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Women Unlimited: Oxfam International Women’s Day

Coinciding with International Women’s Day 2016, 'Women Unlimited' is an exhibition about women, by women

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Cristina Garcia Rodero Emma Arzumanyan is 75 years old. She picks fruit in the forest outside the small town of Ayrum where she lives. We came across Emma and her daughter picking berries on the edge of the forest. Em (...)
Cristina Garcia Rodero Tavush, Armenia. 2013. © Cristina Garcia Rodero | Magnum Photos
Cristina Garcia Rodero Anush lives in Ayrum and was one of the founder members of the Lchkadzor Co-op. The co-op is made up of fruit pickers in the community (mainly women) who pick wild fruit from the surrounding forest (...)
Cristina Garcia Rodero Anush's daughter Nvard was offered some casual labour picking grapes for a few days. There is very little work for people in Ayrum or Lchkadzor and young people especially feel worried about what t (...)
Cristina Garcia Rodero Kristine and her family visit the local church to light candles. They live in Ayrum, a remote community in north-east Armenia where people rely on selling fruit to earn a living. Kristine and her f (...)
Bieke Depoorter Atare Haggar is one of the woman veterinary workers in Salal, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Tate Fatime (10) is following class in her school in Salal. The school is filled with sand, because of the windy climate. Some rooms are unable to enter. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Mariam Maussa with her Chickens in the Chicken farm, supported by Oxfam. Moussoro, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Two daughters of Mariam Maussa in their house in Moussoro, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Mariam (Daughter of Hawa Mahamat) and two other woman preparing food, while another woman is praying.

Kaltouma Mahamat is playing with a child in the shadow of a tree in Kamcalaga, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Kaltouma Mahama, Hawad Ali Adoum and other gardeners working in their garden in Kamcalaga, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Zenaba Haki, female chief of the village in Kouri Kouri, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Aisha haki, Daughter of the female Chief. Kouri Kouri, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter Daughter of Hawa Ali, with her baby. Hawa Ali is part of the market garden program. Foulanga, Chad. 2013. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Thana Laksmy is 39 years old and lives with her husband and two daughters. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. 2013. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Yogarani is 34 years old and lives with her husband and 6 children. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. 2013. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Surkitha. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. 2013. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Portrait of Ceri (32) with her two children at home. Ynysybwl, South Wales, UK. 2016. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Carol (68) at her home. Wales, UK. 2016. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Portrait of Gillian (44). Gillian has been taking part in the Oxfam Livelihoods project at Caia Park Partnership Ltd. The project has enabled her to get a place at Glyndwr University studying Crimi (...)
Newsha Tavakolian Gillian and Caroline. Gillian (L) has been taking part in the Oxfam Livelihoods project at Caia Park Partnership Ltd. The project has enabled her to get a place at Glyndwr University studying Crimi (...)

Magnum photographers Cristina Garcia Rodero, Bieke Depoorter, Newsha Tavakolian and Olivia Arthur, visited Oxfam projects in communities in Armenia, Chad, Wales and Sri Lanka. These photographers highlight the work Oxfam are engaging in across the globe to help women fight discrimination – and the poverty it causes.

The women they met and photographed for Women Unlimited represent progress and hope. They are actively taking charge of their lives not only to ensure the survival of their families but to lead the way for future generations.

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