Two4One Talent for Change Campaign Against Sexual Harassment in Universities in Uganda, The Susan Oregede Award for Excellence. Call For Innovations. Apply by 21st November 2020, Auditions: Saturday 28th November 2020.
TWO4ONE TALENT FOR CHANGE CAMPAIGN AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN UNIVERSITIES IN UGANDA
THE 2020 SUSAN OREGEDE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
CALL FOR INNOVATIONS
1. Introduction
The ‘Two for One Talent for Change’ (also known as Two4One) Campaign is a peer-to-peer Performing Arts Competition aimed at mitigating the problem of Sexual Harassment in Universities. This is through the collaborative efforts of both men and women to safeguard any victim of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. The campaign taps into students’ talents as an agency for addressing a social challenge of sexual harassment that primarily affects them.The social innovation was successfully conducted through its first year of rollout at Makerere University from September-October 2019. A total of 64 entries were registered to compete in the categories of music, dance, drama, poetry and instrumentals and messages centered around understanding and ending sexual harassment in Universities. The 2019 activity had three stages, auditions which attracted over 500, elimination stage with over 10,000 the Grand Finale with over 15,000 members of the university community in attendance. The Campaign initiated open discussions on sexual harassment among and against students, and attracted interest from other Universities around the country. This was an interactive and highly effective mode of transmitting the message against Sexual Harassment to the student and the general University Community. The success of this campaign suggested a need to expand this campaign and the 2020 campaign has been expanded beyond Makerere University to include other Ugandan Universities.
The Purpose of the campaign is to fight against sexual harassment in universities through students’ agency. Specifically, this campaign;
Seeks to put to good use students’ positive energies through engaging in innovative thinking on how to solve the social problems in their communities
Scale up awareness creation on sexual harassment prevention and response through arts. Knowledge is power!
Tap into and strengthen students’ agency through continuous innovations on solutions to sexual harassment prevention and response
The 2020 campaign will be a music and drama competition among students from universities in Uganda on the best innovative messages and message presentations for prevention and response to sexual harassment.
3. How to join.
The 2020 Two4One contest is here! How do you join?
Create your profile using a set of questions provided on the page.
Thinking innovatively, generate and record your awareness message in a song or skit.
Upload your video (not more than 5 minutes) in mp4 format (not more than 1080p resolution).
4. The procedure of handling the competitions
Stage I
Contestants will submit their video clips
The video clips shall be submitted online through the two4one website which will be immediately received and posted in the waiting room
The team of judges shall look at the video clips for relevance to the competition and pass for posting on the website for public viewing and voting
Through public voting, 100 contestants shall be selected for further scrutiny by the team of judges
From the list of 100 contestants, the judges will shortlist 50 contestants who will proceed to the auditions
Stage II
The second level of auditions shall be carried out at a venue that will be communicated to the successful contestants. This second level audition shall be on zoom for the rest of the public with only the judges and the contestants physically meeting. For all the physical meetings for the auditions, the SOPs for the prevention of COVID – 19 shall followed and adhered to.
Preparations for the Grand Finale – 5 Day Boot Camp
Prior to the Grand Finale, the Finalists will be invited to participate in a 5 – day intensive boot Camp. At this forum, the finalists shall undergo professional creative music training on how to effectively communicate the message on Sexual Harassment using music and drama. This training shall also equip participants with skills on effective communication, confidence building, and understanding of gender. The boot Camp shall constitute a performance material that the participants may present at the Grand Finale. They will rehearse using these materials and in teams of not more than five with maximum social distancing. They will also undergo further training on sexual Harassment prevention and response. The contestants who are unable to physically interact with the trainers shall have an opportunity to be trained online.
5. Grand finale
The grand finale shall live on NBS TV. This event shall be attended physically by only contestants and the judges. The event shall be live on ZOOM, Facebook Live: Makerere University Facebook page & GMD Facebook page. A ZOOMlink shall be provided on the campaign website for virtual attendance. At this event, the finalists shall make their presentations and the three winners awarded as follows;
No.
