She Shapes Biodiversity: A Photo Contest to recognize Women’s Contributions to the Environment
About the Contest
She Shapes Biodiversity is a photo contest that aims to celebrate women’s contributions to the environment and seeks to recognize and amplify the roles and contributions of women that can pave the way for the implementation of a gender-responsive post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
Contest Mechanics
- No age limit
- Participant can submit more than one entry, maximum 3 entries
- Participant can interpret the theme “she shapes biodiversity” in the way they like, though here are some examples to give an idea:
- Indigenous women’s and local women’s traditional knowledge and practices
- Women on the ground – women sustainably using natural resources from biodiversity, conserving, and/or restoring biodiversity
- Actions by women environmental defenders, women’s actions and activism for biodiversity
- Women engaging in biodiversity policy planning and implementation
- Transmission of natural, botanical, medicinal, agricultural, fisheries knowledge and practices from our grandmothers, mothers, and other women
- Inspiring photos about characters linked to the environment, about stories whose protagonists are related to the environment (legends, indigenous folk tales, etc.)
- Photo should be in PNG or JPEG format, with a resolution of maximum 10 MB in size and minimum 200 dpi (printing resolution).
- Photo should have a title, with an accompanying story and sharing (minimum 1 paragraph) on why the woman’s/women’s contribution shown in the photo is important. Sharing can also include a poem/verse if this helps convey the message or feeling of the photo.
- Participant can use English, Spanish, or French for the title and accompanying story and sharing.
- Participant should have the consent of the subject/s. Asking permission at the time the photo was taken is fine.
- Participant retains rights to the photo but allows Women4Biodiversity to use the photo for its communications.
- Winners should provide their Wise account or bank details for receiving the prize money.
Photo Contest Prize
- The top 15 photos will be shown in Women4Biodiversity website and social media accounts. They will also be used and/or exhibited during COP 15 this December in Montreal, Canada, where 196 nations will gather and adapt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
- Photographers of the top 5 photos will receive 200 euros each.
Note: Women4Biodiversity may still use the photos of the other winners, finalists, and contestants for our other campaigns, whether in COP 15 or others.
Criteria for Judging
- Story and relevance to the theme
- Photography technique (Objective reality).
- Artistic approach (Subjective reality).
Photo Submission and Contest Deadline
Participants can submit their photos, stories, and consent form in this Google form (1 photo entry in 1 form). Deadline for submission is 24 October 2022, 5 pm UTC.
For all details: https://www.women4biodiversity.org/photo-contest-english/
