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THE MISSING CHILDREN

ARCTIC JUSTICE

AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION

THE PORTRAIT

The first female

algonquin lawyer

QUEBEC

 

FANNY

WYLDE

"My wish is that one day we can say that it is not because you are an indigenous woman that you are prone to experiencing more violence… to being killed or disappearing."

ROSINE, A CRY OF ANGER

SYLVANA, AN AMERINDIAN ACTRESS

AT SCHOOL

THE PORTRAIT

Artist of

indigenous art

GUYANA

 

TI'IWAN

COUCHILI

“The French government doesn’t recognize the indigenous peoples of Guyana and through my painting, I must show that our culture exists.”

VALENTINE : 60 YEARS OF FIGHT

WOMAN IN A SQUAT

ANGRY WOMEN

THE PORTRAIT

An angry woman

NEWS CALEDONIA

 

FARA

CAILLARD

“I will remain angry as long as all women are not free.”

ARCHIVE

SEIKO, 80 YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION

HEIR TO THE AINU CULTURE

THE PORTRAIT

Heir to a forgotten

culture

JAPAN

 

SHOKO

TOKUDA

"My only wish to keep and spread the ainu culture."

TAPAS : A PRECIOUS TREASURE

THE SECRET OF TAPA-MAKING

THE REBIRTH OF TAPA

THE PORTRAIT

Tapa

ambassador

POLYNESIA

 

SARAH

VAKI

“The famous fragrant tapa that we call a’eopipi…

As Marquisians, we are proud to be Toa.”

THE WORKSHOP

A LIBERATION OF SPEECH

THE LIFE OF TOIL

THE PORTRAIT

A fighter for women's rights

CHAD

 

HINDOU

OUMAROU

IBRAHIM

“To be a woman and to be an indigenous is to be doubly marginalised, because we don’t own the lands...”

THE NEW GENERATION OF FEMINISTS

RETURN TO THE ROOTS

ART AS A WEAPON OF EMANCIPATION

THE PORTRAIT

A commited

amazigh icon

MOROCCO

 

FATIMA

TABAAMRANT

"Life taught me everything."

THE NEW GENERATION

A DEMOCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS

FRUSTRATING CENSORSHIP

THE PORTRAIT

a feminist writer

under surveillance

BURMA

 

TIN TIN

WIN

"Seeing young women smiling, seeing them free and happy… It makes me happy."

STORIES IN COLOR

THE VALLEY OF WITCHES

WOMEN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

THE PORTRAIT

An himalayan

feminist voice

BHUTAN

 

KUNZANG

CHODEN

"To understand Bhutan, it’s not just Gross National Happiness and Shangri-La… We are human beings and we have problems too."

LAILA, A SAMI LAWYER

DENOUNCING COLONIALISM

ART FOR PROTESTING

THE PORTRAIT

Art as a way

of serving people

SWEDEN

 

MARET

ANNE SARA

"Through art, I have a voice, and through that we are able to tell our side of the story."

NEGLECTED BY SOCIETY

A TIME FOR RECONSTRUCTION

A CENTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN

THE PORTRAIT

The awakening

of Polynesian women

POLYNESIA

 

CHANTAL

GALENON

“Three abused women a day, this is serious.”

AN EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW

PRESERVE AND TRANSMIT

UNITED WOMEN

THE PORTRAIT

The voice of emancipation

for Kanak women

in their tribes

NEW CALEDONIA

 

ISABELLE

TYUIENON

"I refuse to cross my arms, today it is more the “hands on the hips” and looking towards the future"

THE UPRISING

THE FIRST FIGHTERS

A COLLECTIVE FEMININE COMBAT

THE PORTRAIT

Ambassador for

the rights of nature

ECUADOR

 

PATRICIA

GUALINGA

"As women we are radical. When we say no it means no. And the Sarayaku people’s character is to say no. Today I also say: No to the destruction and yes to the life of the planet."

AN IDENTITY AWAKENING

THE NEXT GENERATION

A REFUSAL OF DISCRIMINATION

THE PORTRAIT

A pioneer

in bilingual education

PERU

 

LIDIA

GONZALES

"I believe we must create a revolution, that we must teach what is ours. We must also develop our culture and show its strength."

THE FORT BERTHOLD WOMEN

A BIG FAMILY

THE ULTIMATE FIGHT

THE PORTRAIT

A Sioux warrior

against extraction

USA

 

KANDI WHITE

MOSSET

"We resist and we fight because we have hope. We have our history, our warriors. We are fighting against a system that is trying to destroy us. If we didn't, we wouldn't be here. As women, we will not give up that hope, we will win and we will change humanity according to prophecy. "

GENOCIDE AS A HERITAGE

RAPE AS A WEAPON

COLLECTIVE THERAPY

THE PORTRAIT

A heroine

in the land of genocide

RWANDA

 

GODELIEVE

MUKASARASI

"No one asked that I pardon them but I said I would pardon them to have inner peace."

