Eugenics
“When the fire alarm went off it, was like my worst nightmare coming true. The tutor of the class I was attending glanced at me bewildered, and advised all of the apparently able-bodied students to exit the building via the main staircase as per protocol. It was obvious that I am unable to do […]…
Marriage
Photography by Denise Beckwith For Syafrina and Indonesian woman with disabilty, marriage is an opportunity to gain acceptance in society. She met and fell in love with the man of her dreams at university. Sadly, her fiancé family prevented their marriage and her opportunity to find love and acceptance. – Indonesia 2017…
Acid
Photography by Marina George “I think it wouldn’t matter much if I died. How long can you live your life in fear? Whatever happens is destiny. If this were to happen to my sister or daughter, I would tell them to leave their husband. But everyone has to live their own life.” Kavita Shetty, India, […]…
The Butcher
Photography by Denise Beckwith “I say it now and a hundred time, I was laying there on the bed. With a big light on top of me, the anaesthetist was behind me. And he bent over and whispered into my ear, ‘I’m going to take your clitoris’.” – Carolyn Dewaegeneire, Australia 2015 “I say it […]…
Eugenics
“When the fire alarm went off it, was like my worst nightmare coming true. The tutor of the class I was attending glanced at me bewildered, and advised all of the apparently able-bodied students to exit the building via the main staircase as per protocol. It was obvious that I am unable to do this. […]…
Hope
Ngatinem Story Indonesia, 2016 Ngatinem Story “Saya adalah seorang ibu yang mempunyai tiga orang anak. Tiap orang tua pasti mendambakan anaknya lahir dengan sempurna. Dalam tanda petik “tidak cacat”. Tapi dalam kenyataan hidup saya mempunyai anak yang lahir dengan kondisi netra. Sebagai orang tua tidak ada rasa capek bagi saya dan suami saya untuk […]…
An Uncomfortable Truth
“I was born in the tropical town of Darwin in 1981 to my Warlpiri mother Bess Nungurrayi Price and Australian born Anglo-Celtic father Dave Price. My dreamings are Yirrikipai (Crocodile) from my conception site on Melville Island in salt-water country and my inherited dreamings from my other Warlpiri fathers are Ngapa (Rain) and Warlu […]…
An Uncomfortable Truth
“I was born in the tropical town of Darwin in 1981 to my Warlpiri mother Bess Nungurrayi Price and Australian born Anglo-Celtic father Dave Price. My dreamings are Yirrikipai (Crocodile) from my conception site on Melville Island in salt-water country and my inherited dreamings from my other Warlpiri fathers are Ngapa (Rain) and Warlu (Fire) […]…
Transparent
“With the impact of my son’s death, and after having the girls and then a still-born, five days before it’s born, and the relationship I was in with my ex-partner was violent all the time. I was treated not like a person, to me it was like an animal. I couldn’t handle it, being bashed […]…
Transparent
“With the impact of my sons death, and after having the girls and then a still born, five days before its born, and the relationship I was in with my ex-partner was violent all the time. I was treated not like a person, to it me it was like an animal. I couldn’t handle […]…