“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” Virginia Woolf
Can stories change the world for the better?
At Storyplanet we actually believe that the power of digital media can drive change, and help us evolve as a species. Stories enables us to connect and they fuel understanding and respect.
Stories like “Sangharsa” about the struggles of Nepalese Women, which was published today to mark International Women’s Day.
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We have done this QnA with the creator, DJ Clark, on the project and how he put it together.
And as our own little homage to International Women’s Day we created this little collection of stories dealing with womens rights and empowerment around the globe:
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1. Alma, A tale of Violence: For 5 years Alma has been a member of one of Guatemala’s most brutal gangs, a country today ravaged by an unnamed war. She tells her confession face to face. Alma’s testimony is unique. The young woman’s words open onto images of her memories, of daily life in Guatemala, and of gang subculture.
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2. Too Young To Wed: Fifteen-year-old Destaye and her husband spend their time working in the fields of Ethiopia and taking care of their six-month-old baby. At the time of their marriage, Destaye was 11-years old and still in school, but her husband expressed interest in letting her continue her education. Since the birth of their son, however, she has had to fulfill her duties as a wife and mother exclusively.
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3. Magnum Womens Day: A compilation of great photos of great women from the archives of Magnum Photos made to mark International Women’s Day a few years back.
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4. Intended Consequences: In 1994, in the East African nation of Rwanda, one million ethnic Tutsi people were slaughtered, in a genocide committed by their Hutu countrymen. But the scars left by these murderous militiamen go well beyond the numbers of the dead: they live on, in the lives of the women they held captive, raped – and left pregnant. Intended Consequences tells the stories of some of these women, victims of the sexual violence used as a weapon of war against them. Some 20,000 children were born as a result. Photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik photographed and interviewed 30 women and their families, and has produced a piece of incredible complexity: how does a woman care for her child when it’s the son or daughter of the man who raped her?