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Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP)

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The Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) is a non-profit media and art advocacy and research organisation that uses information communication technology (ICT) and other forms of media for development. The organisation's mission is to advance the skills and prominence of women photojournalists so that they might effectively advocate for the rights and development of minority groups, especially women and children. FFP carries this out by documenting and increasing society's awareness of the achievements and challenges of women and children through photography and video, by building the capacity of visual communicators and the media to respond to women and children's rights issues, and by creating and providing useable and accessible information for the development of women and children.
Communication Strategies

FFP's strategy includes:


  1. Advocacy
    • Work with media owners, managers, editors and journalists on women's rights issues in the media.
    • Disseminate development information to women and policy makers through ICT.
    • Provide information for women to make informed decisions on their development.
    • Give visibility to women and their achievements through photo and video documentation.
    • Work with communities on social development issues within the concept of good governance.
    • Work with communities to produce experimental development cinema.


  2. Capacity Building - Offer periodic workshops and training for media persons.
  3. Documentation/Research - Produce and research videos on social issues by portraying women's perspectives. Conduct research in rural communities on the use of media and arts as means of human resource development.
  4. Economic Development/Poverty Alleviation - This is pursued through the foundation’s Infonin Gallery and the Association of Visual Communicators projects (CAV).


Motivated by the belief that access to information is key to women's and children's development, FFP also produces audiovisual and artistic information, education, and communication (IEC) materials. These materials are designed to enable the organisation to overcome language barriers and illiteracy in their advocacy and research initiatives.

Development Issues

Women, Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children.

Key Points

FFP started working in November 1998 as an initiative to create opportunities in the media for female photojournalists and photographers as well as to pursue women's development issues through the media. The quest was motivated by the Beijing platform for action adopted in 1995. FFP's objectives include:


  • Contribute to social development through advocacy, research, and networking using ICT
  • Promote self-reliance and economic independence of women visual communicators
  • Document - and increase society's awareness of - the achievements and challenges of minority groups, especially women and children.
  • Build the capacity of visual communicators and the media to respond to women's and children's rights issues in a developmental manner.
  • Create and provide useable and accessible information for the development of women and children.
Sources

FFP website.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/21/2006 - 08:42 Permalink

Invitation to a
Film Festival in Ghana
26 September 2006

What is it?
The FFP’s Yoo Film Festival (YOFF) is a weeklong unique program to commence this year under the theme “OUT-DOORING A NEW PHASE IN FILMMAKING”. It is targeted at previewing films produced, directed, written and edited by women. The project is aimed at giving a platform for women in film making to showcase their works. The duration of films to be previewed is ten to twenty minutes and will portray women as protagonists; kind, God fearing, loving, honest and faithful. The festival is based in Ghana and attracts participants from Africa. About 10 films will be screened coupled with workshops and discussions. The screening films are developmental and focus on core issues that affect women and children in Africa.
International Participants
Two women filmmakers from each West African country will be selected to participate in the festival. All internal costs (food, transportation and accommodation) will be sponsored. Participants will be selected based on applications. Application forms can be downloaded from our website. http://yooff.blogspot.com or requested by e-mail. Participants will bear the traveling cost to Ghana.

Application deadline is August 2006

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/21/2006 - 08:39 Permalink

Invitation to a
Film Festival in Ghana
26 September 2006

What is it?
The FFP’s Yoo Film Festival (YOFF) is a weeklong unique program to commence this year under the theme “OUT-DOORING A NEW PHASE IN FILMMAKING”. It is targeted at previewing films produced, directed, written and edited by women. The project is aimed at giving a platform for women in film making to showcase their works. The duration of films to be previewed is ten to twenty minutes and will portray women as protagonists; kind, God fearing, loving, honest and faithful. The festival is based in Ghana and attracts participants from Africa. About 10 films will be screened coupled with workshops and discussions. The screening films are developmental and focus on core issues that affect women and children in Africa.
International Participants
Two women filmmakers from each West African country will be selected to participate in the festival. All internal costs (food, transportation and accommodation) will be sponsored. Participants will be selected based on applications. Application forms can be downloaded from our website. http://yooff.blogspot.com or requested by e-mail. Participants will bear the traveling cost to Ghana.

Application deadline is August 2006

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 05:50 Permalink

Nice to know about this.

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