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Modern History of Women’s Protests

March 8, 2021April 24, 2022

By Kirsten Magas Photo by Carina Lourdes Staiti Elizondo Driving in Saudi Arabia Until 2018, the punishment for a woman […]

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Women of Cameroon

March 8, 2021April 24, 2022

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the femLENS documentary photography workshop participants from Cameroon have created a common project featuring women […]

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Choose to Challenge – IWD 2021

March 8, 2021April 24, 2022

By Maria Vesselko Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta International Women’s Day comes this year with the mobilisation of all […]

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The History of the 8th of March

March 7, 2021April 24, 2022

By Payten Humphreys Every year on 8 March, celebrations and protests across the globe signal the historical observance of International […]

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The Root of Female Erasure in Photography

February 28, 2021April 24, 2022

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta | Photo by Ewa Drewa The first known photograph was taken […]

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The Root of Female Erasure in Painting

February 17, 2021April 24, 2022

By Mary Ellen Dowd Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta | | Photo by Denise Bergt Why have there been […]

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An overview of “Unlearning Decisive Moments of Photography” by Ariella Azoulay

January 31, 2021April 24, 2023

By Mary Ellen DowdIllustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta In a 2018 series “Unlearning Decisive Moments of Photography”, Ariella Azoulay […]

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The Root of Female Erasure from Storytelling 

January 18, 2021April 24, 2022

Text by Mary Ellen Dowd Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta | Photo by Agata Reid When referencing Greco-Roman storytelling, […]

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Human rights are women’s rights?

January 13, 2021April 24, 2022

by Emily Chai and Jekaterina Saveljeva “Women’s rights are human rights.” We see these words on banners at protests and […]

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Best of femLENS Photography 2020

December 8, 2020April 24, 2022

femLENS presents the top photographs from our 2020 documentary photography workshop participants. femLENS ran four series of workshops in 2020. […]

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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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