The Muhammad Ali Center announces the 2016 Third Annual “Shining a Light” International Photo Contest.

The goal of this year’s competition is to showcase individuals and organizations working toward the “Right to Education” for all children worldwide. In addition, the contest hosts will produce a documentary-style exhibition from 20 to 30 finalist photographs that will be exhibited at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky beginning March 2016.

CONTEST THEME

“Shining a Light: The Right to Education”

Informed by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative ), the photographic submissions are asked to depict individuals or organizations engaging in one or more of the following:

1. Improving the quality and availability of girls’ education
2. Removing barriers to learning
3. Empowering girls through education to realize their full potential
4. Reduction/elimination of school-related gender-based violence
5. An increased number of girls transitioning to secondary education and accessing post-primary opportunities