This #InternationalWomensDay I’m thinking of all the women who carry their children across borders just to keep them safe.
📷: @dkitwood @GettyImages
The women who walk for days towards the unknown so their kids can stay alive.
#Syria 📷: Rodi Said / @Reuters
The women who risk everything to give their kids a chnace at a better life
#Honduras #US #Mexico
📷: Kim Kyong-Hoon / @Reuters
Who carve out homes in unimaginable conditions to shelter their kids from the world
#Afghanistan #Pakistan
📷: Muhammed Muheisen / @ap
Who welcome new life into the world while sheltering from the worst parts of it.
#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
📷: Evgeniy Maloletka / @ap
Who quietly carry their own war grief so they can comfort their children’s loss
#Gaza
📷: Wissam Nassar
Who relentlessly love and protect. Even when the ground shakes and the storms swirl.
#Haiti
📷: Hector Retamal / @GettyImages
In a world that dismisses and diminishes them, these women lead. They protect. They persist. Despite it all. Thinking of them and their strength this #InternationalWomensDay .
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