{{Ni Nyampinga magazine and Global Press Institute Rwandan girl journalists GlorioseIsugi and Noella Nbihigo win the UlrickWickert Award for Child Rights.}}
A supporter of Plan International, UlrickWickert established the UlrickWickertStiftung foundation in 2011 to award journalists for reports which create awareness of child rights, particularly those of girls.
The journalists were awarded the prize in the international category for their story“Sugar Daddies Prey on Female Students Headed Home for Holiday in Rwanda.”
Ni Nyampinga magazine is produced by Girl Hub Rwanda—a collaboration between the Nike Foundation and the U.K.’s Department for International Development—in partnership with the Global Press Institute.
The writers, trained by Global Press Institute, produce stories for both Ni Nyampinga magazine and the GPI wire on girls’ issues.
The writers and magazine celebrates girls’ creativity and achievements, spark conversation between girls and among girls and guardians, amplify the voice of the girl, and serve a comfortable and safe environment for learning about girlhood and personal issues.
The award-winning storyexplains how rape, cross-generational sex, HIV transmission and unwanted pregnancies result from girls and young women accepting rides, gift, and other favours from “sugar daddies,” particularly during school holidays.
According to Renate Meinhof, a member of the awarding jury, “GlorioseIsugi and NoellaNbihogo…get to the bottom of a concrete issue in the country by examining it from various angles.
The reporters of the Global Press Institute describe the situation from close proximity, but they keep the required journalistic distance.”
Proposals from 14 countries were submitted for the Ulrich Wickert Award for Child Rights, including reports published in print and online media or broadcast on the radio and TV.
The award ceremony will take place in Berlin in October.
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