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“Visibility carries weight.”

In our new, exclusive Representation Matters interview, photographer Claire Thomas reflects on visual justice, ethical representation & the responsibilities of images.
🔗 bit.ly/4uCwAuq

#RepresentationMatters #ThisIsGender #EthicalPhotography #VisualJustice #Global5050
BANISHED, Northern Region, Ghana - 2024 by Claire Thomas Fusheina, a widow and mother of five, returns to the hut where she has lived in exile for six years. She is one of hundreds of women in northern Ghana accused of witchcraft, often by their own families or communities, and forced to seek refuge in so-called “witch camps.” These women are not there by choice: most flee or are sent away because to remain in their villages would mean risking their lives. Accusations of witchcraft exist beyond the reach of formal law yet are deeply entangled with social and structural inequality. They often arise from personal disputes, jealousy, or local misfortunes, and are almost always gendered.
March 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Our latest exhibition, This Is Gender: Photography on the Frontlines of Justice, is now open on the Main Lawn at #Recon2025 ✨

Experience it in person, or witness the full piece here: youtu.be/eA2rWioDmwg

#Global5050 #ThinkCREA #ThisIsGender #SocialJustice
Conference attendees stand on the main lawn at reconference 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal, watching a screen showing the ‘This is Gender: Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ exhibition. The booth is shaded by fabric canopies, with posters on gender justice and photo displays surrounding a table with printed materials. People gather on the main lawn at reconference 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal, near the ‘This Is Gender: Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ exhibition. Prof Kent Buse, CEO of Global 50/50, stands in conversation with several attendees in the foreground, while groups of people sit on mats and view nearby displays in an open, outdoor exhibition space decorated with hanging lanterns and artwork.
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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On #IDPD2025 we join the call for disability-inclusive societies that uphold dignity, autonomy & agency for all. 📢

Gender and #Disability are deeply intertwined – our #ThisIsGender exhibition #CrippingTheLens brings this into focus: bit.ly/4fQYs74

#SocialJustice #Inclusion

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An image by Jenny Bautista Media from the This is Gender Collection. In the cinematic black-and-white image, Isa and Tavo, an older couple who both live with disabilities, embrace tenderly in their underwear. Their faces are pressed together in quiet intimacy, eyes closed, smiling, entirely absorbed in each other. A wheelchair sits nearby. The image captures a moment of uninhibited affection.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Our latest newsletter is out now 📢

Catch up on our work advancing #genderjustice – from discussing #FeministLeadership on the sidelines of the #WHS2025 to showcasing five years of #ThisisGender in Osaka.

🔗Read it now: bit.ly/4oJRy6S

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Graphic promoting the Global 50/50’s newsletter. It reads “Our latest newsletter is out now – October 2025”, alongside the Global 50/50 logo and an illustration of an email being sent, overlaid on a computer tab. A collage of images featured in the Global 50/50 newsletter, including group photos taken at a Global 50/50 Feminist Leadership Workshop and at the World Health Summit. There are also photos from the This is Gender collection and an image of the curator, Imogen, speaking on a stage at an exhibition in Osaka.
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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On the fringe of #Expo2025 Osaka, our ‘Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ exhibition brought together five years of #ThisIsGender images – revealing how gender is lived, challenged, and reimagined across the world.

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/4nmAGC1

#GenderJustice #GlobalHealth
Imogen Bakelmun, This is Gender Curator, on stage at the Flying Carpet Factory speaking about the exhibition. Audience of the ‘Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ exhibition talk by Imogen Bakelmun. People at the ‘This is Gender: Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ Exhibition at the RSA Pavilion. Prof Kent Buse, Co-CEO of Global 50/50, on stage at the Flying Carpet Factory.
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🎤 Don’t miss #ThisIsGender curator Imogen Bakelmun sharing her reflections on the exhibition on Sat 4 Oct, 17:45 JST.

