Poster for tomorrow 2012: Gender Equality Now!
On March 8th 2012, that is Woman’s Day, poster for
tomorrow launches its call for entries for its 2012 edition: Gender
Equality Now!
The brief is available to download
here
Every year poster for tomorrow chooses a basic human
right to draw attention to. The global design community is then invited
to make posters on this theme that are exhibited around the world on
International Human Rights Day, December 10th.
Why have we chosen Gender Equality as the topic of the 2012 edition?
The condition of women has undergone undeniable
improvements during the last century. But these improvements haven’t
happened everywhere and even where they have been the strongest, well,
they are far from being strong enough.
Gender inequality still lingers unchallenged: it’s
one of those things that are hard to see precisely because they are
right in front of our eyes.
That’s why we ask all of you to see beyond the status
quo and imagine a different future. We need gender equality now, because
more opportunities for women are more opportunities for us all.
Poster for tomorrow is also proud to announce that
the topic has attracted the interest of leading female figures such as
Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and Executive Director of
UN Women, and Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, who are now in
poster for tomorrow’s sponsorship committee.
Gender Equality Now!
“As long as girls and women are valued less, fed
less, fed last, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to
violence in and out of their homes - the potential of the human family
to create a peaceful, prosperous world will not be realised.”
Hilary Clinton, at the UN 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995.
Asking for gender equality isn’t asking for much -
simply that women are given the same opportunities as men and enjoy the
right to live without fear of exploitation and discrimination. We need
gender equality now for a better world for all of us.
The Competition
The poster competition is open from March 8th until July
10th 2012, and, as ever, it’s free to enter. All you have to do is
create a poster then upload it on the poster for tomorrow website. The
best posters as selected by jury of graphic designers will be published
in a book and exhibited around the world on a day for tomorrow, December
10th.
The jury members of this current edition are:
Majid Abbasi (Iran), Cristina Chiappini (Italy), Gitte
Just (Denmark), Maria Kurpik (Poland), Alain Le Quernec (France), Malte
Martin (France), Leila Musfy Awad (Lebanon), Carolina Rojas (Colombia),
Serge Serov (Russia), Paula Troxler (Switzerland), Rene Wanner
(Switzerland) and Guy Schockaert (Belgium) as moderator.
The brief is available to download
here
About poster for tomorrow
poster for tomorrow is an independent, non-profit
international project whose goal is to encourage people, both in and
outside the design community, to make posters to stimulate debate on
issues that affect us all. In our previous three editions we have
received over 6,000 posters from 88 countries and hosted more than 100
exhibitions in 5 continents.
Contact:
For press, or any other questions, please contact Hervé Matine at
hm@posterfortomorrow.org
