On Friday, May 15, Ipas Bolivia, with the support of the Swedish Embassy in Bolivia, held the awards ceremony for the “Sin Peros en la Lengua” National TikTok Contest. An initiative that called on young people between the ages of 15 and 25 to create short videos to promote prevention of Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions (MUITF) and sexual violence.
After receiving applications from young people throughout the country, the jury evaluated the publications and selected the three best videos in the two categories (prevention of sexual violence and Marriages and Early and Forced Infant, Early Childhood and Forced Unions (MUITF).
Category: Prevention of sexual violence
- First place: Gabriel Condori Mamani (“Click” to see the video)
- Second Place: Luz Mariana Choque Condori (“Click” to see the video)
- Third place: Jorge Luis Meneses Flores (“Click” to see the video)
Category: Marriage, Early and Forced Infant, Early Childhood and Forced Unions (MUITF)
- First place: Oscar Santiago López Espejo (“Click” to see the video)
- Second place: Virginia Vela Condori (“Click” to see the video)
- Third Place: Andrea Cecilia Patty Zegarra (“Click” to see the video)
Photo 1, 2, 3 and 4: Oscar López, Gabriel Condori, Luz Choque and Andrea Patty receiving their awards, presented by Ms. Adela Yapu, Program Manager, and Ms. Sheila Cruz, Finance and Administration Manager, Ipas Bolivia.
“By participating in this (contest), they have made me realize that there are many more conflicts or problems that need to be discussed and talked about”. [A part of me said to myself: “You are just sending a message, you are not doing anything about it”, but the fact that you are talking about things that are not talked about, is already doing something about it”, says Oscar López, winner of the first place in the MUITF category.
With this contest, Ipas Bolivia reaffirms the importance of creating spaces where young people can express their ideas, question prejudices and contribute, from their own voices, to the prevention of social problems that affect their daily lives. Using formats that are close to home, such as short videos on the TikTok social network, the “Sin Peros en la Lengua” contest demonstrated that talking about these issues is also a way to promote information, reflection and change.