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Illustration photo creator Alberto Giuliani Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta It’s been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and we, as a people, have seen the world change, right down to our work. Whether you lost your job due to the economic shutdown, you now wear…

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Picture this: a woman dressed in a blue-collar uniform with an employment badge affixed, hair pinned up and wrapped in a red polka-dotted handkerchief, with her sleeves rolled up to expose a flexed bicep proving that, “We,” as in women, “Can Do It!”. This iconic poster…

By Mary Ellen Dowd Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Photo by Marian Noguera The term “women’s work” has been spun throughout history to refer to the most undesirable of domestic duties. Today, when we hear the phrase, our minds naturally wander to things like childbearing, dishwashing and laundry. In 2021, it’s increasingly clear that…

Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta Photo by Lica Stein From time immemorial, people greeted May with glee, the warmth of the rays of the spring sun, the chirping of birds, the first greenery, the first flowers. Spring always brings with it a feeling of renewal, generates bright dreams and hopes in the soul of…

By Jessica Couloute Illustration by Magdalena Xochitl Burtnik Urueta When women come together, remarkable things happen. Many turning points in history can be attributed to the collective power of women. In the 1950 in Hanover, New Mexico, U.S., members of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW, or Mine-Mill)…

To celebrate World Water Day 2021 we would like to share a photo essay and some background information from Cameroon about the current situation with water in the south of the country. Text and photo by Beko’o B’Evina Marguerite Solange Water, they often say, is life. You will all agree on the veracity of this…

It has been a busy International Women’s Day this year with a community project culminating in a zine, a group project by the participants of our latest documentary photography workshops – members of the Cameroon Association of Women in Media, as well as a small group project by past workshop participants! Enjoy this short slideshow…

By Kirsten Magas Photo by Carina Lourdes Staiti Elizondo Driving in Saudi Arabia Until 2018, the punishment for a woman driving in Saudi Arabia ranged from enduring physical abuse from police to confiscation of her and her husband’s passports for a year. On 6 November 1990, 47 women decided to drive in the Saudi Arabia…

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the femLENS documentary photography workshop participants from Cameroon have created a common project featuring women in their different manifestations across Cameroon! It doesn’t matter where we are, all women want the same fundamental rights in society – equal pay, equal legal rights, equal representation in local and national politics, a…