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Holy Angel by Anna Rikkinen, Finland
A White Knight’s Story by Anna Alexandrova, Russia
Growing Roots by Oksana Baiul, Ukraine
Unfolding Posture by Heba Farid, Egypt
Hettie had a few Reservations by Amelia Walker, Australia
In the Eye of the Beholder by Toyin Sokefun, Nigeria
Unfolding by Lone Mørch, Denmark
Reclamation by Cheryl Cabrera, United States
Yo animal by Maria Adela Diaz, United States
Since flies supposedly don't like to settle on the blue by Shirin Kouladjie, Iran
The Room by Amal Kenawy, Egypt
I Want to Have Your Baby (film) by Caroline Koebel, United States
I Am a Beauty by Nassrin Nasser, Iran
Spectacles by Clare Yow, Canada
Luis y Fla by Flavia Da Rin, Argentina
Summer Blossom by Nathalia Orozco, Mexico
Diary by Anna Soler Cepriá, Spain
Self Portrait by Suzanna Carlota Schlemm , Brazil
Aquarela by Ivani Castilho, Brazil
Cartas Marcadas by Eliane Bettocchi, Brazil
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Interview with Amina Lawal by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Para Besarte y Acariciarte Mejor by Jessica Lagunas, Guatemala
A photographic series of people in Central and Eastern Europe by Lucia Nimcova, Slovakia


Relationships
Soaked in the Bath of Desire by Shen Ling, China
Puzzle Series by Leticia Bernaus, Argentina
Family Album by Katerina Otcenaskova-Richtr, Czech Republic
Forbidden Love by Stella Nanni, Brazil
Wedlock by Manal Al-Dowayan, Saudi Arabia
Dirty Tricks with Rok and Mrs. Baskar by Ivanka Apostolova, Macedonia
Breaking barriers by Marie-Joe Raidy, Lebanon
The Bride's Tears by Aimée Boukary, Niger
Verité by Karen Rigby, United States
Two young women migrants by Indira Endaya, Philippines, the
The Kiga Hug by Amanda Tumusiime, Uganda
She Will Belong by Eva Kanana Mabura, Kenya
Positively Romantic by Monique Tondoi Wanjala, Kenya
My Sister by Annette Kristiansen, Norway
Friends by April Livesley, Australia
Illusory Image by Chen Qiulin, China
The Rainbow Generation by Penny Montford, United Kingdom
Crossing Monologues by Merike Sule-Trubert, Estonia
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Lighting a Candle by Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria
Excerpt from Lovesong by Nikki Gemmell, Australia
Film Clip from Before Sunset by Julie Delpy, France
Untitled by Jessica Gomula , United States
Between the Covers by Nicky Newman, South Africa
Ardhanarishwara by Charuvi Agrawal, India
Being True to the Most Important Partnership in A Our Life – Ourselves by Christine Arylo, United States
One is Not the Loneliest Number by Jolivette N Mecenas, United States
I go looking for you in places I know by Madeleine Mullett , United Kingdom
Dear Letta (film) by Brooke White and Susie Meserve , United States
Celtic Raag by Pireeni Sundaralingam, Sri Lanka
Waltz For a Night by Julie Delpy, France
Old Maid by Vivian Nocum Limpin, Philippines, the
Wahad Areese, Please! (A Husband, Please!) by Zena el-Khalil, Lebanon
A Wind Untamed by Lada Karitskaya, Russia
Morning After by Ruby Xuequn Pan, Singapore
Assisted Marriage by Sadaf Siddique, India


Motherhood
Bellydancers by Jaime Koebel, Canada
Mother with Child by Sui Shuxia, China
New Colonies by Swarupa Shah, India
Mother by Anna Wiśniewska, Poland
Lack of Significant Difference by Jessica Loseby, United Kingdom
Expecting (from The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt) by Rebecca Walker, United States
Swiggy by Ali Smith, United States
Hope by Andrea Chung, United States
Lily Pads by Christine Luksza-Paravicini, United States
Now by Achinoam Nini, Israel
Mamalas by Valentina Campos, Bolivia
Momma Love by Ali Smith, United States
Beautiful Bellies by Christine Luksza-Paravicini, United States


