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Fatimah Hossaini pictured in Barcelona in October 2023.
Photography

Fatimah Hossaini, Afghan photographer: ‘I used to have problems with the fathers, brothers or husbands of the women I wanted to photograph’

The artist has focused her work on the beauty of the women of Afghanistan, working around wars and patriarchal restrictions. Since the Taliban returned to power, she has been living as a refugee in Paris. She tells EL PAÍS that the group has created a system of ‘gender apartheid that makes life impossible’

Lidia holds passport photos of her daughter, Juliva, who disappeared in July of 2014, while on her way to the Public University of El Alto.
Bolivia

The abyss of child sexual exploitation in Bolivia: ‘They told me that if I continued looking for my daughter, I was going to die’

Patricia R. Blanco (TEXT) / Manuel Seoane (PHOTOGRAPHY)|El Alto / La Paz (Bolivia)|

Relatives of missing girls and women denounce the lack of investigations and the limited number of convictions. NGOs are working to rescue victims, while the government is attempting to strengthen the police and judicial bodies to combat this widespread crime

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