Last month we celebrated International Women’s Day, a date picked to honor women in Russia who went on strike during World War I. The striking women demanded “bread and peace” and their four-day protest resulted in women gaining the right to vote.
The Everyday Projects collaborated with
@npr to highlight the achievements of women around the world. As
@npr writes: “Sometimes, the true achievements are the ones that we barely see. The photographers at The Everyday Projects, a global photography and storytelling network, have shared portraits of women who in ways large and small are determined, like those Russian women over 100 years ago, to improve the lives of women and to build a better world.”
📸 by:
1. Jean, 72, a Chinese opera performer, poses for a portrait before performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Annice Lyn/
@annicelyn /
@everydayasia
2. In the Grand South of Madagascar, women known as “reny mahomby,” or mother leaders, perform a welcoming dance before starting a session to teach women in the community how to improve their lives. Aina Zo Raberanto/
@ainazo
3. Nkgono Selina Mosima, a resident of Thaba Nchu, Free State, South Africa, has hoped for years that she could afford to dig a pit toilet in her yard. Tshepiso Mabula/The Everyday Projects
4. These women from Voronezh, Russia, participated in the country’s short-lived but intense American-style football league. They’re hanging out in the locker room. Kristina Brazhnikova/
@everydayrussia
5. Hilaria Arzaba Medran of Mexico stands with tools she’ll use as she searches a clandestine burial site for the grave of her son, Oscar Contreras Arzaba, who disappeared in 2011 at age 19. James RodrĂguez/
@mimundo_org /
@everydaylatinamerica
6. Janaina Xavier, a community leader, holds her son in a building in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, that was occupied by people without housing in 2024. Luca Meola/
@lucameola1977 /
@everydaybrasil 