Discover the stories behind the images and learn how #photography has the power to reveal inequalities & inspire change.

Learn more: bit.ly/46KCChj

#Expo2025 #Osaka
A promotional image for the “RSA Pavilion: Living harmoniously in a fractured world.” The background is black with decorative artwork in the centre, including intricate mandala-style and patterned designs. On both sides are mirrored images of two dancers in white flowing outfits reaching toward the central art. The text reads “RSA Pavilion” at the top, “Living harmoniously in a fractured world” in the middle, and “3–5 October” at the bottom. Logos for Flying Carpet Factory and Global 50/50 are placed near the artwork and lower corners.
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A powerful new #ThisIsGender exhibition opens today at the RSA Pavilion, an off-site companion to the #Expo2025 in #Osaka. 🌟

Featuring 75 works from across the globe that explore the intersections of gender, identity & justice.

Learn more: bit.ly/46KCChj

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A promotional image for the “RSA Pavilion: Living harmoniously in a fractured world.” The background is black with decorative artwork in the centre, including intricate mandala-style and patterned designs. On both sides are mirrored images of two dancers in white flowing outfits reaching toward the central art. The text reads “RSA Pavilion” at the top, “Living harmoniously in a fractured world” in the middle, and “3–5 October” at the bottom. Logos for Flying Carpet Factory and Global 50/50 are placed near the artwork and lower corners.
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The full #CrippingtheLens longlist is now available to explore on our #ThisIsGender platform, bringing together images from artists around the world that reimagine #gender, #disability & #justice. ✨

🖼️ Explore now: bit.ly/4fQYs74

#GenderAndDisability #GenderJustice @thinkcrea.bsky.social
A promotional graphic for the “This is Gender: Cripping the Lens” virtual exhibition by Global 50/50. The top half features a collage of 17 photographs portraying disabled people across different ages, genders, ethnicities, and settings, challenging dominant narratives of disability and gender. The bottom section has a curved rainbow stripe and dark grey background – representing the disability pride flag. The graphic reads “THIS IS GENDER: CRIPPING THE LENS – VIRTUAL EXHIBITION.” The Global 50/50 logo appears in the top right corner.
August 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🏆 WINNER: ‘Fragmented Faces’ by Hardeep Singh uses sign language-inspired gestures and abstract forms to explore #Deaf and gendered identity. A powerful meditation on how the body becomes a medium of meaning.

🖼️ Explore #CrippingTheLens: bit.ly/44FvuDf

#ThisIsGender #Disability
A black-and-white digital artwork by Hardeep Singh titled “Fragmented Faces”, featuring repeated, stylised male-presenting faces with moustaches, partially obscured or overlaid by abstract symbols, disjointed lines, stitched textures, and hand motifs. Each face is divided, layered, or incomplete, evoking fragmentation and fluidity. The hand shapes—some with padlock icons—suggest both communication in sign language and restriction. The composition blends portraiture with textile-like repetition, reflecting Deaf and gender-nonconforming identities and the tension between resilience and erasure.
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🏆 WINNER: ‘Acompañamiento y Cariño’ by Jenny Bautista Media beautifully shows #care not only as support given or received, but as something shared – rooted in connection, agency & mutual trust.

Explore our #CrippingTheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf

#ThisIsGender #Disability @thinkcrea.bsky.social
In a cinematic black-and-white image, Isa and Tavo, an older couple who both live with disabilities, embrace tenderly in their underwear. Their faces are pressed together in quiet intimacy, eyes closed, smiling, entirely absorbed in each other. A wheelchair sits nearby. The image captures a moment of uninhibited affection
August 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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🏆 WINNER: ‘The past in your hands’ by Jaime Prada shows what equitable access to art & culture looks like – and asks: what if our shared spaces reflected the diversity of those who move through them?

