International Women’s Day Art competition
View(s):Youth and adults who are talented in Art are invited to express themselves creatively for international women’s day, contributing to the development of women in Sri Lanka and stand a chance to win attractive prizes.
Details are as follows
THE ME: End Period Poverty in Sri Lanka
FOR WHOM: Females and Males
AGE GROUPS: 15–18 years, 19- 35 years, 36 years and above.
ARTWORK SIZE –A3 –11.5×16.5 Inches
DRAWING TOOLS - Free hand drawing with any medium (water colour, pencil, crayons, pastels, acrylic, charcoal, collage, etc)
OR Digital Art
Prizes for each age group include trophies and cash awards as follows:
1st place –Rs. 100,000/
2nd place –Rs. 50,000/
3rd place –Rs. 25,000/
All participants will receive a certificate of participation.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Last date for acceptance of Entries is Tuesday 2 March 2020
Judging will be by a panel of eminent judges. Decision of panel of judges is final
Late entries will not be entertained
WHAT IS PERIOD POVERTY?
Period Poverty is the lack of access to safe sanitary products and facilities such as clean water and sanitation essential for menstrual hygiene. It is an unacknowledged public health issue which affects over half the population of Sri Lanka but remains unaddressed because of the stigma attached to menstruation.
Ignorance and disregard of this natural biological process, can lead to physical health risks, and impede the ability to manage menstruation safely and with dignity. In Sri Lanka, girls are often unable to attend school due to period poverty. Women and girls also suffer associated shame and stigma. Normalizing menstruation through education and providing safe sanitary products to all who suffer indignity, shame and hardship is the only way to enable women and girls to achieve their full potential.
Period poverty can no longer be just a ‘women’s issue’. It is everyone’s issue and responsibility to ensure gender-sensitive public policies.
ART COMPETITION
This art competition is organized by the women’s movement Samagi Vanitha Balawegaya.(SVB)
SVB is creating public awareness of the issue of period poverty as part of its programme to achieve complete eradication of period poverty in Sri Lanka.
The winning entries will be displayed at the International Women’s Day event organised by the SVB on 8 March 2021.
Please post your ARTWORK to:
Rainbow Institute of Communication,
No 30, Amarasekera Mawatha, Colombo 5,
Please email DIGITAL ART entries to: Samagivanithahanda@gmail.com
All entries must be accompanied by the duly filled application form that is available in the face book group, SAMAGI VANITHA SARASAVI HANDA event .
FB link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223810713632408&set=gm.760708064651468 .
ENTRIES WITHOUT THE APPLICATION FORM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
For further information call Nirupa on 0778192642 or Mona on 0773411455