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The Lives of Women and Girls

I have dedicated my life to working with women and girls. A long time ago I realized that it was by the accident of my birth, that I was born into a world where my education was expected and doors were opened to me along the way. I seek a world where all women have the same opportunities I did. The opportunity to go to school, to feel safe in their home and community, to have access to health care, to choose who and when they marry, to decide who they want to be and are able to advocate for the world they want to live in. I seek to empower their voices.

I see beauty and strength in each of these women that I have been blessed to meet. I hope you do too.
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  • Standing Out

    Standing Out

    If I were to choose my favorite photograph, this would be it. To me it describes perfectly the world I want for all girls. To walk with grace and strength, indifferent to the world. The Amhara Region of Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. A young girl walks along the street in Debre Tabor, located in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

  • Those Eyes

    Those Eyes

    A female entrepreneur in a market in Nairobi, Kenya

  • Strength

    Strength

    Aunt Jackie, she is Maria's Aunt. She was so proud of her rooster. There was something about her strength and her glow that reminded me of you. She was always working, running around doing something for her farm. I think you would like her.

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  • Solitary

    Solitary

    The skill of back-strap weaving, traditionally seen as women's work, is passed down from mothers to daughters.

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  • Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

    Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

  • Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

    Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

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    Panajachel Guatemala

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  • Friends

    Friends

    Panajachel, Guatemala

  • Catarina

    Catarina

    By partnering with local non-profits, the cooperatives are able to sell their work at a fair wage.

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  • Scholarships

    Scholarships

    Children of weavers benefit from the their parents involvement with Maya Traditions, through school scholarships. San Juan, Guatemala for Photographers Without Borders

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  • Corinne - Portrait

    Corinne - Portrait

    Her tattoos are her story

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    Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

  • Stoic

    Stoic

    A female shop keeper in a market in Nairobi. Part of an effort to highlight female entrepreneurs.

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    Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

  • Introductions

    Introductions

    Near the Altilan Lake region of San Juan. Women Artisans are banding together to form cooperatives.

  • Effortless Smile

    Effortless Smile

    In these cooperatives, women work together to create high-quality traditional artisian crafts such as back-strap weavings, or pine needles baskets.

  • Laughter

    Laughter

    Tamales at Elena's House Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

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    Robyne Hayes 1520- Maya Traditions- Guatemala Photographers Without Borders

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