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Beirut Explosion by Halima Al Haj Ali

August 12, 2020December 31, 2020

by Halima Al Haj Ali, Beirut, Lebanon 10.09.2020Cover photo by Faten Anbar I am photographing and documenting what happened in […]

Blog Post, News, Refugees

Teaching Women the Life-Changing Skill of Taking Photographs

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

By Barbara Filaih The Gaza Strip, dubbed the biggest open-air prison in the world, has been under Israeli occupation since […]

Fundraising, News, Refugees, Workshop

World Refugee Day: Supporting Women Education

June 20, 2019June 23, 2019

By Barbara Filaih World Refugee Day is observed by 100 countries to raise awareness of the struggles faced by refugees […]

News, Refugees

Halima al-Haj Ali wins in Lebanon Changemaker Photo Contest

September 11, 2018June 20, 2019

We were happy to learn last Sunday that our Beirut workshop participant Halima al-Haj Ali won the top prize at […]

News, Refugees

20 June 2018 – Refugee day  #WithRefugees

June 20, 2018June 20, 2019

In October 2017 femLENS organised a series of workshops in Shatila camp, that is located in southern Beirut and was […]

News, Refugees Refugees

femLENS fundraising party at Desdemona, Gdynia

June 1, 2018June 20, 2019

Want to attend the best part of the year in Gdynia, Poland? Go to Klub Desdemona on Saturday June 9, 2018. […]

Exhibition, Fundraising, Human Trafficking, News, Print Sale, Refugees Refugees

femLENS will attend a lab on human trafficking

May 3, 2018June 5, 2018

femLENS has received amazing news that we have been invited to participate in a LAB: Unveil the Hidden Presence: Trafficking in Women […]

News, Refugees

femLENS Impact Report April 2017 – April 2018

April 30, 2018June 20, 2019

Download the femLENS Impact Report and learn more about our work and achievements over this last year.

News, Refugees Reports

Documentary Photography – Debunking the Myth

March 21, 2018April 5, 2018

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

BEIRUT WORKSHOP

October 20, 2017February 12, 2018

We are currently in Beirut, Lebanon, doing a documentary photography workshop with women living in the Shatila refugee camp. Building […]

Refugees, Workshop documentary, photography, Refugees, 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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  • femLENS Photo Club v2
  • The Power of Women’s Solidarity
  • International Transgender Day of Visibility 2021
  • WATER GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING IN EBOLOWA, CAMEROON
  • femLENS Group Project for IWD
  • Modern History of Women’s Protests
  • Women of Cameroon
  • Choose to Challenge – IWD 2021
  • The History of the 8th of March
  • A Brief History of Women’s Protests
  • The Root of Female Erasure in Photography
  • The Root of Female Erasure in Painting
  • femLENS Workshops 2021
  • An overview of “Unlearning Decisive Moments of Photography” by Ariella Azoulay
  • The Root of Female Erasure from Storytelling 

What is femLENS?

We empower women to become social change agents themselves. femLENS can teach you to use visual storytelling to document your own life using just your 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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