Visit Women Who Light the Dark |
Visit Celebrating Women |
Paola Gianturco's Celebrating Women exhibit, photographs of festivals that honor
women in six countries, opened on March 9, 2009 at UNESCO head-quarters, 7 place de
Fontenoy, Paris, France. Celebrating Women was shown as part of the organization's International Women's Day event, a month-long celebration arranged annually by the Division for Gender Equality, Bureau of Strategic Planning. The Celebrating Women exhibit originated in 2008 at the Field Museum in Chicago where it was on display for seven months and was seen by 195,000 visitors.
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Showcases 23 inspiring women-led groups in 15 countries who are using creativity to tackle the intractable problems that darken women's lives. Royalties benefit The Global Fund for Women.
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 Features 17 festivals in 15 countries on 5 continents that celebrate women’s achievements, roles, rites of passage, and spiritual lives. Author Royalties benefit the International Museum of Women. |
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Visit ¡Viva Colores! |
Visit In Her Hands |
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Explodes with images and stories of 41 inspiring Guatemalans who experience color as an expression of valor and meaning. Royalties from this bi-lingual book benefit The PAVA Foundation. |
 Profiles 90 women artisans in 12 countries who are feeding and educating their children. Royalties benefit Aid to Artisans, The Crafts Center at CHF and more. |
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Her images have been exhibited at the United Nations, The US Senate, The Field Museum/Chicago, The International Museum of Women/San Francisco, The Museum of the African Diaspora/San Francisco, The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington DC. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN and NPR. Her pictures have been published in Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Contact Paola at: |
Betty Makoni, who is featured in the first chapter of Women Who Light the Dark, was nominated as a CNN Hero on June 8-9. Her CNN interview included Paola's photographs. In October 2009, a blue ribbon panel will select ten finalists for CNN award, a substantial monetary prize, and the public will vote online for the winner. Help Betty win! Betty, currently living in exile in England, just launched The Girl Child Network Worldwide. In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World, which features women artisans on four
continents, is the inspiration (and textbook) for a new undergraduate course
developed by visual arts scholar Penelope Miller at Coastal Carolina University. Her
students create crafts such as pottery and weaving to understand multicultural |
