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Digital literacy – common good or privilege? Do we still want to go back to “normal life”?

May 12, 2020April 20, 2022

femLENS documentary photography workshops usually take place in small groups and face to face. The participants get any help they […]

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The Contemporary Normal: How the Coronavirus Is Affecting the World

April 22, 2020April 20, 2022

by Cassandra Lamberti Cover photo by Viktoiya Gorbach With the progressive rise of COVID-19, the entire world is facing a […]

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Why Volunteer?

April 12, 2020April 20, 2022

by Cassandra Lamberti History paints for us a delineation of the word volunteer as those who have the time and […]

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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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