Women and war: photos

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11-11-2002 Photo Collection

Women and war: photos

These photographs depict women from around the world who have suffered as a result of armed conflict as well as women who are courageously coping with the impact of war on their lives.

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08/2001 © CICR /DANZIGER, Nick

The photographs presented here are part of an exhibition on the theme of Women and War which opened on 25 November 2002 by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan on the occasion of the Arabic launch of Women facing War, the ICRC study on the impact of armed conflict on women. The photographs depict women from around the world who have suffered as a result of armed conflict as well as women who are courageously coping with the impact of war on their lives. This exhibition was open to the public until the 1st of December 2002 at the Al Hussein Cultural Centre of the Greater Amman Municipality in Raas Al Ain.

LEFT: Displaced. Qualam is living in a tent with her sons and daughter, forced to leave her home by drought and conflict , Afghanistan.

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