Results of the HURIGHTS OSAKA Award 2005
for International Human Rights Education Materials
Award 2005 Selection Jury
14 October, 2005
for International Human Rights Education Materials
Award 2005 Selection Jury
14 October, 2005
The Selection Jury met on 15 and 16 September, 2005 to select the Award recipients. 60 entries were received from 37 organizations within and outside of Japan. The entries were full of diversity and creativity, and included text materials (supplementary reading materials, comic books, worksheets, etc.) videos, CDs, DVDs, short movies, presentations on Powerpoint, website contents, programs for performances, and comprehensive training programs.
After 2 days or a total of 16 hours of careful and heated discussions, the following 3 entries were decided as recipients for the Award.
Following the proposal from the Selection Jury, we plan to exhibit the recipients and other entries for the Award 2004 and 2005 early December, as part of the "Sekai no Jinken Kyoiku Kyouzai ten (Global Human Rights Education Materials Exhibition)." Details will be announced at a later date.
*Title: Gender and Human Rights
Entrant: Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center (Japan)
Description: Workshop teaching material consisting of a workbook "Gender and Human Rights (A4 75p) and a "User Manual" (B5 6p)
Description by entrant (summary):
Workbook created by feminist activists from all over the country to be used by women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The material is being used in various areas by women's groups, government administration, and schools.
*Title: Kaleidoscope Primers - School texts for teaching gender equality, human rights and peace
Entrant: Simorgh Women's Resource & Publication Centre(Pakistan)
Description: Teaching materials series consisting of 12 publications for elementary school, on gender, human rights in general and peace. Textbook (1-6th grade) and teachers guide. (English)
Description by entrant (summary):
The textbook project attempts to retrieve the culture of tolerance based on the recognition of life's richness and diversity, and also to introduce the children to their own rights as individuals and as members of the human community. Kaleidoscope primers address issues of right to life, safety, food, health, education, etc., and actively involve children in developing their learning and thinking processes. They use the participatory method, with discussions and group work with the children, as well as data identification and logic. A Teacher's Guide accompanies each primer, which should inspire teachers to include parallel material on given themes and exercises based on the formats in the primers.
*Title: OK Tak OK
Entrants: Women's Centre for Change (Malaysia)
Description: Text, guide and visual material (2 VCDs) on prevention of child sexual abuse. Text material in English and Malay. VCDs "OK Tak OK"(Is this touch OK? Not OK ?) are in Malay only, but describes, using skits, cases of sexual abuse.
Description by entrant (summary):
The first OK Tak OK, an audiovisual recast of participatory dramas on sexual abuse prevention was produced to reach out to as many schools and states other than Penang, to be used widely in schools as accessible and portable material. It has been used in training hundreds of school teachers and counselors.
The second VCD was produced to reach a wider audience in the larger Malay population and non-urban areas. Both VCDs teaches on what is healthy and unhealthy touches, scenarios of adapted real life cases of sexual abuse. At the end of each scenario, the audience is asked what they will do in such cases, and teachers/counselors will discuss preventive steps that can be taken.
After 2 days or a total of 16 hours of careful and heated discussions, the following 3 entries were decided as recipients for the Award.
- "Gender and Human Rights" (Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center: Japan)
- "Kaleidoscope Primers - School text for teaching gender equality, human rights and peace" (Simorgh Women's Resource & Publication Centre: Pakistan)
- "OK Tak OK" (Women's Centre for Change: Malaysia)
Following the proposal from the Selection Jury, we plan to exhibit the recipients and other entries for the Award 2004 and 2005 early December, as part of the "Sekai no Jinken Kyoiku Kyouzai ten (Global Human Rights Education Materials Exhibition)." Details will be announced at a later date.
| Selection Jury for the Award 2005 consists of the following people. |
| Jung Kang-Ja | Senior Commissioner, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea |
| Sachio Hata (Chair) | Professor, School of Policy, Kwansei Gakuin University General Manager, InterMedium Institute Graduate School |
| Ritsue Hata | Editor, Osaka Office, Mainichi Shimbun |
| Khanittha Matsuo | Program Staff, FM CO-CO-LO Lecturer, Kyoto Seika University |
| Yolanda Alfaro Tsuda | Associate Professor, Department of English, Kobe College |
| Kinhide Mushakoji | Chairperson, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center President, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) |
| Yoshio Kawashima | Director, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center President, Senri Kinran College |
| Award Recipients (in random order) |
*Title: Gender and Human Rights
Entrant: Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center (Japan)
Description: Workshop teaching material consisting of a workbook "Gender and Human Rights (A4 75p) and a "User Manual" (B5 6p)
Description by entrant (summary):
Workbook created by feminist activists from all over the country to be used by women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The material is being used in various areas by women's groups, government administration, and schools.
*Title: Kaleidoscope Primers - School texts for teaching gender equality, human rights and peace
Entrant: Simorgh Women's Resource & Publication Centre(Pakistan)
Description: Teaching materials series consisting of 12 publications for elementary school, on gender, human rights in general and peace. Textbook (1-6th grade) and teachers guide. (English)
Description by entrant (summary):
The textbook project attempts to retrieve the culture of tolerance based on the recognition of life's richness and diversity, and also to introduce the children to their own rights as individuals and as members of the human community. Kaleidoscope primers address issues of right to life, safety, food, health, education, etc., and actively involve children in developing their learning and thinking processes. They use the participatory method, with discussions and group work with the children, as well as data identification and logic. A Teacher's Guide accompanies each primer, which should inspire teachers to include parallel material on given themes and exercises based on the formats in the primers.
*Title: OK Tak OK
Entrants: Women's Centre for Change (Malaysia)
Description: Text, guide and visual material (2 VCDs) on prevention of child sexual abuse. Text material in English and Malay. VCDs "OK Tak OK"(Is this touch OK? Not OK ?) are in Malay only, but describes, using skits, cases of sexual abuse.
Description by entrant (summary):
The first OK Tak OK, an audiovisual recast of participatory dramas on sexual abuse prevention was produced to reach out to as many schools and states other than Penang, to be used widely in schools as accessible and portable material. It has been used in training hundreds of school teachers and counselors.
The second VCD was produced to reach a wider audience in the larger Malay population and non-urban areas. Both VCDs teaches on what is healthy and unhealthy touches, scenarios of adapted real life cases of sexual abuse. At the end of each scenario, the audience is asked what they will do in such cases, and teachers/counselors will discuss preventive steps that can be taken.
Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA)
1-2-1-1500, Benten, Minato-ku Osaka, 552-0007 Japan
Phone: +81-6-6577-3578, Fax: +81-6-6577-3583, e-mail
1-2-1-1500, Benten, Minato-ku Osaka, 552-0007 Japan
Phone: +81-6-6577-3578, Fax: +81-6-6577-3583, e-mail