PRESS RELEASE
25 April 2017
UNITED NATIONS, New York - UNFPA has won the Webby Award and the Webby People's Voice Award in the category of Best Use of Photography for the web feature, "16 Girls, 16 Stories of Resistance". The Webby Award was bestowed by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, while the Webby People’s Voice Award was decided through an online vote.
· 16 girls, 16 stories of resistance is the Webby Winner in the Best Use of Photography category. Official Listing
· 16 girls, 16 stories of resistance is the People's Voice Winner in the Best Use of Photography category. Official Listing
The Webby’s received 13,000 entries from all 50 U.S. states and more than 70 countries—and 3.5 million votes cast in the Webby People’s Voice Awards—the 21st Annual Webby Awards is the largest number of votes in the contest’s history, according to the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
You can have access to the winner page through the following link:
