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Jagran Pehel launches photography contest 'Gender Barabar'

The entries open today for the Pan India contest on the theme of Girl Child

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Jagran Pehel launches photography contest 'Gender Barabar'

The entries open today for the Pan India contest on the theme of Girl Child

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 24, 2012

publive-imageAs an initiative towards women empowerment and gender equality, Jagran Pehel, the strategic social initiative wing of Jagran Prakashan Limited is organizing a nationwide photography contest on the theme of girl child .The contest will encourage active participation of creative minds from across the country while capturing the theme aptly through eyes of a lens. The contest seeks entries from across the country on the subject of Girl Child in larger context of gender equality.

The entries are open for next twenty days starting from National Girl Child Day i.e. 24th of January 2012. This will be followed by selection of best of the works collected by a panel of distinguished jury members .The photographs of top thirty entries will then be showcased in Grand Finale event in Delhi on 3rd & 4th of March 2012 during International Women's Week, along with the felicitation of the winners.

The campaign is an initiative in partnership with the like-minded organizations. Speaking about the campaign, Anand Madhab, National publive-imageHead of Jagran Pehel said,” The pan India Photography contest is organized by Jagran Pehel is an initiative to sensitize people on the issue of Girl Child especially in relevance to the declining sex ratio figures that our country is witnessing. I look forward to a larger participation by people in the competition so as to make this entire effort worthwhile”.

Capturing different aspects of being a girl child through the eyes of a lens and disseminating the same to a larger audience is the basic concept of this contest, which is being supported by the largest media house of the country. The initiative aims to create a public awareness on the issue and sensitize people towards the cause, using a silent yet an effective means of communication.

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