The Caregiver This mother gives her daughter a sip of clean water for the first time. I can only imagine the sheer joy and pride she must feel to be able to offer this present. Read more…
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Working Mothers
Working Mothers This post is dedicated to working mothers around the world. This Wodaabe mother busies herself making rope, with one babe in arm and her other children watching. This photo reminds me how, Read more…
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to mothers around the world. May this day celebrate every moment of motherhood, from the most amazing, to the funniest, the most devastating and challenging. I could not ask the universe for Read more…
Wodaabe Braids
WODAABE BRAIDS: An aunt is redoing her nieces braids as the young lady, Yobande, prepares to join her husband at a Gerewol festival. She may decide once at the festival, a traditional meeting spot for Read more…
The Solution For Climate Change
THE SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Did you know that combining girls education and family planning has recently been identified as the number one solution for curbing climate change? Women’s financial security multiplies the impact. Educated Read more…
The Solution For Climate-Change
THE SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE-CHANGE Did you know that combining girls education and family planning has recently been identified as the number one solution for curbing climate-change? Women’s financial security multiplies the impact. Educated girls and Read more…
The Holders of Music
THE HOLDER OF MUSIC In traditional Touareg society, women are the musicians. They play the Imzad (a traditional single-stringed bowed instrument) and the tendé drum, made from a mortar. In this photo, women are making Read more…
A Deadly Drink
A DEADLY DRINK Againakou’s son drinks marsh water. While it is brackish and filth-ridden, she is happy to have the water to give her child. Much of the year, having any water at all is Read more…
Young Lady Attends a Wodaabe Tribal Dance
This young lady attends a Wodaabe tribal dance, known as the Guerwul. She watches as men dance for the women. Three young women, chosen for their courage and patience, will choose the most beautiful man, Read more…