Social Documentary Photography and Film
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Mar 11th, 2010
For cross-cultural global health programs it’s critical to ensure that there is compatibility between the values of the program and the recipient culture. Since most Tarahumara women live several hours or days away from the nearest clinic or hospital they suffer one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in North America. Of course it [...]
Posted in Take Action on Dec 2nd, 2009
In 2002 National Geographic conducted a survey accessing the geographic literacy of 18 to 24 year olds in 9 industrialized countries. The United States came in next to last—85% could not find Afghanistan on a map; 56% could not find India and 30% could not find the Pacific Ocean. Last year less than 1% of [...]
Posted in Take Action on Nov 18th, 2009
“Donor Illusion” is a currently a hot debate.
In my work I have had the opportunity to see many of the issues women face in the developing world up close and personal. I realize that many people that want to help women and girls have not had a face to face encounter with those they would [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Nov 11th, 2009
When I read in the book Half the Sky (Kristof/Wudunn, [New York: Knopf, 2009], xx-xxi) that the Joint Chiefs of Staff now consider the education of women and girls important to our military goals in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and consequently to our security here at home, it gave me hope that US military thinking has [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Oct 28th, 2009
Rachel Lloyd, founder of GEMS, New York City
Exploited and trafficked girls in the United States
According to the Department of Justice, over 100,000 adolescents are involved in prostitution in the United States. Sgt. Fassett of the Dallas Police dept pointed out an obvious irony of this situation. “If a 45 year-old man has sex with a [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Oct 22nd, 2009
Women Empowered has been my primary focus project for sometime now. I am currently expanding the exhibition to include multimedia profiles of a number of the women. The first that I have completed is the story of Akhi, who at the age of 13, was sold as a sex worker. She has since accomplished the [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Oct 8th, 2009
There are many who believe that the greatest handicap to development in Muslim Middle Eastern societies is the status and roles they give to women. Nowhere has this been more evident than in one of the poorest and dysfunctional countries in the world—Afghanistan. During the reign of the Taliban essentially all women working outside the [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Sep 16th, 2009
In 2004, I began documenting the work of organizations whose focus is the empowerment of women and girls. After visiting dozens of projects and meeting hundreds of participants and staff around the world, I have also come to believe that the most efficient way to alleviate poverty and reduce population pressures in the developing world [...]