Explore the full #CrippingTheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf

#ThisIsGender @thinkcrea.bsky.social
A blind woman with white hair reaches up to touch the face of an ancient Egyptian sculpture during a multisensory museum tour. Her hands, lit softly against the dark background, are central to the image – delicate and expressive, they appear to navigate the contours of the sculpture with care and intent.
August 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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WINNER: ‘When the mountain won’t move, healthcare must’ by Gina C. Meneses. 🏆

It shows what #healthequity looks like – when wheelchair #accesibility is limited, care climbs mountains.

Explore the full #CrippingtheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf

#ThisIsGender #Disability #GenderJustice #Access
A healthcare worker in full protective gear administers a vaccine or injection to a woman seated under a thatched-roof shelter in the remote Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines. The woman wears traditional attire and a face mask, illuminated by a warm light against the dusk-darkened backdrop of terraced green fields. The scene conveys care reaching remote communities despite geographical barriers.
July 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Final call 📢

Time is running out to enter #ThisisGender: Law & Justice

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your perspective on how gender, law, justice & power are seen and understood.

➡️ Enter by 16:55 BST tomorrow: bit.ly/3TnbWNp

#PhotographyCompetition #GenderJustice #OpenCall #Equality
Promotional graphic for Global 50/50’s “This is Gender: Law & Justice” photography open call 2025. The image features a stylised portrait of Ryan, a 24-year-old Ugandan refugee living in Kenya. Ryan is depicted with a luminous green wig and pink petals covering his eyes, symbolising concealment and fragility. His bare torso is bathed in red light, and his face is partially obscured by abstract red blocks. On the bottom half of the graphic, a white box is overlaid containing bold text that reads: “THIS IS GENDER – LAW & JUSTICE.” Below: “Photography Open Call 2025 – Enter Now”. In the top left corner it reads: “ENTER BY 26 JULY”, and in the right corner is Global 50/50’s logo.
July 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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What happens when disabled people claim the frame, as artists, subjects, and storytellers? 🖼️

Launched today, #CrippingTheLens is a 50-image virtual exhibition reimagining how we see gender, disability & #inclusion.

📸 Explore now: bit.ly/44FvuDf

#DisabilityPrideMonth #ThisIsGender
A promotional graphic for the “This is Gender: Cripping the Lens” virtual exhibition by Global 50/50. The top half features a collage of 17 photographs portraying disabled people across different ages, genders, ethnicities, and settings, challenging dominant narratives of disability and gender. The bottom section has a curved rainbow stripe and dark grey background – representing the disability pride flag. The graphic reads “THIS IS GENDER: CRIPPING THE LENS – VIRTUAL EXHIBITION.” The Global 50/50 logo appears in the top right corner.
July 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Deadline extended! 🚨

You’ve got until 26 July to enter our #ThisisGender: Law & Justice open call.

Show us how gender shapes justice - from visible legal systems to the hidden forces of exclusion and resistance.

➡️ Enter now: bit.ly/3TnbWNp

#GenderJustice #LawAndJustice #Photography #OpenCall
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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To mark #DisabilityPrideMonth, next week we launch #CrippingTheLens – a virtual exhibition that invites you to rethink and reframe the stories we tell about gender, disability, and the politics of being seen. 🖼️

Stay tuned.

#ThisIsGender #GenderAndDisability
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Meet the judges of #ThisIsGender Law & Justice 🌟

A powerhouse panel with deep expertise in #photography, storytelling, #gender and #representation –ready to spotlight bold, perspective-shifting images.

Show us #LawandJustice through your lens.

