A few days ago an ex-colleague of mine had posted a photograph of the number 5 on his social media profile to celebrate five years working at Reuters. Also over the last few years, old friends have been changing their LinkedIn profiles to serious new jobs and changes in seniority levels. Seeing that photo I…
We have had a very busy spring learning about documentary photography, looking for stories to tell, realising them and finally organising an exhibition in one of the busiest spots in Gdynia to share the work of our participants. Ewa and Magda were very dedicated and we wish them to keep on practicing telling their stories…
The latest World Press Photo report has been released. It gives us insight into the visual representation of the world and diversity, very important work being done by WPP. “In the last three years, the number of female entrants to the World Press Photo Contest has been 15 percent, and this year it increased ever…
Over the past year and a half, the WeLens project—“WeLens: educational practices through a gender lens”—has brought together partners from across Europe and beyond to confront gender-based violence (GBV). Through education, storytelling, and collaborative tools, the project aims to support long-term, gender-sensitive responses to violence. Now, as we enter the final stages of the project,…
by Kerriann Marden Life in the Gaza Strip is hard and getting harder. A recent United Nations report predicts that conditions there will be “unliveable” by the year 2020, just five months away. In male-dominated Gaza, where no one has enough, females have even less: less freedom of movement, less economic opportunity, less political power,…
We were happy to learn last Sunday that our Beirut workshop participant Halima al-Haj Ali won the top prize at the Lebanon Changemaker Photo Contest that focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. Halima is from Syria, living in Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon since 2012. She was a housewife back in Syria, living in…