World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – 30 July 2018
Illustration by Ludovic Pujol
Illustration by Ludovic Pujol
By Claire O’Brien I was in a drug store in Alexandria, Virginia, when I witnessed the unhappy moment in an immigrant woman’s experience. She was young, 19 years old, maybe. She stood at the register, wearing the store’s blue polo shirt, her hijab framing her pretty features. She spoke English with confidence as she assisted…
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: –…
by Halima Al Haj Ali, Beirut, Lebanon 10.09.2020Cover photo by Faten Anbar I am photographing and documenting what happened in Beirut so that the world sees the great destruction and suffering caused by the explosion. On the other hand I’m doing it so that the world knows the help and love that exists among all…
At femLENS, we are proud to announce our participation in the AGENCY: Vote With Her project, lead by the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW). Our collective efforts is to train women of migrant background(s) across Europe, to be active agents in the preparation for the European elections 2024. Supported by European Parliament, this exciting…
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…
By Aishling Heffernan femLENS has completed its first Community Survey, which aimed to examine the needs, challenges and ambitions of women and non-binary documentary photographers. The inspiration for this survey came from noticing the lack of accurate research into the lives and challenges of female and non-binary documentary photographers. For example, an Industry benchmark for…