In June 2025, femLENS was granted ECOSOC Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. This is a significant recognition that opens up new opportunities to bring the voices, stories, and visual work of women in our community into global conversations. Holding ECOSOC Special Consultative Status means that femLENS can now: –…
Cover photo Femgrafía Index ©Teresa Aviedma (Teresaverso) Interview with Karla Guerrero, founder of Femgrafia, as well as photographer and curator, about the project and women working together through skill-share. When and why did you start Femgrafia? I’m a photographer, digital curator, and cultural manager. Last year I decided to build this platform following my background…
On 4 June, femLENS held the ReFrame: Women in Sport national workshop in Narva, bringing together athletes, coaches, journalists and sports enthusiasts for four hours of conversation, analysis and planning. The group was intentionally mixed. Content creators, trainers and sportswomen worked alongside kickboxer Alexandra Dzhikaeva and members of women’s ice hockey team Narva Stormgirls, exploring…
Today is seven years since the first femLENS workshop in Balgaddy, Dublin, Ireland! In 2015, femLENS founder and workshop facilitator, Jekaterina Saveljeva, had the vision to diversify the field of photography and empower women to tell their stories through documentary photography. The objective of femLENS was, and remains to this day, to help women believe…
On 24 August, 2022, femLENS founder Jekaterina Saveljeva spoke to Becky Bissong on gender issues, photography and the pandemic visualised on CRTV national radio station. Listen to the interview below!
femLENS has been invited to participate in a LAB, about women and children trafficking, organised by Thomson Reuters Trust Foundation, the Global Leadership Academic and GIZ Sector Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Right. The LAB meeting – Unveil the Hidden Presence: Trafficking in Women and Children – will take place from 25th to 28th…