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Models of fetuses that are supposed to show different stages of pregnancy are seen during a lecture of Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017.

Voice of Fetus Nepal

Voice of Fetus Nepal

A sex worker shows off her late night dress at their living quarters which is also where they bring clients at night in Tete, Tete province, Mozambique May 11, 2018. The NGO, International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) lost it's US funding in 2018 to help sex workers in the Tete province. ICRH would help sex workers become peer educators so they could help educate women about their rights and their health. Since ICRH has been defunded, there has been another local organization that has stepped in, but they don't understand the issues as well, and the peer educators find it harder to work with them.

Moz sex workers affected by the Mexico City Policy

Moz sex workers affected by the Mexico City Policy

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Chhaupadi – a harmful tradition

Chhaupadi – a harmful tradition

Syrian refugees come in on a boat from Turkey, in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece on Friday, October 9th, 2015. Once refugees get processed and get papers after their arrival in Lesbos, they can exchange money and buy ferry tickets to get to Athens.(Photo credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill for IRC)

We are all refugees

We are all refugees

Waiters work in the kitchen of Soho House, Istanbul.

Soho house, Istanbul

Soho house, Istanbul

Musir Deli (Crazy) Fuad Pasha Yali is seen from the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Musir Deli (Crazy) Fuad Pasha was a fearless fighter in the Russo-Turkish war (1835-1931). Now the Yali is the office of Turkish delegation to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization.

Yalis of the Bosphorous

Yalis of the Bosphorous

A boy runs through the long grass inside the Jerash archeological site, in Jerash, Jordan.

The forgotten ancients of Jordan

The forgotten ancients of Jordan

Cennet Sener, right, an actress in the Arslankoy Theater Group, playfully kisses another member of their troupe before their show, in a small village outside of Adana, southern Turkey.

Turkish All-Women’s Theater Group

Turkish All-Women’s Theater Group

15-month-old baby Beywar Khodeida, bottom center, sleeps as his family starts the day at their family home in the deserted village of Doukoure near Sinjar Mountain, Iraq. The 15 month old, who was born just as the family was fleeing ISIS was given his name Beywar, which means 'one without a home.' The family came back to the house in order to clean up and make sure it was ok. They hadn't been back since the village of Doukoure fell to ISIS and all the residents were forced to leave or face possible death. After ISIS eventually retreated from the village only one resident has permanently come back as many homes were destroyed and people were still too fearful to return.

Yazidis in Iraq

Yazidis in Iraq

Gloria Steinem, 71 (at the time the photo was taken), entered the feminist movement the day she covered Red Stockings abortion speak-out for New York magazine, and finally owned the abortion she had had several years earlier. She describes her abortion as the first time she acted in her own life, rather than let things happen to her. She had her abortion when she was 22. Gloria went on to found several pro-choice organizations, including Voters for Choice and Ms. Magazine and considers reproductive freedom to be the most significant contribution of the 2nd wave feminism.

Portraits: I had an abortion

Portraits: I had an abortion

Istanbul, Turkey

Abused Mannequins of the Middle East

Abused Mannequins of the Middle East

Aigerim Ospanova, 28, holds her son Ismael, 6 months, as she poses for a photo at her family's house in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Aigerim went through the rehabilitation center for ISIS wives and now lives at home with her family.

Portraits: ISIS wives

Portraits: ISIS wives

Teachers and helpers set up for a child's quiz in the playroom of a rehabilitation center for former ISIS wives, in Aktau, Kazakstan, Monday July 22, 2019. The Kazakh government converted an old day camp into a "rehabilitation center". There, the women, who usually come with their children, get treatment from psychologists and moderate Muslim imams intended to cure their radicalism and re-integrate them into society.

Returning from ISIS

Returning from ISIS

Children walk to the edge of the Nile at sunset, where Nubians used to have their homes, but no longer.

The Nubians of Egypt

The Nubians of Egypt

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Winter Sports, Alaska

Winter Sports, Alaska

Men who are part of the Ebola Survivor's Soccer Club wear t-shirts at a soccer practice in the city of Kenema, 190 miles east of the capital Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. In 2014, 38 members of Erison Turay's family died from the deadly Ebola virus, which has killed over 11,000 across West Africa. Erison founded the Ebola Survivor's Soccer Club as a support network for survivors and a means to battle negative stigmas in the community.

Ebola Survivors Football Club

Ebola Survivors Football Club

Midwife students hangout on the boardwalk, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 27, 2017. All of these students, who are in their first year of midwifery school didn't know that abortion was legal except in special cases. None of them had boyfriends at the moment, but some had in the past. One had broken up with a boy because he cheated on her, and another because she 'needed to be free'. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding.

Cambodian Teenagers – a study in contrast

Cambodian Teenagers – a study in contrast