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7-03-2003  Photo Collection  
Women and War: "Points of View"
To mark this year's International Women's Day, we invited ICRC staff in Geneva to reflect on an array of photographs highlighting the theme of Women and War. The photo collection "Points of View" presents a series of 19 pictures taken by a variety of photographers worldwide and accompanied by a selection of personal observations.

Burundi: Women waiting for food distribution.
Burundi: Women waiting for food distribution.
© ICRC/Thierry Gassmann


"People are smiling. It's typical of the distributions in Africa. When food is distributed, it's the women who are there to receive it. It's not because it's the women who do the cooking, it's more a question of organisation. Very often in these societies it's the women who are responsible for the management of the household. And in this respect the power lies really with women.

Riccardo Conti, water engineer

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