BANGLADESH / GIRLS CRICKET

With Bangladesh co-hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup, UNICEF and its partner organizations are using the game to promote female empowerment through sport. With the help of a UNICEF-supported Adolescent Empowerment project, the number of girls' cricket teams across the country has jumped from 14 to 52 since late 2009. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:23
• Production Date: 19 March 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: LEISURE; SPORTS
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH
• MAMS Id: U110319b

Description

STORY: BANGLADESH / GIRLS CRICKET
TRT: 2:23
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / BENGALI / NATS

DATELINE: FEBRUARY 2011, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH

Shotlist

1. Med shot, girl bowling
2. Med shot, girl batting
3. Wide shot, fielder tries to save the score
4. Med shot, girls cheering
5. Wide shot, cricket pitch with players
6. Med shot, girl pauses and then bowls to girl batting - the ball hits the wickets throwing the batsmen out of the game
7. Med shot, fielding team come together for a huddle and cheers
8. Wide shot, audience watching the cricket match
9. Wide shot, cricket field
10. Wide shot, crowds cheering
11. Wide shot, cricket pitch, girl bats and runs to score as fielder throws the ball on the wicket and gets her out
12. Med shot, girl singing
13. Wide shot, audience watching girl singing
14. Med shot, actors on stage performing a play about HIV and AIDS
15. Med shot, girls in caps watching the play
16. Med shot, boys watching the play and laughing
17. Close up, two girls watching the play and smiling
18. Close up, 19-year-old Arju to 17-year-old Abdus
19. Med shot, Arju and Abdus clapping
20. Wide shot, boys in the audience clapping
21. Wide shot, Arju and Abdus walk onto stage to give a presentation
22. Wide shot, Arju and Abdus speak to the audience
23. Close up, 2 students looking on
24. Close up, Arju holding up a chart
25. Close up, school girl watching the presentation
26. Close up, poster with a woman hugging a man
27. SOUNDBITE (English), Bonny, 15-years-old:
”We got to know how to react with the HIV affected people. We should not ignore them. We should try to accept the way they are. We should not avoid them and we should not distress from the society. So that’s what we learned from today.”
28. Wide shot, girl bats as fielder catches the ball and tries to hit the wicket in time
29. Wide shot, fielding team comes together
30. SOUNDBITE (Bengali) Misha, 16 years old:
”We really enjoy playing cricket. It keeps us healthy and clears the mind. We are very happy that we got the opportunity to play in this tournament”
31. Wide shot, cricket pitch with the fielder throwing the ball
32. Wide shot, girl batting runs to score runs
33. Med shot, girls yelling out “Bangladesh”

Storyline

Girls’ cricket teams may not be common in Bangladesh but they’re certainly on the rise.

These players are part of the UNICEF-supported Adolescent Empowerment project, which aims to increase adolescent participation across various sectors of Bangladeshi society.

Since late 2009 the project has seen the number of girls’ cricket teams across the country jump from 14 to 52.

These players have come to the southern city of Chittagong to compete in an all-girl cricket tournament.

With Bangladesh co-hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup, UNICEF and its partner organizations are using the game to promote female empowerment through sport and that’s not all.

Before a large audience at the cricket ground, adolescents perform a play about HIV and AIDS.

It’s part of UNICEF’s global ThinkWise campaign, which aims to educate people about the diseases.

Looking on are 19-year-old Arju and 17-year-old Abdus.

They’re from two UNICEF-supported adolescent centers, known locally as Kishori clubs and they’re taking the ThinkWise message they’ve been taught to classrooms across Chittagong.

This is one of several high schools they’re visiting to spread information and dispel myths about HIV and AIDS

SOUNDBITE (English), Bonny, 15-years-old:
”We got to know how to react with the HIV affected people. We should not ignore them. We should try to accept the way they are. We should not avoid them and we should not distress from the society. So that’s what we learned from today.”

Such lessons have also been learnt by the players, who say taking part in the cricket tournament has not made them more aware of a key social issue but given them extra confidence.

SOUNDBITE (Bengali), Misha, 16 years old:
”We really enjoy playing cricket. It keeps us healthy and clears the mind. We are very happy that we got the opportunity to play in this tournament”

And while they’re not sure which team will win this tournament, there’s no question about which team they want to see win the Cricket World Cup – Bangladesh.