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Côte d’Ivoire: African journalists awarded at World Water Week in Stockholm
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Three African journalists from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa were among seven winners of the '2014 WASH Media Awards' presented Friday at the World Water Week closing ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
The journalists were awarded for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene-related (WASH) issues, according to a statement issued by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
In Stockholm this week, the journalists shared their experiences with leading water, sanitation, environment and development experts.
"Journalists are key partners for sanitation, hygiene and water sector professionals in their awareness raising, advocacy and behaviour change work," said the statement in which SIWI noted that journalists play a central role in highlighting water and gender related issues and positioning of women as environmental leaders.
"They greatly contribute to bringing in the spotlight the too often neglected issues of the necessity of toilets and hand washing for a dignified, safe and healthy life for billions of people," the statement added.
Nigerian journalist Seun Aikoye was awarded for his article “Lagosians shun public toilets as open defecation continues”; Umaru Sanda Amadu from Ghana wrote “Water Wahala”, an article that focused on water, hygiene and sanitation in the future; and another winning article by journalist Mbali Chiya of South Africa was on “Human Rights to Water and Sanitation”.
Other winners were Marcelo Leite from Brazil, Natasha Khan of Canada, Dilrukshi Handunnetti from Sri Lanka, and Ketaki Gokhale from USA.
The biannual WASH Media Awards competition is sponsored by SIWI and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
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The journalists were awarded for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene-related (WASH) issues, according to a statement issued by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
In Stockholm this week, the journalists shared their experiences with leading water, sanitation, environment and development experts.
"Journalists are key partners for sanitation, hygiene and water sector professionals in their awareness raising, advocacy and behaviour change work," said the statement in which SIWI noted that journalists play a central role in highlighting water and gender related issues and positioning of women as environmental leaders.
"They greatly contribute to bringing in the spotlight the too often neglected issues of the necessity of toilets and hand washing for a dignified, safe and healthy life for billions of people," the statement added.
Nigerian journalist Seun Aikoye was awarded for his article “Lagosians shun public toilets as open defecation continues”; Umaru Sanda Amadu from Ghana wrote “Water Wahala”, an article that focused on water, hygiene and sanitation in the future; and another winning article by journalist Mbali Chiya of South Africa was on “Human Rights to Water and Sanitation”.
Other winners were Marcelo Leite from Brazil, Natasha Khan of Canada, Dilrukshi Handunnetti from Sri Lanka, and Ketaki Gokhale from USA.
The biannual WASH Media Awards competition is sponsored by SIWI and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
-0- PANA BAL/IS/IBA/MSA/AR 5Sept2014
