Vanuatu teenager wins UNICEF video contest
![A screengrab from Nenneth's winning film. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201202/r893821_9004760.jpg "A screengrab from Nenneth's winning film. [ABC]")
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A screengrab from Nenneth's winning film. [ABC]
Sean Dorney, Pacific Correspondent
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A teenage girl from Vanuatu has won an international competition conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund to create a one-minute video.
Nenneth Sakita's film focused on women's right to choose what clothes they wear.
UNICEF communication specialist Tomas Jensen organised the workshop where sixteen-year-old Nenneth developed her idea.
"It's about the experience that Nenneth has along with other young girls in Vanuatu, that they are not allowed to dress the way they want, that they are not allowed to articulate their feelings, their needs," he said.
Nenneth said the girls at the workshop didn't like the way the boys spoke about what one of their teachers was wearing.
"One of the women who teach us - the boys were talking about her dress," she said.
"Plenty of boys and men don't like women wearing short skirts. Women too have rights. Men have rights. And women and children."
Her entry was selected ahead of 250 others from around the world.
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