The World from PRX

womenslives

Sleeping Venus
Arts
400 years ago, a trailblazer: Rediscovered, and remembered, today
Sabina family
Business
The face of Target (and others) in Bangladesh, at 400 pieces an hour
Institute for Inclusive Security
Justice
16 women around the world who are standing up to violence
Bishnu Pande with Ayusha
Culture
Just like that: As number of widows grow, widowhood is changing in Nepal
Difret
Justice
The story of one girl who fought abduction, and the lawyers who saved her life
Marion Poizeau
Education
In Iran, where the women school the men on surfing
Ebola Survivor01_again
Health
These women show what it looks like to survive Ebola in Liberia
Portraits of women around the globe
Justice
When a country has problems, women are often the answer
A Haitian city, juxtaposed with a billboard featuring the Statue of Liberty
Development
From the blood and dust of Haiti’s quake, a bond