Review /International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day, the 8th of March 2023, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the World Press Photo Foundation launched ‘ResilienceStories of Women Inspiring Change’ at at Laparelli Gardens, Valletta Ditch.

The exhibition showcased a selection of stories, awarded in the World Press Photo Contests from 2000 to 2021, that highlight the resilience and challenges of women and girls around the world. The powerful and poignant images were sometimes accompanied by audiointerviews done with the photographers who captured the stories of courage and adaptability of women in near desperate situations.

At the opening reception, keynote speaker Renee Laiviera, Commissioner and Acting Executive Director of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality, speaking about Antonella from Argentina, one of the subjects of the photos, said “She was ready to give up her most important asset as a young girl. She realised that although she loved her long hair so much, her education