Today is International Women’s day. These photographs celebrate women the world over. I hope they challenge the idea that progress is largely brought about by men. We still have a long way to go before injustice based purely on a persons sex is eradicated. This year’s global theme, ‘Women in the Changing World of Work’, celebrates the achievements of women in the workforce and draws attention to the impact of changes in the world of work on women, both in terms of opportunities, as well as growing concerns such as the informality of labour and instability of livelihoods and income. By unlocking the full potential of women in the world of work, we can strive towards ending poverty, promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, reducing inequalities within and between countries, and achievement gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls. “Women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom.” – Rosa Luxemburg.
Free Palestine demonstration, Liverpool May 15th 2021.
Pensioners campaigning to save Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2016.
Campaigner supporting refugees, February 2023.
Grinding herbs. Bangladesh, 1994.
‘Cut war not welfare.’ NHS London demonstration 2017.
Tea workers in Bangladesh with London as a backdrop. Photomontage 2012
NHS Not Trident. Manchester, October 2017.
Tea worker. Bangladesh 1996.
Demonstrating against the privatisation of the NHS. London 2017.
‘We Can’t Pay Our Bills’, Mixed media collage used in the campaign against the cost of living crisis. 2022.
Save Charing Cross. NHS demonstration. March 2017.
Woman in a Dhaka market. Bangladesh 1994.
NHS is not for sale. Manchester, October 2017.
‘Porto’, Mixed Media photomonage. Portugal 2022.
Chaing Mai, Thailand 2017.
Free Palestine, Liverpool May 15th 2021.
Anti BNP demo outside John Scurr school, East London 1984.
Protest against education cuts in Whitechapel. East London 2008.
Demonstration against NHS cuts. London 1987.
Nurse demonstrating outside the London Hospital against NHS cuts. East London 2011.
East London women in support of the miners, Kent 1984.
Anti Trump protest, Liverpool 2017
Anti Trump protest, Liverpool 2017.
Street seller in Hanoi. Vietnam 2019.
Speaking up on behalf of women’s rights. Liverpool, March 2019.
Campaigner Lesley Mahmood talks to the Merseyside Pensioners Association about the campaign to save the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Liverpool, January 2018.
Health campaigner Felicity Dowling. Liverpool 2016.
East village. New York 2005.
Anti Trump protest, Liverpool 2017.
Deep in thought. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.
Inspirational banner for International Women’s Day. Liverpool, March 2019.
My mother, Mary, smiling on the underground. London 2004.
Protester in Clayton Square, Liverpool 2017.
Demonstration agaonst racism, Newham 1980s
Women in support of the miners, London 1984.
Liverpool Pride 2016.
Women Construction Workers. Bangladesh 1992.
A member of the travelling public who supported the RMT strike. Lime Street station, Liverpool.
Street conversation. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.
Black Lives Matter, Liverpool 2016.
Discussing the UCU strike. Liverpool, March 7th 2018.
Junior Doctors on strike. Liverpool 2016.
Street trader, Jogjakarta 2020.
UCU picket fighting for a fair pension. Liverpool, March 7th 2018.
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