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Archive - October 15th 2025, International Day of Rural Women 

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The International Day of Rural Women recognizes the significant population of rural women driving the development of rural communities and livelihoods. Rural women perform the bulk of unpaid domestic work within rural households while also contributing to agricultural production, food security, and natural resource management. 

Emin Ozmen 2021

Turkey, Mardin. 2021. Besna 14, (Masallah’s sister) jokes with... 

Steve McCurry 2019

INDIA. Assam. 2019. Ethelwood Tea Estate.


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Jacob Aue Sobol 2021

DENMARK. Horslunde. 2021. 

Lindokuhle Sobekwa 2021

SOUTH AFRICA. Eastern Cape. Flagstaff. 25 May 2021. Indamkele... 

Lindokuhle Sobekwa 2021

LESOTHO. Maseru. 2021. A factory worker who works at Hippo Knitting... 

Emin Ozmen 2021

TURKEY. Mardin. 13 August 2021. Serpil looks for fig in the garden... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Los Mochis, Sinaloa. 2020. Rosa Cervantes a member of... 

Newsha Tavakolian 2021

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021. ??While... 

Chien-Chi Chang 2007

UGANDA. Kabale. April 16, 2007. Artemisia farming.

Ian Berry 1998

EGYPT. Nile Delta. Women workers in a field of vegetables. 1998.... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2011

GUINEA 2011.
Transplanting rice seedlings into the fields. 

Susan Meiselas 1997

KENYA. Kapsoit. 1997. Athlete Tegla LOROUPE carrying Kigen, child... 

Stuart Franklin 1991

SOUTH AMERICA. 1991. 

Thomas Hoepker 1994

INDIA, Kerala State, 1994. Coconut plantation South of Trivandrum... 

Abbas 1984

MEXICO. State of Morelos. 1984. A sugar cane cutter holds her... 

Raymond Depardon 1987

FRANCE. Aquitaine Region. Dordogne Department. Aubas. Madeleine... 

Alex Majoli 2015

INDIA 2015. Tulas village, distric of Sindhudurgh. 500 km south... 

Patrick Zachmann 1994

FRANCE. Aubervilliers. Fort d'Aubervilliers.1994. Allotment ... 

Raghu Rai 1982

INDIA. Punjab. Sikhs collecting harvests. 1982. 

Guy Le Querrec 1974

PORTUGAL. Beira Alta. Carrapichana. Harvest. Wednesday 7th August,... 

Larry Towell 1994

MEXICO. La Honda. Zacatecas. 1994. Closing the gate after milking.... 

Bruno Barbey 1999

SRI LANKA. Nuwara-Eliya, north central Sri Lanka. Tea plantation.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Zaire. Goma. Rwandan refugees. 1994

HG 1994

Can Tho. Women working in the rice paddies near Can Tho. 

Stuart Franklin 1998

BOTSWANA. Central Kalahari. Bushman Safari. Tourists stay in... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

MYANMAR (Burma.) Villagers do a stint of forced labour digging... 

Peter Marlow 1999

G.B. ENGLAND. Norfolk.The Broads.For Barclays Bank Family of... 

Carl De Keyzer 1998

CHINA. 1998. Xincheng. Countryside.

Burt Glinn 1981

CHINA. Kweilin Province. 1981. Peasant woman with cows in the... 

Ian Berry 1996

TURKMENISTAN. Merv. Shepherdess and her flock in the medieval... 

P G 1990

MONGOLIA. 1990. 

HG 1997

Harry Gruyaert 1976

INDIA. Rajasthan. Kuli. 1976 

Thomas Hoepker 1997

GUATEMALA, 1997. Maya woman with heavy load on road to Nebaj.... 

Peter Marlow 2000

ETHIOPIA. Addis Abeba. 2000. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1998

JAPAN. Tea picking. 1998. 

Susan Meiselas 1997

KENYA. Kapsoit. 1997. Athlete Tegla LOROUPE milking the cows.... 

Rene Burri 1961

JAPAN. 1961. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

ETHIOPIA. Separating chaff from grain. 1988. 

UME 2000

ROMANIA. Campie region. 2000. 
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Jean Gaumy 1984

FRANCE. Pyrenees. Ariege. 1984. Prat-Communal village. Harvest... 

Jean Gaumy 1978

FRANCE. Haute-Savoie. Saint-Sigismond. Le Châtelard. September,... 

Ian Berry 1995

KAZAKHSTAN. An elderly Kazakh herdsman and his sons go hunting... 

Larry Towell 1993

GAZA. Khuza'a village. 1993. Palestinian woman harvesting wheat.... 

Nikos Economopoulos 1987

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1969

FRANCE. Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Col des Tourettes. 1969. Lavender... 
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Peter Marlow 2000

Japan. Shimane Prefecture. Project commissioned by Izumo local... 

Moises Saman 2018

SRI LANKA. Mullaitivu. January, 2018. Mariasuresh Eswary, 41,... 
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Newsha Tavakolian 2018

IRAN. Zardkuh, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. 2018. Zeynab Mohammadi,... 
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