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HPC launches a drawing contest on “young people and unemployment” in cooperation with UJ
HPC launches a drawing contest on “young people and unemployment” in cooperation with UJ
Sunday, 30 June 2019

With the support of UNFPA, HPC launched a drawing contest on “young people and unemployment” on Sunday in cooperation with UJ and with the participation of the Drawing and Painting / Visual Arts students at UJ’s School of Arts and Design.

HPC Secretary, Dr. Abla Amawi, stated that the contest aims to raise awareness towards population and development issues related to youth and youth empowerment as a focal point for sustainable and comprehensive development and to give young people the opportunity to express their views and attitudes towards one of the important population issues which is unemployment using the art of drawing.

Amawi pointed out that launching this contest is out of HPC’s concern with building and promoting partnerships with different national institutions to support population and development issues and policies by engaging in activities and initiatives that support such issues in service of the desired sustainable development. She affirmed the importance of consolidation of national efforts geared towards supporting young people and providing all available means for them to participate in the labor market and increase their productivity and competitiveness in the national, regional and international markets.

JU’s School of Arts and Design’s Dean, Dr. Rami Haddad, affirmed the importance of this contest in supporting population and development issues in society, especially those related to young people. He stressed that the School of Arts and Design is sparing no effort in supporting national initiatives that aim to enhance young people’s awareness and empower them in different areas considering they are the future of Jordan.

Around 20 Painting and Drawing major students are participating in the contest. Participants are granted a period of three days that ends on 8/7/2019 to prepare their drawings. Upon the end of such period, the best 3 drawings will be selected by a specialized committee, the members of which are a representative of HPC, a representative of the School of Arts and Design at JU and a plastic artist who is a member of the Jordanian Plastic Artists Association.

Winners will be honored at the closing ceremony that will be organized by HPC for the World Population Day on 18/7/2019 under this year’s theme “25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development:ِ A Promise Expedited”. Winners will be awarded the following monetary prizes: First place: 300 JDs, second place: 250 JDs, third place: 200 JDs.

Every year on July 11th, the world celebrates World Population Day which aims to raise awareness towards population issues. In celebration of this day, HPC intends to conduct a number of activities on the national level in cooperation with the concerned entities. These activities include the drawing contest in addition to a series of meetings and discussions and will be concluded on 18/7/2019 with a ceremony that will involve launching the National Standards for Youth-friendly Reproductive Health Services Document and a play entitled “Not Shameful (Mosh E’ib)” in cooperation with the Performing Arts Center. The contest winners will also be honored at that ceremony.

This year, the World Population Day is intended to draw the world’s attention towards the unfinished agenda of ICPD which was held on 1994 and in which 179 country recognized the fact that reproductive health and gender equality are vital for achieving sustainable development.

Each year, the UN chooses an issue and calls upon world’s countries and their organizations to support it. This year’s celebration of World Population Day is under the theme “25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development ,A Promise Expedited” which constitutes an opportunity to raise awareness towards the mechanism under which choices and opportunities for women and girls have changed and to mobilize post-ICPD political support.