UNICEF: "A Minute for My Rights" video project in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, 1 April 2009 Young people have discovered an important medium for promoting children's rights in Argentina. Since 2005, 'A minute for my rights' (Un minuto por mis derechos) has brought creative children together to make one-minute films.

Over 2,000 young people aged 12 to 21 from various backgrounds have participated in the project over the past four years. Most live in impoverished areas of the country and have limited opportunities for creative expression.

During one recent five-month period, a group of participants learned technical and visual skills, and then used them to create and produce a series of one-minute videos. In the process, they engaged in dialogue with their peers, reflected on their rights and thought critically through the creative process.

The project grew out of the global OneMinutesJr initiative, launched in 2002 by the European Cultural Foundation, the One Minutes Foundation and UNICEF. In Argentina, the project focused on children's rights because its organizers saw a need for wider public knowledge and discussion of this issue.

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To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/argentina_49045.html

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• Argentina
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Yes this might be one of the simplest videos

Yet it's meaning overlaps its simplicity

I love it, I love it, I truely do love it

Kudos to El Nino Producto

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