The European Commission on Sunday launched a drawing competition that

"calls on children all over the world to express their vision of gender

equality", according to a commission press release on Friday. The

third-annual launch was timed to coincide with International Women's

Day. Contestants have until May 15 to submit their drawings, and in

June a jury of European children working "in the presence of Princess

Mathilde" of Belgium will select two winners from each region to

receive a prize equivalent to US$1,264.