2019 Travers Fellows mojtehedzadeh and Renwick win ilo award for reporting on migrant workers
ILO announces winners of the 2019 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration: Winning entries provide outstanding and balanced reporting on fair recruitment and the future of labour migration
GENEVA (ILO News) 18 December 2019
To mark this year’s International Migrants Day on 18 December the International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced the four winners of its 2019 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration.
The ILO received more than 292 entries from 95 countries. An independent panel of four judges reviewed the entries based on the criteria of creativity, accuracy and balance, protection of migrants and positive portrayal of labour migration.
The competition aims to promote quality reporting on labour migration issues, as balanced and ethical reporting can play an important role in addressing stereotypes and misconceptions, and in highlighting the positive contribution migrant workers make in their origin and destination countries.
After a rigorous review process, the competition’s independent panel of four prominent judges have awarded the following prizes in two thematic areas:
Fair recruitment
Bitter Harvest: Artemio's Ghost by Sara Mojtehedzadeh (author) and Melissa Renwick (photographer), published in The Star (10 October 2019). You can view the photographs here .
Au Guatemala, Fidelia Castellanos porte la voix des travailleuses domestiques by Louise Pluyaud, published in TVMONDE5 (14 December 2018)
The future of labour migration
A Syrian woman's answer to refugee childcare in Turkey by Stefania D'Ignoti, published in Middle East Eye (18 April 2019)
Japón envejece: ¿migrantes, robots y jubilados para combatir la crisis demográfica ? by Carmen Grau Vila, published in Equal Times (28 October 2019)
The competition contributes to some of the targets of theGlobal Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact for Refugees , which include improving working conditions for migrant workers and positively influencing public narratives on migration.