current affairs website, blogs, and other online media sites that deals with current affairs in or related to the life, culture, and rights of indigenous peoples.
- A feature article (750+ words) in online media that deals with some aspect of social, political or cultural life in or affecting the indigenous peoples.
- Articles from a series can be entered as separate entries if desired. If the article is part of a larger series, please use the synopsis to describe the series but do not include the entire series.
Documentary
- Duration of the film should not be longer than 30 minutes.
- Format .avi or .mov with minimal resolution 720 X 576 dpi.
- Film and script are sent in the form of DVD, CD, or flash drive.
- Not an industrial/corporation movie, television’s commercial or program, public service advertisement, or movie trailer.
D. Selection/ Judging Criteria:
The board of judges will choose the final list of awardees based
on the overall merit of the piece of work, with emphasis on:
- Engaging treatment of the IP issue(s).
- Interpretation of the issue(s) includes: ability to present complex topics to the target audience in an understandable and accessible way.
- Substance of the coverage includes: depth of research, analysis and presentation of the information.
- Inclusivity: the degree to which the coverage includes the individual voices and views indigenous peoples or their overall communities.
- Originality and Creativity of the coverage includes: highlights new stories/issues or takes fresh approaches to familiar topics and presents them in a unique way.
- Impact of the coverage includes: the potential for the coverage to catalyze change.
- Code of Ethics: adherence of the reporter to a journalistic code of ethics.
- Reflection of Challenges of indigenous peoples; Documentation from the IVA project shows that indigenous peoples feel stereotyping and romanticizing as a barrier to effectively addressing issues related to indigenous peoples. How does this media reflect or reject these?
Each of the aforementioned judging criteria carries the weight of 1-25 points.
E. Guideline for Nominations:
- Media professionals may nominate themselves for the IVA award
- Award nomination form can be downloaded directly from Here (or) email request to dipta@aippnet.org
- Add all the supporting documents and media materials mentioned in the Award Nomination Form (Save them in one CD) and a printed copy of completed nomination form into ONE PACKAGE, and submit it to the AIPP Secretariat (see mailing address below), personally delivered or postmarked on or before midnight of 25th November, 2013 (Monday).
- Documents submitted for nominations will not be returned.
- Nominations and documents should be written in English.
- The IVA Award Committee will screen the nominees and announce the winner on December 10, 2013.
- All of the print/audio/video materials will be published in the IVA website.
Please address all completed nomination forms
and documents to:
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Dipta
Chakma/Khun AungIVA
Award ProgrammeAsia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)108 Moo 5, Tamboon
SanpranateAmphur SansaiChiang Mai -50210, Thailand
Tel:
+66(0)53380168
Fax:
+66(0)53380752
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F. Benefits for the winner:
The benefits for the winners are:
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[2] Who we are: Indigenous peoples in Asia.
“http://www.aippnet.org/index.php/publication-sp-24844/undrip-and-indigenous-people/briefing-papers/1055-who-we-are-indigenous-peoples-in-asia”
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