Tess Ranahan interviews photographer Chris Barlett about his portrait series of Iraqis, who were detained and tortured by the United States military.
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In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution signifying a union between two people and the beginning of their future together. However, in today’s world, millions of girls suffer from a vastly different marriage experience, where many brides are still children. So young, in fact, that these child brides hold onto their toys during the wedding ceremony.
Read MoreExhibition on Women Victims of Violence
"My Body: A War Zone," opens up this month at the University of Magdalena.
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Remembering Rwanda: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Genocide
In commemoration of this harrowing anniversary, we will revisit the events from April 1994 in Rwanda to honor those who lost their lives and to ensure that the world never allows such horror to happen again.
Read MorePROOF Benefit Auction
With the auction less than a month away, it's time to start "bonding" with some of the pieces. Who will you be taking home?
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"Let the Rape Victims Come In"
The director of an NGO from New York brought to the art gallery at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo building of the University of Los Andes the issue of female victims of war who have been neglected by the government. The exhibition, "My Body: A War Zone," will be exhibited there for the next month and denounces the atrocities of wars; those wars whose tormented being have no age, nor race, nor gender, nor color.
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Photos: Emily Masseo
My Experience At Dachau Concentration Camp: A Reflection In Concentrations
I finally had the opportunity to go to the Dachau Concentration Camp, to see the land where so much hurt took place. There was no emotional barrier this time. There was nothing standing between history and me, and I was ready for it. I was ready and prepared to be emotionally ripped apart.
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Photos: Grace Brown
Interview With Grace Brown - 12.12.2013
Grace Brown: Project Unbreakable began as a way of shedding light on sexual assault; when I first started it, I felt like there was very little discussion of the issue at hand. I wanted to bring it into conversation and, being a photographer, I knew that a photo project could be a perfect way to open up that dialogue.
Read MoreUpdate From the Field
Did you hear about the 16-year old Kolkata girl who was gang raped? Hours after reporting the assault to the police the same gang raped her again as punishment. Steadfast in her determination to report the crime, they came again a few days later, pulled her from her home, doused her in kerosene and set her aflame. She died 8 days later on New Year's Day 2014, pregnant by one of her rapists.
Read MoreHappy Holidays
The holidays are almost upon us, so it's time to look back on 2013 at PROOF with Creative Director, Willhemina Wahlin. Photo: PROOF partner, Youth for Peace, run a workshop in Cambodia in 2013 (YFP).
Read MoreIndia’s Top Police Official Stirs Up a Storm of Well-Deserved Criticism with Rape Comment
Many in India and around the world are rightfully livid, calling upon Ranjit Sinha, who leads the Central Bureau of Investigation in India, to step down from his position after he compared rape to unlicensed betting, stating “If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it.” (Photo: CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, courtesy of NDTV)
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Survivors for Survivors: KOFAVIV's Battle Against Rape in Post-Earthquake Haiti
"On any given day, the center run by the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) serves as a sanctuary for the brave hearts of Haiti’s rape survivors." Felipe Jacome talks about the struggles and triumphs of the women of KOFAVIV, a Haitian organization that helps survivors of rape take back their lives.
Read MorePummeling, poisonous plants, and pain: an all too typical Burmese abortion
Burmese woman, Myat Noe, finds herself pregnant with a fourth child she cannot afford. PROOF's Emerging Photojournalist Award 2013 finalist, Allyse Pulliam, writes about Myat Noe's ordeal, trying to get access to an abortion in neighbouring Thailand.
Read MoreMatthieu Zellweger: Speaking Words of Wisdom
They tend to be the worst briefs: they sound simple. “Bring back pictures about asthma, if possible including patients in the middle of a crisis, or in an emergency room.”
Read MoreSamantha Lakin: Reflection on Murambi and National Memorial Sites in Rwanda
For the past three months, I have worked as an archival staff member and researcher at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, one of six national memorial sites in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. (Photo: Riccardo Gangale).
Read MoreMaya Hadar: Can the Responsibility to Protect Prevent Future Atrocities?
In places like Sudan, DR Congo, Burma, and most recently, Syria, civilians continue to fall victim to ruthless actors who commit horrifying crimes to achieve their political aims. But in the 21st century, we no longer feel we can simply look the other way. Now we expect the international community to intervene when gross violations of human rights are either taking place or imminent. Photo: 2005 - The village of Tama, Sundan, burning (Lynsey Addario).
Read MoreBradley Secker on LGBT Refugees in the Middle East: Jumping From the Pan to the Fire
Six years after fleeing Iraq and eighteen months since leaving Syria, more than half a decade of waiting has left Bissam in Turkey.
Unable
to work and restricted in his movement, he has passed those long months
waiting for news from the UNHCR on the progress of his resettlement
case. (Photo and report: Bradley Secker)
Justice Comes to Rape Survivors One Case at a Time
This past April 30, a victim of war-time rape in 1992 finally saw her rapist convicted in a local court in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lejla
(a pseudonym) never ceased to work for justice. But her pleas went
unheeded until 2010 when PROOF’s partner organization, Swiss NGO TRIAL
(Track Impunity Always), began advocating on her behalf. Photo: Blake Fitch.
Heroes Of Genocide: Australian Exhibit Celebrates Ordinary People Who Stood Up To Evil
In 1994, Rwanburindi Enoch and his wife were a relatively prosperous Hutu couple, living a quiet and fulfilling life in their village in Rwanda. Photo: Rwandan rescuer Enoch Rwandbruindi and his wife. Photo: Riccardo Gangale.
Read MoreInterview With Photographer Erika Piñeros on Working in Cambodia
Based in Cambodia since 2010, Erika Piñeros is a Colombian-Australian freelance photographer and graphic designer who documents development and human rights issues. Here’s her take on what it’s like to live and work in Cambodia. (Photo: Erika Piñeros)
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