Reward journalists working for gender equality
SANTO DOMINGO. With the report "Girls who take care of children" journalist Li Misol of the newspaper Listin Diario won the first place in the fifth edition of the journalistic contest "Gender equality for a life without violence", which organizes the Center for Gender Studies (CEG-INTEC), the company Philip Morris and the Dominican Association of Journalists with a Gender Perspective.
The second place went to newspaper Kirsis Díaz Free Daily for the work "The vulnerable breastplate of AMET agents", while the third place was received by journalist Elizabeth Encarnación Telentillas with the work "Feminicides: Preventable deaths".
During the ceremony, which took place in the Julio Ravelo Room of the INTEC Fountain, the winners received a certificate of recognition and cash prize of RD $ 100,000 and RD $ 75,000 in both categories.
The jury was composed by Inés Aizpún, deputy director of Diario Libre; Naivi Frías of the Dominican Association of Journalists with a Gender Perspective; Rodolfo Coiscou, director of the Social Communication career of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the activist María de Jesús "Susi" Pola and the coordinator of the CEG-INTEC, Lourdes Contreras
The award was created with the aim of addressing issues of violence from the media with the interest of paying greater attention to the issue of gender violence from the perspective of a solution, as a novelty, the winning works of the fifth edition will be used for educational purposes, after the agreement signed with the Vice Presidency of the Republic and Progressing with Solidarity.
"It is a great pride for Philip Morris Dominicana to work in favor of gender equality as part of our social contribution, together with institutions of respect and quality, such as the Center for Gender Studies of INTEC, and this time with support in Subsequent actions by the Vice Presidency of the Republic, "said Rebeca Ramón, in charge of Communication and Contributions of Philip Morris Dominicana.
He stressed that in this fifth edition it is an honor to feel the results obtained during the different versions of the award, after each year the papers presented reveal the interest of journalists in giving way to the objective that unites the different institutions in favor of the fight against gender violence, and we can identify it through the quality, content and resources used for each of the projects presented.
"This contest constitutes a stimulus for journalists who have been able to consider and express the breadth of dimensions and characteristics that violence against women has as a problem of public interest," said Lourdes Contreras, coordinator of CEG-INTEC, by pointing out different aspects of gender inequalities that translate into violence and affect the lives and health of women.
Contreras argued that the in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of the different forms of violence, seen both in individualities and in their collective expressions, is one of the most important achievements of this award.