Health
The Baker’s Bag Project by Karin Heisecke, Germany
In All My Dreams by Rovena Agolli, Albania
Kenya Body Maps by Barbara Kimegisha (TICAH & Point Of View), Kenya
Thailand Body Maps by Muei (TICAH & Point of View), Thailand
India Body Maps by Gouri Narayan (TICAH & Point of View), India
Badmash Animation on HIV/AIDS by Breakthrough, India
Maati by Breakthrough, India
Forging a New Path by Monica da Silva (World Pulse Magazine), South Africa
Dreamings by Jessica Horn, United Kingdom
Excerpt from With Faith Eroded by Margarita Aguilar, Mexico
I am by Marcella Cross, Canada
Before the Hockey Game by Kathryn Fischer, United States
Love, Labor, Loss: A film on obstetric fistula in Niger (film) by Lisa Russell, United States
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On-line dating, ‘semi’-arranged love marriages, alternative lifestyles… The world is changing at a rapid pace, and it is dramatically affecting the way young women handle the subjects of courtship, marriage, family, and friendship. For example, the average age at first marriage for young women in 1970 was 21.4; by 2000, it was 25.5. Join the Conversation»

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Images of motherhood have inspired beautiful pieces of art, both across cultures and throughout time. The entries we received on this topic are no less filled with wonder. But young women today are also thinking about some new and interesting questions with respect to topic of childbearing. Join the Conversation»

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The past decade, I graduated as a teacher but secretly wanted to be a journalist or a dancer.

I have been an English teacher everywhere from London to a remote university in northwest China. I have been to twenty countries. I have been a waitress (many times in Melbourne, and at the Edinburgh airport), a nude artist’s model, an art gallery curator, an exhibition curator in Chinese villages, a TV news editor, a photographer, a performer, an activist.

I have sung in Chinese on the back of a live buffalo for a national TV show in China and a live audience of thirty thousand and danced on a boathouse in Prague — and got paid for both! I have assisted my mother and sister in childbirth. I have been in love and have been loved many times. I have destroyed love and felt the darkness of loneliness. I have been lost in depression. I have climbed Mount Olympus in Greece. I have lived in a former brothel in London and with ten musicians in a factory in Melbourne. I have made many friends scattered across the planet.

I have published a short story. I have had a solo photography exhibition. Several newspaper articles have been written about me. After ten years, I have returned to university. I have been chosen to work as a visual artist in Spain next year. I have started to learn how to forgive myself for mistakes. . . .

I look forward to falling in love, really in love, looking into the eyes of my children, laughing a lot, gaining more knowledge and maybe even a little wisdom, continuing to create as a photographer and performer, being inspired by people and places, working towards a better world, discovering new paths.
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Yasmine el-Rashidi (Egypt)
Dear Marcela,
More than anything, your story reminded me that we are not alone in the world -- we are all united through experience & emotion. We have all been in love & been loved; we have all felt loss & loneliness; we've all also dreamed. For many of us, we have dreamt of another life. But you remind us, that we're all the same, & that thro all life's ebbs & flows, we can do anything. Thank
marcela nievas (Australia)
Thanks for the comments. I won't say that everything I wrote about for the book resulted in great enlightenment. Some if it was just for laughs, spontaneous fun, cheeky adventures. The use of "I" was intentional. I claim my space and all my roles and colours. For me, it's important to celebrate, nurture and enjoy the "I". Is that ego?
vishal (India)
marcela, ur adventurous life is indeed commendable. on a lighter note, carrying forward from where Contessa left, there are "18" no. of "I"s in your story (not counting "i"s used in other words that donot describe you)...:-) but still hats off to you for ur events filled life. u surely sought that adventure, and u got it! i like that.
Purity Kagwiria (Kenya)
I disagree with Contessa and Tasha, I dont think there is anything wrong with Marcela using I.She is the one who helped her sister give birth adn climbed the mountain, it took self effort and the credit is worth. We should all as young women be allowed the space to blow our trumpets for the achievements in our lives, coz mostly unless one is determined, the help from others doesnt count
Tasha (United States)
I agree with Contessa, It would be more interesting if you shared how you were enabled to do those things, what they taught you, how you were influenced. I've had some wonderful experiences only to walk away knowing they sounded amazing but were not, not fufilling not meaningful. What matters is what you take away from experience. Always, with no exception. The rest it just hype for our ego's.
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