Tag: women
Women Protest Taliban ‘Morality Police’ in Afghanistan
One woman and one child were reported killed as Taliban militants opened fire at the protest and beat the women with sticks and whips.
Unemployment, Exclusion, and Lay-offs of Women from the Workplace under Crisis Conditions in Iran
High inflation rates, economic recession, war, and an internet shutdown lasting over two months have placed severe pressure on Iran’s labour market. The consequences have been particularly grave for women, leading to widespread layoffs and dismissals.
Women of Resilience: Stories from Ethiopia
While travelling across the country, I learned that resilience doesn’t always manifest in loud or heroic ways. Sometimes, resilience is in a mother’s calm face after a long day, in a child’s laughter while helping at home, or in a farmer’s steady hands planting seeds season after season.
Women in Prison: How It Is With Us
We sit in the bull pen. We are all black. All restless. And we are all freezing. When we ask, the matron tells us that […]
After Ten Years of War, Women Face a Dark Age in Yemen
It was August 2022, sometime around 3 a.m., when we arrived at the Naqil Yaslah checkpoint, some 40 kilometers south of the Yemeni capital Sana’a. […]
The Woman Who Talks With the River
She talks with the river about life in the city, herself, her kids, the past, the present, like with a best friend. When sad, she shares it with Drina. When happy, too. Drina is the first to know what is happening in her life. The river knows her fears, her dreams, her truths.
The Master’s Tools
A society cannot be free unless its technologies support a free and democratic social life. As the black feminist Audre Lorde noted, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”
Photo Essay: Womanhood — What Does She Look Like? How Is She Seen?
Globally, myriad forces continue to suppress, harm, and disenfranchise women; but this body of photographic work asks us to acknowledge, honor, and applaud the vital roles women play and to demand ever better equality.