AMMAN — Under
the patronage of HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein, president of the
HigherCouncil for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), the council launched
on Saturday a media competition to raise awareness about the rights of persons with
disabilities.
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The contest, titled “Deal
with My Topic…. Objectively,” seeks creative media products that work towards humanizing
persons with disabilities and integrating them into society.
Ziad Al-Mougrabi,
media unit manager at HCD, said in a phone interview with
Jordan News that the competition aims at spreading awareness among media professionals in
Jordan and encourages them to address, prioritize, and discuss issues faced by
Jordan’s disabled population, which exceeds one million.
“Disability issues are
usually presented by the media in two ways: either by showing pride in persons
with
disabilities or by feeling sorry for them. Instead, we ask competitors to
focus on the environmental obstacles and behavioral barriers they encounter rather
than the disabilities per se,” Mougrabi said.
For the competition,
media products may include written, audio, visual media, and drama productions,
such as theater plays and movies, he added.
“Eight winners will be
chosen, two winners for each area,” Mougrabi said. “The first and second
winners for each area will receive a cash prize of JD1000 and JD500,
respectively.”
Mougrabi said that
competitors can participate either individually or in teams, and that participants
may propose more than one product.
Participants should reflect
their work in different topics and themes including the rights of people with
disabilities to health, mobility and movement, culture, work, education,
tourism,
banking services, voting, justice, personal and social protection from
violence, marriage, and inclusion, Mougrabi said.
“Submitted media
products will be evaluated by an arbitration committee consisting of media
professionals and specialists in the rights of people with disabilities in
order to select the winners,” he added.
Al-Mougrabi said that
proper use of terminology, avoidance of stereotyping, and the quality of the
media product, among other things, will be considered in the assessment of the
product.
According to the HCD
website, the evaluation criteria for the selection of winners depends on accuracy
of information, comprehensiveness and inclusiveness, style and approach of
coverage/illustration, adoption of a human rights-based approach, use of
supportive illustrative data and photos, modernity, and innovation.
The application
deadline is on October 31, 2021. The names of winners will be announced on December
3, 2021, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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