Entries will be accepted from April 28 until June 28, 2009 By Muevete por la Igualdad, www.mueveteporlaigualdad.org

Bajo La Sombra is a photo contest that tries to sensitize and view the struggle of women around the world to enforce their rights. We want to attract attention of society and the governments to meet the Millennium Objectives and the goals of the Beijing Platform.

Your vision of the world can contribute to the change.  Show it to us!

The photo contest will focus on two subject-matter themes:

- The Political Participation of Women: The importance of women being in all areas of decision-making to politically represent society and be represented.

- The Economy of Care Providers: Focusing on activities, goods and services required for reproduction and maintenance of life, which for years have been realized by women and yet have not been visible or valued. From the campaign, we want to make visible these activities and advocate the need for shared responsibility between men and women and make visible the assumption of responsibilities by the state.

AWARDS

There will be only one award provided in the amount of 1.500 €. Also 9 finalists will be selected with a Special Mention, whose photos will be displayed in an exhibition that will cover at least five Autonomous regions and four countries of Latin America throughout the year 2010.

In the deliberation, the jury will take into consideration the aesthetic, sensitive, and informative qualities of the presented works. Members of the jury will be:

Amelia Varcárcel

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

Claude Bussac

Iván Hidalgo

Mª Ángeles Durán

Nuria Varela

Rosa Cobo

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Participants must be over 18 years in age and a resident of Spain, Latin America, or Africa, regardless of your nationality. Participants can be enthusiasts of photography or professional photographers. Each participant may submit a maximum of 1 work in each category.

Photographs may be submitted by email or regular mail. The deadline for receipt of works is between April 28 and June 28.

Email submissions should be sent to prensa@mueveteporlaigualdad.org specifying the subject "Photo Contest".

Sending submissions by post is also acceptable. Please include submissions on a CD, using a folder specified as "Photo Contest." Only digital photo submissions will be accepted. The photographs must be sent in schedule form 9 hours to 20 hours at the following address:

Ayuda en Acción

C/ Enrique Jardiel Poncela 6

28016 Madrid

Please specify the following in a Word document:

- Title of the work

- Brief description of the photo (where taken)

- Author's full name, telephone number, postal address, email address and a secondary contact person in case the author is not reachable

The verdict of the jury and the names of the contest winners will be announced at a public event during the last quarter of 2009, at a place and date that opportunely will be indicated.

For more information about the contest, please visit www.mueveteporlaigualdad.org