UNESCO Regional Youth Contest for Human Rights in Eastern Africa | Apply Now
The UNESCO Regional Youth Contest for Human Rights in Eastern Africa invites youth aged 18–35 from Eastern Africa to creatively advocate for human rights as “Everyday Essentials” under the 2025 Human Rights Day campaign. Through essays or poems, videos or animations and creative art, participants are encouraged to promote UNESCO’s five core human rights education; freedom of expression, information and privacy; scientific progress; cultural participation; and access to water and sanitation using innovative, ethical, and context-relevant approaches, including digital tools and AI.
Guidelines for Participants
Eligibility: Be a youth aged between 18 – 35, and a national from any of the 13 Member States covered by the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa (Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda).
Language: English or French (for Essay/Poem); English, French or Swahili (for video). If you use Swahili kindly add caption in English
Novelty/Innovation: Essays/Poems must be original, innovative and unpublished. Already published works as well as plagiarized entries will be disqualified. If you use quotations, please include the reference at the bottom of the essay/poem (references are not included in the word count).
Style and Format:
– The Essay may be in academic, literary, dissertation or creative writing style, and must be typed and contain a title. It should be submitted in PDF or MS Word. Font: Arial; Font Size: 12; Line and Paragraph spacing: 1.5, Word Count: 1500 – 2500 words maximum.
– The Poem may be in creative writing style and must be typed and contain a title. It should be submitted in PDF or MS Word. Font: Arial; Font Size: 12; Line and Paragraph spacing: 1.5, Word Count:
– Fully AI-generated contents for Essays and Poems will be excluded. In case of use of AI, include a separate note clearly outlining which part(s) was(were) AI-generated.
– Braile and Signed English (sign language) submissions are equally encouraged.
Read More Details Below:
English Version
French Version
Submission Information:
ALL submissions MUST be uploaded on this form by the 21 March 2026 at 23:59 p.m. EAT, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the World Poetry Day.
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