- ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Videos must EITHER:
(1) Raise awareness about critical issues affecting women and girls around the world OR
(2) Propose solutions to critical challenges faced by women
- Videos must EITHER:
- Topics
- Economic independence
- Violence against women
- Maternal mortality
- Global health
- Poverty
- Teen & child marriage
- Sex trafficking and slavery
- Women and girls in media
- Honest Beauty
- Women in business (leadership)
- Education for girls and women
- Women and girls in STEM
- Water
- Ending child marriage
- Ending FGM
- Gender pay gap - equal pay
- Women and the environment
- Refugee Stories
- Stand Up Men
- FILM REQUIREMENTS:
- Your film should be between 3 and 6 minutes long. (see FAQ for exact length requirements)
- Your film must contain the provide End Marker still image.
- Your film can be a (1) narrative, (2) documentary, (3) investigative reporting, (4) music video, (5) animation, or (6) curated film (film collage). Please see the FAQ for more details about film genres and film content.
- Your film must be created after January 1, 2016.
- Your film must be your own original work and not infringe any copyright or ownership agreements.
- You must not premiere your film before entering it on the Girls Impact the World website.
- You may only be involved with two submitted entries per year.
- Once you have submitted your video, please share and publicize it through the Girls Impact the World Gallery page. This is intended to help you further the number of facebook likes, tweets and views for the People's Choice Grand Prize.
- At the end of your film please add a slide that shows at least 2 or more organizations that are working on solutions to the issue area that you address in your short film. You can highlight Connecther projects and/or other organizations. (optional but recommended).
- To enter you will need to:
- (1) Follow all Film Requirements (see below)
- (2) Enter your video on the GITW entry submission page.
- (3) Share, share and share your video from the GITW gallery. The more you share, the more likely you will win the People's Choice Award!
- (4) Upon becoming a finalist, before being eligible for prizes, you must provide proof of enrollment at your school/university.
- (5) That's it, wasn't that easy!
- (1) Follow all Film Requirements (see below)