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Title Women who light the dark / Paola Gianturco, [text, fotografier] ; [foreword by Kavita N. Ramidas]
Imprint Brooklyn, NY : PowerHouse Books, 2007

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 Stadsbibl:Ljusets kalender vån 2 Konst, foto, musik, film, teater, sport  779 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition 1st ed
Descript 239 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [234-236] and index
Across the world, local women are helping one another tackle problems that darken their lives. These women lack material resources, but they possess a wealth of a more precious resource: imagination. Photojournalist Paola Gianturco shows how Moroccan women create and produce plays that educate illiterate people about women's rights; girls in Zimbabwe compose and perform poems that move communities to fight child rape; and Brazilian math teachers inspire girls from the favelas to learn math by originating fashion shows. Sometimes imagination takes the form of innovative strategies: in Nicaragua, women become welders, carpenters and electricians--all supposedly men's jobs. In Kenya, mothers get wells dug at schools so their daughters can bring water home from class rather than walking seven hours to fetch it. In the US, activists introduce women with disabilities to ropes courses, camping, whitewater rafting, and swimming, empowering them to lead.--From publisher description
Subject Global fund for women
Kvinnor -- sociala aspekter
Kvinnofrigörelse
Enterprenörskap
Personlig utveckling
Fotokonst
Porträttfotografi
Women -- Pictorial works
Portrait photography
Women -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Women -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Women -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works.
Women -- Pictorial works.
Classmark 779.2
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ISBN/ISSN 9781576873960
157687396X
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