Shattering Stereotypes’: ActionAid’s Women by Women Exhibition

To celebrate women shattering stereotypes in front of and behind the lens, ActionAid UK is launching its second Women by Women photography exhibition at Oxo Tower’s Gallery@Oxo.

From Senegal’s shrinking islands, to the sprawling settlements of Dhaka, the ‘Shattering Stereotypes’ exhibition follows the lives of courageous women in challenging circumstances who have found ways to tackle sexual violence and climate change on behalf of their communities.

Building on the success of its launch exhibition in March 2020, the ground-breaking photo campaign commissions women photographers in Africa, Asia, and the Americas to tell the stories of women and girls to shatter stereotypes. The exhibition will feature collections shot by women photographers from Bangladesh (Habiba Nowrose), Palestine (Samar Hazboun), Nigeria (Etinosa Yvonne), Senegal (Ina Makosi) and Vietnam (Yen Duong).

Women by Women brings an antiracist and feminist perspective to the way women and girls living in poverty are represented and shines a spotlight on women photographers who are often overlooked and under-represented.