IFUW Empowering Women Poster Competition 2009
 The International Federation of University Women held an art competition in 2009 with the aim of raising awareness of the challenges facing women and girls in accessing education and leadership positions in today’s world.
The artists were given the following themes: education for the girl child, adult literacy for women, gender equality in higher education, empowering women for leadership and decision-making, or gender equality and peace. The competition was open to IFUW members and other artists proposed by IFUW’s national federations and associations (NFAs).
A panel of six judges, headed by Glenda Hecksher Ramsden (Mexico), selected the five designs which best delivered a dynamic message with clarity and effectiveness. The Grand Prize was a choice of a paid conference enrolment fee for the 30th IFUW Conference in Mexico City (5-9 August 2010) or a cash prize of 500 Swiss francs. A prize of 100 Swiss francs was given to the second, third, fourth and fifth place winners.
The winning entries will be exhibited at the IFUW Conference in Mexico. Two of the designs are beeing used in a series of bookmarks and postcards highlighting IFUW's priorities for action.
Grand Prize
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Gender Equality
by Lidia-Alina Nicolae, Romania
 Lidia-Alina Nicolae is a 24-year-old graphic designer specializing in traditional and applied graphics. Her projects include posters, books ilustrations and photography. Her art work has been exhibited internationally and this year she held her first private photo exhibition in Romania. She has also worked as a book restorer at the National Library of Romania. She is now completing a Masters in Graphics. Her final dissertation project studies life-death analogy in the Mesopotamian culture. You can see more of her artwork on her blog page.
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Other Prizes
2nd Place |
Empowering Women and Girls
by Nayyer Chandella, Pakistan
Literature is Nayyer Chandella's passion. She loves to read, write and talk about books. She teaches literature and tries to show the students how literature applies to their every day lives. Her aim is to develop a literary sense among young adults while teaching language. She has also several artistic pursuits, including painting and poetry. She likes to travel, as this provides a source of inspiration for her work. For Nayyer, success is making an impact upon the lives of others. |
3rd Place |
Empowering Women and Girls
by Luz del Carmen Vilchis Esquivel, Mexico
Luz del Carmen, a pioneer in Mexico in using digital resources for arts and design, has been a Visual Arts professor for 30 years. She has Ph.D.s in Fine Arts and Philosophy and is the author of nine books. Luz del Carmen works as a professional graphic designer and has exhibited graphic works, electrography, book-object, collage and visual poetry in 44 collective exhibitions and three individuals in fifteen countries. She was the first woman to be the Director of the National School of Visual Arts of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2002-2006). |
4th Place |
Education for the girl child
by Odette Nyiramuzima, Rwanda
Odette Nyiramuzima is a researcher, a lawyer and an artist. She has a Masters Degree in Business Law and works for the Social Security Fund of Rwanda. She is a very active member of the Rwanda Association of University Women. Odette has writen articles on women, poverty, violence and social security for the IFUW Young Members Newsletters in the past. In 2003, she won the special prize of the International Social Security Association Competition of Communication in Geneva. |
5th Place |
Women's Rights Violations
by Jing Zhou, USA
Born in Chongqing, China, Jing Zhou is an interdisciplinary artist, versatile designer and professor of art in New Jersey, USA. Her art reflects her interest in spiritual experiences, in Eastern and Western art, literature and philosophy. For her, creating art is a process of expressing her nature. Her artwork has been widely shown internationally. Among the many awards she has received are the Horizon Interactive Award and the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Award. Her art has been published in numerous books and magazines, such as “Computer Graphics World”. |
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