At femLENS, we believe that education, creativity, and activism belong to everyone. That’s why the toolkits, booklets, and magazines we publish are designed to be free, adaptable, and practical—so they can move off the screen and into classrooms, community centres, exhibitions, or conversations around the kitchen table.

Whether you’re an educator, youth worker, artist, or someone simply looking to create space for critical reflection and expression, here’s how you can start using femLENS materials in your own context.

1. Use the Artivism Toolkit to Spark Collective Action

Great for: Youth centres, community groups, activist collectives, classrooms, exhibitions

The Artivism Toolkit introduces the history of art and activism and includes step-by-step guides for hands-on creative actions using posters, performances, zines, flyering, and more.

Try this:

  • Set up a guerrilla-style exhibition in your local café, corridor, or street corner (page 61)

  • Start a flyer campaign with bold, simple messages around an issue your group cares about (page 46)

  • Lead a discussion on artivism history, exploring how artists have resisted oppression through visual tactics

📥 Download the Artivism Toolkit

2. Use the Art Therapy Booklet to Open Conversations About Identity and Emotion

Great for: Youth workers, social workers, informal educators, mental health professionals, art therapists

This booklet blends therapeutic approaches with accessible creative exercises, using collage, photography, and simple materials to explore emotional safety, identity, memory, and healing—through a gender-sensitive lens.

Try this:

  • Run the safe vs. unsafe spaces photography activity to reflect on environments that affect wellbeing (page 19)

  • Facilitate a session using the likes/dislikes collage to open dialogue around values and boundaries (page 35)

📥 Download the Art Therapy Booklet

3. Share We See Magazine to Amplify Underrepresented Voices

Great for: Libraries, bookstores, NGOs, schools, conferences, exhibitions

We See is our documentary photography magazine featuring the work of women and non-professional photographers from underrepresented communities around the world. Each issue has a different theme and includes personal photo essays, interviews, and reflections.

Try this:

  • Distribute copies at your local community hub or creative space

  • Use a photo story from an issue as a conversation or writing prompt

  • Host a reading group or zine table focused on a specific issue—like migration, resistance, or GBV

Read past issues online
Order printed copies

femlens We See Women Take Photos photography magazine

4. Planning a Workshop or Event? We Can Support You

If you’re preparing a session and want to include visual storytelling, photovoice, or artivism, let’s talk. We’re happy to help you shape a session, recommend activities, or point you to the right materials.

Get in touch via info@femlens.com or through our contact form

Pass It On

If you’ve used femLENS materials—thank you. Every time a toolkit is downloaded, a story is read, or a zine is shared, it extends the reach of voices that are too often overlooked.

Please feel free to:

  • Translate our materials

  • Print them for workshops

  • Share them with colleagues or collaborators

  • Let us know what you’d like to see more of

Our work is stronger when it’s used in real spaces, by real people.