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Why We Need Creative Unions

June 28, 2021April 23, 2022

By Mary Ellen Dowd A trade union can be defined as a collective of workers, banding together to improve conditions […]

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Essential and expendable women workers vs OnlyFans stars who are making fortunes

June 9, 2021April 23, 2022

By Sneha Singh Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta A pregnant OnlyFans star was recently in the news for planning to […]

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The Invisible Shift

May 31, 2021April 23, 2022

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Part of illustration: ‘A Woman’s Work Is Never Done’, See Red […]

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COVID-19 and ‘pink collar’ workers

May 16, 2021April 23, 2022

Illustration photo creator Alberto Giuliani Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta It’s been over a year since the World Health […]

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Picturing Women at Work

May 10, 2021April 23, 2022

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Picture this: a woman dressed in a blue-collar uniform with an […]

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Why Highlight Women’s Work at all?

May 1, 2021April 23, 2022

By Mary Ellen Dowd Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Photo by Marian Noguera The term “women’s work” has been […]

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May Day 2021

May 1, 2021April 23, 2022

Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Photo by Lica Stein From time immemorial, people greeted May with glee, the warmth […]

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The Power of Women’s Solidarity

April 10, 2021April 24, 2022

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta When women come together, remarkable things happen. Many turning points in […]

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WATER GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING IN EBOLOWA, CAMEROON

March 22, 2021April 24, 2022

To celebrate World Water Day 2021 we would like to share a photo essay and some background information from Cameroon […]

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femLENS Group Project for IWD

March 9, 2021April 24, 2022

It has been a busy International Women’s Day this year with a community project culminating in a zine, a group […]

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Why does femLENS focus on women and girls?
Women and girls are still underrepresented in almost all areas of life. Photography as a storytelling tool shouldn’t be the domain of the privileged few. Technology today allows us to make that happen as so many people have access to a mobile phone with a camera. Read more

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  • Who Doesn’t Love a Challenge? — Inside the New Issue of We See Magazine
  • Who Gets to Tell the Story? A Decade of Women Behind the Camera
  • femLENS Receives UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status: What It Means and Why It Matters
  • WeLens Project Update: Stories, Tools, and Shared Action to End GBV
  • Redefining Representation: Women, the Internet, and the Power of Digital Expression
  • Power of Print Media: Why femLENS Still Publishes in Print
  • From Page to Practice: How to Use femLENS Resources in Your Community
  • Issue 10 of We See: Mapping the Landscape of Gender-Based Violence
  • The Making of We See Magazine: Behind the Stories, Layouts, and Late Nights
  • Art Therapy for Expression and Awareness: Two Methods from the Take pART! Booklet
  • Photovoice as a Tool for Participation: Stories from the AGENCY Project
  • The Artivism Toolkit – Creative Tools for Collective Action
  • We’re Back on the Blog: What femLENS Has Been Up To
  • AGENCY: Vote With Her!
  • Volunteer Partnerships Coordinator Role at femLENS

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femLENS works to empower women to become social change agents themselves.

We encourage women to use their voice, to tell their stories and stories of their communities through visual storytelling, using just a mobile phone camera or other easily available alternatives.

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