Award for Children's Rights: Ulrich Wickert Prize 2024 in Berlin
Award for Children's Rights: Ulrich Wickert Prize 2024 in Berlin
importance of journalistic reporting on children's rights in 2024
On Thursday, the Ulrich Wickert Prize for Children's Rights in 2024 was awarded in Berlin, an event that brings together the users and representatives of important child law. The award is not only an honor for the best journalistic contributions, but also indicates the urgent challenges with which children are faced in many regions of the world.
One of the main award winners, Sanja Hardinghaus , received the award in the category Germany/Austria for their haunting NDR documentary "Who protects our children?". Your work illuminates the real challenges in child protection and shows where there are weaknesses in the system. Their approach to not only put responsibility on the parents or children, but also to dive appreciatively into the matter is considered exemplary.
An important aspect of this year's award ceremony was the exchange about the rights of children and what terrible stories are behind the submitted media contributions. Jury members like Dr. Andrea Rübenacker underlined the relevance of such reporting by referring to Moritz Aisslinger's dossier "The Lager of Forgotten". Aisslinger documented the catastrophic location of the Rohingya in Camp Kutupalong in Bangladesh and underlined how important it is to put forgotten population groups into public awareness.
The awarding of the Prize International 2024 to the Indian editor uzmi athar also shows the overarching importance of reporting. Your contribution addresses the health effects of a high fluoride content in the water on children in Rajasthan, which further illustrates the global dimensions of children's rights.
The Ulrich Wickert Price for Children's Rights not only represents individual services, but also symbolically stands out for the efforts of the media to highlight the topics of public interest. A total of 92 media contributions were submitted, which shows that many journalists are ready to deal with the difficult topics that touch children's rights.
Finally,The award not only aims to honor outstanding journalistic achievements, but also appeals to society to take responsibility. The founder Ulrich Wickert emphasized the importance of empathy and act as a civil society duty to fight for the rights and well -being of the most vulnerable members of our society.
The event made it clear that reporting is not just a form of documentation, but also plays an essential role in education and sensitization. This recognition of journalistic work is a step in the right direction to promote awareness and commitment to the rights of children worldwide.