Position
Award (UGX)
1.
The Winner
5,000,000
2.
Second runner-up
4,000,000
3.
Third runner-up
3,000,000
In addition to the cash prize for the overall winner shall be supported with an extra 5, 000,000 UGX to further develop and publish the script.
6. Schedule of events
Deadline for submission: November, 28th 2020
Auditions: December 1st 2020
Grand Finale: December 9th, 2020
Please send your inquires to;
tumwesigye.eric[at]gendermainstreaming.mak.ac.ug or WhatsApp +256-757-391098
2020 Two4One Talent Campaign against Sexual Harassment
The Academic Registrar, Professor Buyinza Mukadasi has been appointed Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) of Makerere University, for a period of six (6) months effective 11th July 2024 to 10th January 2025 or until a substantive First Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) is appointed whichever comes earlier.
He is a Professor of Forestry Resource Economics and served as the Director, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT), Makerere University from 2014 to October 2022. Buyinza holds a PhD in Forest Economics from Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta Indonesia. He holds a number of professional enhancement certificates and Diplomas.
As Director DRGT he was charged with the oversight responsibility of all institutional research grants and graduate training in the university. Prof Buyinza served as the Deputy Director in Charge of Administration and Graduate Training (2010 – 2013); Head, Department of Community Forestry and Extension, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Resources (2003 – 2005, 2008-2010) at Makerere University. Buyinza grew though the University ranks from a Tutorial Assistant (1993 – 1998) at Gajah Mada University, Indonesia to becoming a Lecturer (1999); Senior Lecturer (2004); Assoc. Professor (2007) and Full Professor (2010) at Makerere University. He has over 20 years experience of University research and teaching in the field of Forestry and Natural Resource Economics. He has successfully supervised over 50 MSc. and 10 PhD students in the fields of forestry, environment and natural resources. He has also acted as an external examiner in many regional and international universities. He is a member of many professional bodies and served as the Chairperson, Board of Directors of the National Forestry Authority (2007 – 2013). He was the Institutional Focal person (2010-2022) and Chair of the Board of Management of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), 2014 – 2018.
Buyinza has published widely in the field of forest resource economics, environmental incomes, economics of biodiversity conservation, and Environmental Incomes for Rural Income and livelihoods. He has authored more than 150 papers in International peer-reviewed referred journals, 4 book Chapters, attended more than 70 conference proceedings and has presented in more than 140 conferences/seminars/workshops.
Buyinza has built a very strong international network of collaborations in research administration and has tremendous capacity for resource mobilization. He has been Principal investigator (PI) of 15 research projects and as Co-Principal Investigator in many other institutional research grants. He is the Coordinator of various externally funded research capacity building initiatives at Makerere University. He has a wealth of research management experience with special focus on in the field of natural resources economics, and environmental governance.
The Academic Registrar, Makerere University invites applications for the Undergraduate Programmes under the Mature Age Entry Scheme only for Private Sponsorship for 2024/2025 Academic Year. Non-Refundable Application fee of Shs. 50,000/= for Ugandans OR $75 Equivalent for Internationals, plus bank charge should be paid in any of the banks used by Uganda Revenye Authority after generating a Payment Reference Number (PRN).
Application is for candidates who passed the Mature Age Entry Examinations of December 17, 2022 and February 24, 2024 only.
Any candidate who passed the examinations in mentioned above and was not admitted on Government/ Private sponsorship for December 17, 2022 sitting, and for Government sponsorship for February 24, 2024 sitting, is eligible to apply for admission on Private Sponsorship for 2024 /2025 Academic Year.
The closing date for applying will be Friday 26th July, 2024.
The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released lists of Diploma/Degree Holder applicants admitted under Private/Self Sponsorship for the academic year 2024/25. Please note that admission is subject to verification of academic documents by the awarding institutions.
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