Call for entries: Africa Educates Her creative content

The campaign was launched in August and will run until December. The activities lined up for the campaign include webinars and youth pop-up conversations on social media.

The selected submissions will be shared on the campaign's blog and form part of the Africa Educates Her documentary, which will be released at the end of 2020.

"COVID-19 has affected over 133 million female learners across the continent and more than 10 million of them risk not returning to school if we do not take action that guarantees their return once schools reopen," the AU said. "Evidence is pointing out that girls and women are suffering disproportionate effects of this pandemic, as they bear the burden of care work, and are vulnerable to gender-based abuse."

Entries can take the following formats:

• Music.
• Videos.
• Blog articles.
• Poetry.
• Art.
• Photography.

Who can apply?

The call is open to all AU member states and the following individuals are eligible to participate:

• Girls and women.
• Students.
• Human rights activists.
• Teachers or educators.

Entries made in music or audio format must:

• Not exceed four minutes.
• Be saved in MP3.

How to apply

• Entrants can sign up here.
• Entries should be sent to youth.cieffa@gmail.com with the subject line, 'Africa Educates Her_Audio Submission'. The email should include the entrant's name, country, age and occupation.