Visual Stories: Celebrating International Women’s Day Around The World
March 8, 2026
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. “Women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom.” – Rosa Luxemburg.
Audrey is a member of the Merseyside Pensioners Association.
Andrea on the picket line during the Wapping print dispute. East London 1986.
Students on the picket line. Liverpool, March 7th 2018.
Women workers in a tea garden in Sylhet. Bangladesh 1990s.
Save the NHS. London March 2017.
‘Centenerian in Bangladesh’ – Photomontage – 2022.
Stop Arming Israel. Demonstration outside Lime Street station. Liverpool, July 2025.
Members of the Merseyside Pensioners Association supporting the campaign for decent pay and conditions for McDonalds workers.
Standing outside her front door in a village near Dhaka. Bangladesh 2009.
‘Women of Bangladesh’. Mixed media on canvas (40 x 50cm), 2020.
Market trader in Hanoi. Vietnam 2018.
Demonstration against NHS privatisation. Liverpool 2022.
‘Market Trader in Bordeaux’ (detail) – mixed media on paper, 2025.
Photomontage combining a Leonardo Davinci painting with a contemporary image. 2022.
Stall holder at the night market. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.
A member of the travelling public who supported the RMT strike. Lime Street station, Liverpool.
Women protesters against racist murderers. Newham, East London 1980s.
‘On the move in Barcelona’ – mixed media on paper, 2022.
Woman with a shopping trolley. Barcelona 2005.
‘Woman In Cheshire Street’ – (detail) mixed media on paper, 2026.
Junior doctors on strike outside the Royal Liverpool Hospital. January 2016.
‘Two women’ – mixed media on paper 2025.
Free Palestine demonstration, Liverpool May 15th 2021.
Junior Doctors on strike. Liverpool 2016.
Children on an Anti-racist demo in Newham 1980s.
Free Palestine, Liverpool May 15th 2021.
Demonstration against climate change. Liverpool 2019.
Demonstration against the genocide in Palestine. Liverpool , July 2025.
Smiling market Trader. Laos 2018.
Nurse demonstrating outside the London Hospital against NHS cuts. East London 2011.
Protestor with a message at a junior doctor’s strike outside the old Royal Liverpool Hospital. Liverpool, January 2016.
‘Mother And Child In Laos’. Mixed media on canvas 80cm x 80cm. 2023.
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