‘Though people will find this place silly and nonsense, but learning the wisdom of Allah is every Moslem’s right, including transvestites!‘ said Maryani, 48 years old transvestites who’s also the founder of the Koran School for the transvestites and transsexual named ‘Pesantren Senen – Kamis’ in Notoyudan, Jogjakarta – Indonesia. Today the ‘Senen [...]

If we talk of Cambodia it’s hard not to mention the 40 years of war, the genocide of Khmers Rouges, the next civil war, the mines, even today collecting life and future of dozens of innocents every year and the trauma among population. Nevertheless, today, it sounds like a new promising era is coming. Indeed, [...]

All the way from India to the Middle East, women have traditionally adorned the veil, a sheer fabric to cover their hair and sometimes their face. While some wear it for purely traditional purposes, others will don it as a rite of passage when a girl grows from childhood to adulthood, as do women in [...]

I drive along country roads on the outskirts of Rome and cannot help but notice scantly clad women dot the landscape. The majority are Africans working as prostitutes to send money home to their families. Some women are working by their own choice; others are not. For nearly twenty years the women of Benin City, [...]

Text and Photos Marc-André Pauzé
Whereas we are witnesses of the slow disintegration of the Amer-Indian communities, marked by a very high infant mortality, a chronic unemployment and self-destroying violence, some portions of hope appears on the horizon.
Photojournalist and nurse specialized in backcountry medecine, Marc-Andre Pauzé will report from various canadians indigenous communities in a [...]

 
The monsoon rain finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal this week, on June 25. Some people cheered and laughed in the rain, before running for cover or bringing out their umbrellas. Over the next 4 month, 80-90% of the years “water supply” will arrive from the sky, since rainfall is the only source of water in [...]