European Award for Excellence in Journalism
Winners of the European Award for Excellence in Journalism 2011 announced: Four winning journalists are rewarded for their articles that increase understanding of health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the close link between SRH and poverty eradication
Four winning journalists are rewarded for their articles that increase understanding of health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the close link between SRH and poverty eradication.
The winners of the European Award for Excellence in Journalism 2011: Reproductive Health for All have now been announced. Spanish journalist Majo Siscar wins first prize for her article “The Crime of being a Woman, Poor and Pregnant”, published on the website periodismohumano.com. The article describes the plight of women in Mexico serving long prison sentences for abortion or miscarriage, even when the pregnancy followed rape. Follow this link to read the full article (in Spanish) periodismohumano.com/mujer/el-delito-de-ser-mujer-pobre-y-estar-embarazada.html. ;
Tied in second place are journalists Wolfgang Bauer from Germany and Mary Kreutzer and Corinna Milborn from Austria. Bauer’s article “The Dying of Mothers”, published in Nido, follows a young woman as she gives birth in Sierra Leone, which has a very high rate of maternal mortality. Follow this link to read the full article (in German): www.reporter-forum.de/index.php?id=117&;tx_rfartikel_pi1[showUid]=430&cHash=67d894345ddda86587a37986c0c72547.
Kreutzer and Milborn’s article “A Quiet Revolution”, published in Welt, MO#20, reports on Ethiopia’s push to reduce fertility rates and increase maternal survival rates through a program of free contraception and legal abortions. Follow this link to read the full article (in German): moment.sosmitmensch.at/stories/2683/
In 2008, the project partners of “Reproductive Health Matters” launched the “European Journalist Award” in five project countries: Austria, Germany, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands. The target is to enhance media coverage on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) issues. European journalists are encouraged to study these issues and develop interest and expertise in health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the close link between SRH and poverty eradication.
An international jury consisting of experts from the five project countries judged winning articles from each project country to decide the overall winners.
An Award Ceremony will be held on January 26, 2010 at the SAS Radisson Hotel, Parkring 14, 1010 Vienna at 18.30. If you would like to participate in this event, please RSVP at: info@swi-austria.org by 24. January 2011.
The prize winners will receive cash prizes; the first prize is €2,000, while the second prize winners will each receive €750.
The project and the prize is funded by the European Union.
To download the invitation, please follow this link: en.swi-austria.org/files/news4_file/Invitation_-_Journalist_Award_26.01.2011.pdf