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Women Unlimited: Oxfam International Women’s Day

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Cristina García 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 García 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 García 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 García 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 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 (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
Newsha Tavakolian Portrait of Ceri (L). A group of women engaged in making handicrafts organised by Oxfam. Ynysybwl, South 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 (...)