Adult literacy class in Mitro, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Pottery workshop, Madrasat Addeera, an artistic space where women learn crafts to be sold in the old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Jewellery workshop, Madrasat Addeera, an artistic space where women learn crafts to be sold in AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Pottery workshop, Madrasat Addeera, an artistic space where women learn crafts to be sold in the old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Sewing and embroidery workshop, Madrasat Addeera, an artistic space where women learn crafts to be sold in AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Manufacturing workshop of AFRA, female cooperative for crop harvesting of Argan oil, Tafraoute, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

View of Aasta Hansteen statue and waterfront architecture in background, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Pottery workshop, Madrasat Addeera, an artistic space where women learn crafts to be sold in the old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Manufacturing workshop of AFRA, female cooperative for crop harvesting of Argan oil, Tafraoute, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A disabled women making nappies at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women building solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Disabled women swing garments at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

A disabled women sewing at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India, demonstrate how hot the device is, by holding a sheet of newspaper which instantly sets on fire in the 300 degree Celcius heat. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A Barefoot Dentist, who is trained to perform basic dentistry at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

BOLIVIA FUNDAWI: training a group at the FUNDAWI office in La Paz. Coca leaves on the table for chewing

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

BOLIVIA FUNDAWI: training a group at the FUNDAWI office in La Paz

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

East timor. Adult literacy class, fatumerita, aileu district

Mixed race woman gesturing okay in gallery

Business people reading notepad and talking

Mixed race woman gesturing in gallery

Smiling Mixed Race woman using digital tablet

Mixed race woman listening to cell phone with headphones

Portrait of mixed race woman in gallery

Mixed race woman listening to headphones

Mixed race woman texting on cell phone in gallery

Mixed race woman listening to cell phone with headphones

Laughing Caucasian woman riding horse in winter

Caucasian woman putting wood in campfire

Smiling Caucasian woman holding rein of horse in winter

Mixed race woman gesturing peace in gallery

Caucasian woman using spoon with metal cup in winter

Smiling Caucasian woman riding horse in winter

Smiling Caucasian woman holding metal cup in winter

Portrait of smiling businessman and businesswoman

Mixed race woman gesturing and holding cell phone

Mixed race woman posing in gallery

Caucasian woman petting horse in winter

Portrait of serious Caucasian woman wearing cowboy hat

Mixed race woman listening to cell phone with headphones

Mixed Race businesswoman laughing

Mixed race woman holding cell phone

Lucha Libre. Combat between Dina with orange skirt and Benita la Intocable , cholitas females wrestlers ,with referee, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At right Benita la Intocable , at left Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Benita la Intocable acclaimed by the public before starting the combat, cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Angela la Folclorista , in the middle Dina, and at right Benita la Intocable, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between Dina with orange dress and Julieta, cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Benita la Intocable, detail of her dress and hands, cholita female wrestler, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Angela la Folclorista , in the middle Benita la Intocable, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between Dina with orange skirt and Benita la Intocable , cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Dina, and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre.Two spontaneous up to the ring to help the cholita Angela la Folclorista during the combat again the wrestler called El Prisionero, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Julieta and Celia la Simpatica whith pink skirt during a crazy combat, agaist males wrestlers, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Angela la Simpatica and La Momia fighting, males and cholitas females wrestlers in combat, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between Dina with orange dress and Julieta, cholitas females wrestlers ,with a referee, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. After the show. A follower is photographed with cholitas fighters. At left Julieta, in the middle Celia la Simpatica, and Dina , cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between El Prisionero and the cholita Angela la folclorista, wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Dina , in the middle Benita la Intocable, at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Angela la Folclorista, cholita female wrestler, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between Dina with orange skirt and Benita la Intocable , cholitas females wrestlers ,with referee in the middle, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At right Benita la Intocable , at left Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Detail of dresses and feet. At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Male fighter stretch the hair of cholita Julieta, wrestlers in combat, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Benita la Intocable, cholita female wrestler,El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. After the show. A follower is photographed with cholitas fighters. Down Julieta, Celia la Simpatica, and Dina with blue dress , cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Dina , in the middle Benita la Intocable, at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. male and the cholita Celia la Simpatica wrestlers in combat, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Two spontaneous up to the ring to dace with the cholita Angela la Folclorista to celebrate the victory, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Benita la Intocable, cholita female wrestler,El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Combat between the Transvestite and the cholita Angela la Folclorista, wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Lucha Libre. Julieta and Celia la Simpatica during a crazy combat, agaist males wrestlers, Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Angela la Folclorista, detail of her dress and hands, cholita female wrestler, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Angela la Folclorista, cholita female wrestler, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia