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We’re Back on the Blog: What femLENS Has Been Up To

April 22, 2025

It’s been a little while, but we’re back—and bursting with stories to share! It’s been a while! We last posted […]

Blog Post, Magazine, News, Workshop
femlens We See Women Take Photos photography magazine

Issue IV of We See Documentary Photography Magazine

December 31, 2020April 24, 2022

Friends, as we approach the New Year, and wrap up with the passing year, we’re happy to share the fourth […]

Magazine

A Walk in Her Shoes: Bearing Witness to Women on the Move

January 18, 2020April 20, 2022

By Claire O’Brien I was in a drug store in Alexandria, Virginia, when I witnessed the unhappy moment in an […]

Magazine, News
magazine we see open pages

femLENS Announces Publication of Third Issue of We See Magazine

January 14, 2020April 20, 2022

femLENS, the Estonia-based volunteer organisation dedicated to empowering women by teaching them documentary photography, announced the publication of the We […]

Magazine, News

Second Issue of We See Magazine

December 23, 2018April 20, 2022

It’s been a very busy year for femLENS and we’re happy to present you the second issue of the women-only […]

Magazine, News

“Yalla Bake” Sale at Thomson Rueters Poland

March 28, 2018April 20, 2022

The femLENS team has organised the first-ever fundraising activity, “Yalla Bake”, a bake sale in the Thomson Reuters office in […]

Fundraising, Magazine, News beirut, documentary, femLENS, ireland, photography, poland, Refugees, Thomson Reuters, women

Documentary Photography – Debunking the Myth

March 21, 2018April 20, 2022

This article was written for “We See”, the first women-only documentary photography magazine produced by femLENS and published this year […]

Magazine, News, Refugees, Workshop

The challenge of new feminism to the media gender-stereotypes

March 21, 2018April 20, 2022

Interview with the Founder and Workshop Facilitator of femLENS by Rita Plantera, former femLENS Chief of Growth Jekaterina Saveljeva is […]

Magazine

femLENS LAUNCHES WE SEE MAGAZINE 08.03.2018

March 8, 2018April 20, 2022

Press Release (Gdynia, Poland, March 8, 2018) This International Women’s Day marks the launch of We See, a biannual women-only […]

Magazine, News, Print Sale, Workshop beirut, documentary, dublin, femLENS, gdynia, Magazine, photography, prints, women

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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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  • 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
  • Women at the Forefront: Celebrating Their Contributions to the Labour Movement on May Day
  • Feature: Aanchal Wadhwani
  • Empowering Women in the Digital Era: Redefining Representation Online
  • Female representation in photography: The age of the female gaze
  • Summary of unethical photojournalism
  • Best of femLENS 2022
  • Prostitution is just commodification and harassment, not a profession: An Interview with Rachel Moran
  • The Nordic Model was Built for Those Without Choice
  • Invisible Homelessness: When her House Is Not a Home

What is femLENS?

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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femLENS MTÜ (registration number 80429622) is an Estonian registered non-profit association.

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