THE ANISHINAABE ADVENTURE

INDIGENOUS SOCIAL HOUSING

AT WILLY AND NIGANE'S

THE PORTRAIT

The voice

of reconciliation

QUEBEC

 

EDITH

CLOUTIER

"Through these women, we work on re-educating our people and our nations."

THE NEW GENERATION

THE GUARDIAN OF TRADITION

A REMEDY FOR DESPAIR

THE PORTRAIT

An ambassador

for Khanty culture

SIBERIA

 

MARINA

LONGOTORVA

"They thus called indigenous people “aborigenes”. And they wanted to get them out of their forest and teach them to read and write … This is why the culture disappeared and there is a high suicide and alcoholism rate. Children get lost…"

SOCIAL NETWORKS

THE VOICE OF EMANCIPATION

TOWARDS AN ECO-REVOLUTION

THE PORTRAIT

The rebel

against palm oil

INDONESIA

 

EVA

BANDE

"In this fight, natural agriculture is one of the forms of opposing the extractive industry. This is a model that also helps train an economic sector run by women to help them defend their rights as women."

THE FIGHT AGAINST EXCISION

SCHOOL IS THE KEY TO FREEDOM

SEEKING A BETTER FUTURE

THE PORTRAIT

The Samburu warrior

against excision

KENYA

 

JANE

MERIWAS

"The society we live in is a patriarchal society, but the narrative has changed. A girl today can stand up and say, "I will not submit to female genital mutilation or early marriage”. That is the purpose of our fight."

LE PROJET

VOICES OF ACTION

VOICES OF NATURE

VOICES OF THE ARTS

THE VOICE OF RESILIENCE

THE VOICE OF EDUCATION

These women are more than 238 million in the world and witness a unique richness.

This platform gives them a voice for the first time.

Their way of being, reacting and thinking about the world is a laboratory of ideas for tomorrow.

THE GALLERY OF PORTRAITS

THE LABORATORY OF IDEAS

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VOICES OF ACTION

VOICES OF THE ARTS

THE VOICE OF RESILIENCE

THE VOICE OF EDUCATION

VOICES OF NATURE

These women are more than 238 million in the world and witness a unique richness.

This platform gives them a voice for the first time.

Their way of being, reacting and thinking about the world is a laboratory of ideas for tomorrow.

The first female algonquin lawyer

FANNY

WYLDE

THE MISSING CHILDREN

ARCTIC JUSTICE

AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION

THE PORTRAIT

A fighter for women’s rights

HINDOU

OUMAROU

IBRAHIM

THE WORKSHOP

A LIBERATION OF SPEECH

A LIFE OF TOIL

THE PORTRAIT

Artist of indigenous art

TI'IWAN

COUCHILI

ROSINE, A CRY OF ANGER

SYLVANA, AN AMERINDIAN ACTRESS

AT SCHOOL

THE PORTRAIT

An angry woman

FARA

CAILLARD

VALENTINE, 60 YEARS OF FIGTH

WOMAN IN A SQUAT

ANGRY WOMEN

THE PORTRAIT

Tapa ambassador

SARAH

VAKI

TAPAS : A PRECIOUS TREASURE

THE SECRET OF TAPA-MAKING

THE REBIRTH OF TAPA

THE PORTRAIT

An himalayan feminist voice

KUNZANG

CHODEN

STORIES IN COLOR

THE VALLEY OF WITCHES

WOMEN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

THE PORTRAIT

Heir to a forgotten culture

TOKUDA

SHOKO

ARCHIVE

SEIKO, 80 YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION

HEIR TO THE AINU CULTURE

THE PORTRAIT

A feminist writer under surveillance

TIN TIN

WIN

THE NEW GENERATION

A DEMOCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS

FRUSTRATING CENSORSHIP

THE PORTRAIT

Art as a way of serving people

MARET

ANNE SARA

LAILA, A SAMI LAWYER

DENOUNCING COLONIALISM

ART FOR PROTESTING

THE PORTRAIT

The voice of reconciliation

EDITH

CLOUTIER

THE ANISHINAABE ADVENTURE

INDIGENOUS SOCIAL HOUSING

AT WILLY AND NIGANE'S

SERVING HER COMMUNITY

THE PROJECT

THE LABORATORY OF IDEAS