Girls breaking barriers in Ghanaian photography
TOWARDS GENDER EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Empowering Girls And Young Women In Ghana
In Ghana, Lensational is collaborating with KickStart Ghana, a UK and Ghanaian registered charity/NGO based in Ho, that works to enhance educational opportunities for Ghanaians. The Lensational programme in collaboration with KickStart Ghana targets teenage girls and young women.
Our joint mission with KickStart Ghana is to offer photography workshops as an extra-curricular education opportunity, enabling the girls to tell their own stories through the powerful tool of photography, and encouraging them to stay committed to their educational aspirations.
Education And Gender Questions In Ghana
In November 2014, Ana by Karma trained 20 children from the weaving communities in Bhutan in photography on behalf of Lensational. Ana by Karma had been working to empower the women weavers and wanted to further support their journeys through teaching their photography. With photography, the children could help their mothers take beautiful photos of their products in the future.
On the first day of the workshop, the children stayed in the classroom and focused on photography techniques, self-introduction and storytelling. They then took to the Buddha Point to capture the outside world with the new skills they had learnt.
Workshop Facilitators
Francis Kokoroko is a Ghanaian photographer inspired by cultures and the everyday life in Africa. Check out his work here: www.franciskokoroko.com. Follow him on Tumblr and Instagram.
Abeline Bentzon is a photographer from Denmark. She has been travelling the world, and worked, amongst others, on a documentary photography project in India with an orphanage. Check out her work here: www.abelinebentzon.dk
Doris Anson-Yevu aka Kafui is a Ghanaian photographer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Photowalk Ghana and works as Brand Communications Lead at Impact Hub Accra. Find her work on Flickr. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.