Discover how Global Health 50/50 doubled entries celebrating gender globally
Global Health 50/50 received above a thousand entries empowering them to celebrate the richer diversity of stories entered to their competition.
In brief
1,000 submissions across 65 countries
2x more entries than previous year
Global Health 50/50 increased submissions and saved time administrating their prize:
- Managing submissions globally
- Automate rounds & messaging
- Make it easy for judges to view all information for candidates in their own time
Visualising gender
Global Health 50/50 is an independent research initiative that informs, inspires and incites action and accountability for gender equality and health equity.
As part of their incredible work, Global Health 50/50 runs “This is Gender” an annual photography competition to counter pervasive gender blindness.
The 2021 edition drew together a panel of international experts to select 30 images from across the world that explore gender in all its diversity during the pandemic.
A notable increase in submissions
This is Gender attracted 1,000 submissions celebrating 1,000 moments of 1,000 different lives, across 65 countries in the world. Global Health 50/50 saved time and grew their impact using Zealous by:
- Setting up their competition in a matter of minutes
- Keeping an eye on submissions in real-time
- Managing a complex judging process involving several rounds with different external judges.
- Automating rounds and messages to candidates and judges
Hosting our photography competition on Zealous was a revelation. The platform is incredibly easy to use at every stage of the process.
Imogen Bakelmun
UCL (Fellow At Centre For Gender And Global Health)
Advancing action for gender equality
The competition provided profound insights into how gender shapes people’s lives in a time of unprecedented social pressure and crisis. The photographs make visible what it means to be a gendered body in a time of pandemic and reveal a systematic failure to address gender in the global pandemic response.
Vibrant, dynamic, and defiant, the works disrupt gender blindness and demand to be seen despite the gender blindness of the COVID-19 response and have gathered exposure in the national media.