🚨 Open call closing soon – enter now: bit.ly/3TnbWNp
Promotional graphic for the “This Is Gender: Law & Justice” Photography Competition 2025 by Global 50/50. Bold red and black text reads: “THIS IS GENDER LAW & JUSTICE. PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2025.” Below, a stylised photo shows a partially obscured figure with neon green hair and red digital distortions. At the bottom, bold red text says “MEET THE JUDGES >>” with the Global Health 50/50 logo in the corner. Judge introduction graphic for Anne Kwakkenbos. Title in red: “ANNE KWAKKENBOS – JUDGE, THIS IS GENDER: LAW & JUSTICE.” Description in red text reads: “Anne Kwakkenbos began her career at the Dutch gender platform WO=MEN, coordinating civil society efforts for the Dutch National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325. For the past eight years, she has worked as a gender expert at Cordaid, focusing on women’s rights and gender equality in conflict areas. She supports inclusive and sustainable change through training, advice, program development, and international advocacy.” At the bottom it reads "PHOTOGRAPHY AS WITNESS". Judge introduction graphic for Tatiana Lopez. Title in red: “Tatiana Lopez – JUDGE, THIS IS GENDER: LAW & JUSTICE.” Description in red text reads "Tatiana is an Ecuadorian documentary photographer, visual anthropologist, and interdisciplinary artist. She teaches Ethnographic Filmmaking at the Media University of Applied Science in Berlin. Tatiana is an Up Next Diversify Photo and Women Photograph member, and collaborates with Tawna Collective. She uses photography to explore self-representation, with projects on Indigenous animistic practices, the relationship between people and land, women’s rights, extractivism, trauma across generations and connections between humans and nature." At the bottom it reads "PHOTOGRAPHY AS RESISTANCE". Judge introduction graphic for Lydia Mardirian. Title in red: “LYDIA MARDIRIAN – JUDGE, THIS IS GENDER: LAW & JUSTICE.” Description in red text reads “Lydia Mardirian is a photography researcher based in Beirut with a background in art history. She studies the emotional and sensory qualities of photographs, and how these images connect socially and historically. Lydia has worked with projects like Riwaq Palestine’s sibling project Counter-Cartographies and co-developed an art history course on photography at the University of Melbourne, where she also lectured on contemporary photography. She currently works as a researcher at the Arab Image Foundation”. “ENTER NOW” is written at the bottom.
July 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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We’re looking for images that capture how systems like courts, police, & government use their power to shape our daily lives – either to protect rights or reinforce inequality.

📷 Enter #ThisisGender: Law and Justice by 22 July: bit.ly/3TnbWNp

#GenderJustice #LawAndJustice #PhotographyCompetition
A black-and-white photo of a train with passengers visible through its windows — a woman wearing a headscarf looks out, while another figure reclines in a separate window. A bird flies overhead with its shadow cast on the train. Bold red text reads, “WHO DOES THE SYSTEM SERVE?” Below, smaller text says, “SYSTEMS & INSTITUTES” and “ENTER NOW.” The Global 50/50 logo is in the top right corner, with a red border framing the bottom and right side.
July 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Where is justice found – and where is it withheld?

Enter images that expose the visible and invisible lines that divide, confine, exclude – and the people that push back to protect their world. 🌍

📷 Enter our latest #ThisIsGender #OpenCall: bit.ly/3TnbWNp

#Global5050 #GenderJustice #LawandJustice
A close-up of a person’s eye looking through large green leaves, partially concealed in shadow. Overlaid bold red text reads, “WHERE IS JUSTICE FOUND?” with smaller white text below: “ENVIRONMENTAL & SPATIAL” and “ENTER NOW.” The image promotes the This Is Gender: Law & Justice photography competition by Global 50/50, with the logo in the top right and red graphic squares on the right.
July 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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#Law and #justice don’t only shape institutions - they reach into our families, relationships, and communities.

We're calling for images that capture how gender and justice are lived and felt through our social ties.

➡️ Enter #ThisisGender: Law & Justice: bit.ly/43CObH9

#GenderJustice #Global5050
Graphic promoting the "This Is Gender: Law & Justice" photography competition by Global 50/50. The top half features bold red text asking, “How is justice enforced or defied in our relationships?” Below the text is a photograph of five people, seen from behind, with their arms around each other in a gesture of solidarity. They wear traditional and contemporary clothing, and several have long braided hair. The bottom of the image reads “Social Relations” on the left and “Enter Now” on the right.
July 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Justice isn’t neutral. The law protects some, punishes others.

