ISLAMABAD: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced a bilingual (English and Urdu) “Essay Competition” for Pakistani writers, TheNewsTribe.com reported.
INTRODUCTION:
Violence against health-care has been a growing humanitarian issue with long-term and widespread effects. Attacks against health-care workers, hospitals and ambulances cause disruption in their services, often even depriving people of life-saving treatment. Doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance drivers are the most vulnerable to attack by attendants and relatives of patients. In addition to this, numerous other socio-economic and political factors have also resulted in the lack of adequate medical facilities within the country.
Understanding violence against health-care involves looking at the different forms that this can take, the potential victims, and the possible explanations for such violence. Only after fully comprehending this issue can practical solutions for it be realized.
Two reports in connection to this issue have been published by the ICRC. Their links have been given below.
ICRC Report: Violence Against Health Care Results From A Multi Center Study In Karachi
ICRC Report 2: Towards Protecting Heath Care In Karachi, A Legal Review
The contributors are expected to dwell on any specific or multiple dimensions of this aspect of the Pakistani society.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions that pursue a political agenda, or vilify, demean or discriminate against a particular group of people on any basis whatsoever will not be judged favourably.
Each participant shall be permitted to submit only one individual entry; joint entries shall not be permitted.
All submissions must be the original work of the participants; plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.
The submission should not have previously been submitted for any other publication or for any other competition.
The deadline for submission is 10th November 2016 by 24:00 (PST). Submissions will however be accepted till three days after the deadline, with a penalty of 2 marks/day.
The word limit for each submission is 5,000 words (excluding footnotes).
Submissions in PDF format shall be emailed as an attachment to Aezaz Ur Rahman at aurrehman@icrc.org with a copy to Najum ul-Saqib Iqbal at nulsaqibiqbal@icrc.org.
The subject of the email shall be: ‘Essay Competition Submission 2016’. Each submission shall include the writer’s name, email-address, contact phone number and occupation.
Prize
| 1st Prize | Rs. 80,000 |
| 2nd Prize | Rs. 60,000 |
In addition, the winners will also be awarded certificates and souvenirs.
Marking Criteria
Each submission shall be marked out of a total of 100 marks.
The marking criteria for the entries shall be as follows:-
| Ingenuity/Originality | 30 Marks |
| Quality of Research | 25 Marks |
| Structure and Clarity | 25 Marks |
| English/Grammar | 10 Marks |
| Presentation and Formatting | 10 Marks |
Eligibility
The competition is open to everyone including:
- University students of all disciplines (current or former)
- Medical practitioners
- Government officials
- Officials associated with think tanks or international organizations
- Journalists
- Volunteers and officials associated with NGOs and INGOs
- Development professionals and philanthropists
Jury
The jury will consist of representatives of the ICRC. Their decision shall be final. Prize winners shall be notified by email no later than 10th December 2016.
All the entries shall be the property of the ICRC. The ICRC reserves the right to publish the entries in any manner as it may deem appropriate, without providing any royalty or compensation.
For details follow the links:
EDITOR NOTE: TheNewsTribe.com is collaborating with ICRC Pakistan to spread the word about ‘essay competition’ and its detail among Pakistanis. The email IDs for the essay competition entries belong to ICRC Pakistan.
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