Women See Many Things
A WeWorld project along the Swahili Coast
The Swahili Coast is a strip of land extending along the eastern edge of Kenya, Tanzania and northern Mozambique; in these border areas, shared ambitions and fears are typical among those in their twenties and thirties. These are places where traditions, the opinions of elders and social divides meet and clash with the aspirations of new generations, their creativity and need for self-assertion. Being “young” and above all a “woman”, in these cases, can coincide with many things: the need to reclaim a public space designed only for men, overcoming the gender stereotype; pride in showing how one’s work – even in the domestic sphere – has a central function in society’s well-being and harmony.
Women See Many Things intends to give space to the multiple gazes of young women from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, where WeWorld held three photography workshops in February and March 2024, directed by photographer Myriam Meloni and led by photographers Halima Gongo in Kenya, Gertrude Malizeni in Tanzania and Nelsa Guambe in Mozambique.
The photography workshops that resulted in Women See Many Things were conducted as part of Kujenga Amani Pamoja (Building Peace Together), a project co-funded by the European Union and implemented by WeWorld in the coastal areas bordering Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
The pictures taken during the workshops will be exhibited outdoors on the grounds of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Viale Allegri, while the history of the project and the creative process that led to the shots will be exhibited in Palazzo da Mosto.