What if legal systems centred care, dignity & equity for all?

Now is your chance to bear witness to injustice & envision what a truly just world could look like.

📷 Enter #ThisIsGender: Law & Justice - bit.ly/43CObH9

#Photography
Promotional image for Global 50/50’s “This is Gender: Law & Justice” photography open call 2025. A young man stands against a soft-focus blue-toned background. He wears red lipstick—slightly smeared—and a textured, open shirt. A red geometric pattern overlays part of the image. Overlaid on the image, bold text reads: “THIS IS GENDER – LAW & JUSTICE.” The Global 50/50 logo is in the top right corner. The portrait explores queer sexuality and gender expression in Tokyo, offering a tender, complex lens on Japan’s LGBTQIAP+ community.
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Calling all photographers 📢

Show us how gender shapes & is shaped by #LawandJustice.

From the force of the law to the fight for fairness, capture how #justice is lived, negotiated & denied in everyday life, using any #photography style. 📸

Enter our #ThisisGender #OpenCall now: bit.ly/43CObH9
Graphic promoting Global 50/50’s “This is Gender: Law & Justice” photography open call. The image features a stylised, grainy portrait of Ryan, a 24-year-old Ugandan refugee living in Kenya. Ryan is depicted with a luminous green wig and pink petals covering his eyes, symbolising concealment and fragility. His bare torso is bathed in red light, and his face is partially obscured by abstract red blocks. Overlaid on the image, bold white and red text reads: “THIS IS GENDER – LAW & JUSTICE.” The Global 50/50 logo is in the top right corner. The image reflects Ryan’s experience of forced anonymity and the threat of violence due to his sexuality.
June 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#ThisisGender invites you to confront injustice & reimagine a more equal future through powerful imagery. 📢

Let your #photography be your resistance, capturing the tension between power and protest, #law and lived experience.

📸 Enter now: bit.ly/43CObH9

#OpenCall #GenderJustice
Graphic promoting Global 50/50’s “This is Gender: Law & Justice” photography open call 2025. The image features a stylised, grainy portrait of Ryan, a 24-year-old Ugandan refugee living in Kenya. Ryan is depicted with a luminous green wig and pink petals covering his eyes, symbolising concealment and fragility. His bare torso is bathed in red light, and his face is partially obscured by abstract red blocks. A white box with bold black and red text reads: “THIS IS GENDER – LAW & JUSTICE.” Below: “Photography Open Call 2025 – Enter Now”. The image reflects Ryan’s experience of forced anonymity and the threat of violence due to his sexuality.
June 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#ThisisGender: Law & Justice is now open. 📢

We’re calling on photographers worldwide to share powerful visual stories that reveal how gender shapes, and is shaped by, laws, legal systems, and everyday #justice.

➡️ Enter now: bit.ly/43CObH9

#OpenCall #Photography #Representation #LawandJustice
Promotional banner for Global 50/50’s “This is Gender: Law & Justice” photography open call 2025. On the left, a young man stands against a soft-focus blue-toned background. He wears red lipstick—slightly smeared—and a textured, open shirt. A red geometric pattern overlays part of the image. On the right, bold text reads: “THIS IS GENDER – LAW & JUSTICE.” Below: “Photography Open Call 2025 – Enter Now” and the Global 50/50 logo. The portrait explores queer sexuality and gender expression in Tokyo, offering a tender, complex lens on Japan’s LGBTQIAP+ community.
June 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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#ThisisGender is a space to resist, to reimagine, and reclaim #representation as a tool for #genderjustice. 📢

Tomorrow will bring a new opportunity to get involved - stay tuned.

#Global5050 #Photography #OpenCall #PhotographyCompetition
June 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM