UNICEF Awards 2012 for Gender sensitive Programs in T.V.

The Center for Media Studies in collaboration with UNICEF held the Awards Function For the third consecutive year at  Hyderabad on 6th February 2012. Fifteen popular Telugu TV channels, reflecting their commitment to social concerns, focused 93 hours of their prime time with 702 programs on various issues of girl child.The Jury of experts finalized the selections after the CMS scanned the recorded programs.The recommendations  by one of the Jury Members, Dr. Mamatha  were already given in the earlier Blog of Tharuni.
UNICEF through these awards, is keen to highlight the issues of girl child on different channels, so that it will have an impact on the minds of he people.
Tharuni congratulates all the Telugu T.V. channels for their wholehearted efforts to bring out problems of girl child before the viewers. Let us hope this initiative of UNICEF may provoke all Media Channels of communication in all languages, to relay the issues as well as the  solutions for the better status of the girl child. Tharuni's appreciation to the Center for Media Studies for their dedicated efforts to make the program a grand success.