Ley Uwera Photography

Ley Uwera is an independent Photojournalist based in DR Congo

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Many of the women who are being treated for fistula were sexually assaulted by armed groups in their villages. Local health centers have no equipment to treat fistula. Panzi is one of the hospital in the region that offers reconstructive surgery for women.

#panzihospital #Mukwege #womenrights #gvb #panziUSA #drc #Congo

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Wedding day in Beni, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

📸 By Ley Uwera

Join us for Light of Day: A Print Sale by The Everyday Projects to celebrate 10 years of Everyday Africa. Dec 5-12. Link in bio to buy!

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🖼Fine art prints by Picto -- @pictonewyork x @pictofr #everydayafrica #everydayeverywhere #leyuwera #lightofday

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les affrontements de ces dernières semaines rendent encore plus pénible le quotidien de dizaines de milliers de personnes. Selon #Ocha plus de 188 000 personnes ont été déplacées suite aux récentes violences dans le Nord Kivu.

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Brenda Dardar-Robichaux, the former principal chief of the Houma Nation, has been an activist in southern Lousiana for decades.

The Houma Tribe has not yet been federally recognized and has been awaiting a response for over 20 years from the bureau of Indians Affairs.

UHN has also fought for educational opportunities, protection of their homelands from coastal erosion and hurricanes, and recovery from the oil spill in 2010. Due to historical discriminatory practices and tribal isolation, many United Houma Nation tribal citizens lack the skills to be assertive and assume leadership roles .

Photo by Ley Uwera, Louisiana, 2018

#lousiana #women #houmanation #leyuwera #usa #neworleans

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#California #usa, 2018

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Indigenous women in the village of Tshivanga near the Kahuzi Biega National Park. South Kivu.

#photojournalism #drc #congo

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« Tantines »

#documentary #photography #portrait #rdc #kinshasa #pakajuma #Congo

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Portraits of veterans rangers, Kahuzi Biega National Park. #conservation #park #kahuzibieganationalpark #drc #congo

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Portrait d’une femme à Pakajuma Les “tantines” #photojournalism #documentary #photo #everydayafrica #everydayeverywhere #pakajuma #kinshasa #rdc #Congo

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“Les Tantines Kinoises “

Pakajuma

#photography #documentary #photojournalism #pakajuma #portrait #kinshasa #drc #rdc #Congo

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“Tantines Kinoises “

Ces portraits intimes des femmes de Pakajuma.

#photography #documentary #photojournalism #pakajuma #portrait #kinshasa #drc #rdc #Congo

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“Tantines Kinoises“

Ces portraits intimes des femmes de Pakajuma. Le quartier à Limeté est très réputé pour sa précarité et lieu de prostitution.

Ces femmes et filles, certaines d’elles sont des mères, filles qui vivent dans une extrême pauvreté gangrenée par la violence et qui font tout pour s’en sortir.

Irene 39 ans , mère de cinq enfants vit dans la cité de Pakajuma à Kinshasa.

#photography #documentary #photojournalism #pakajuma #portrait #kinshasa #drc #rdc #Congo

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Portrait, Bibi Bola.

#documentary #photography #portrait #rdc #kinshasa #pakajuma #Congo

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Two brothers in front of their house in Ikenge in the Équateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Deux frères devant leur maison à Ikenge dans la province de l'Équateur en République démocratique du Congo.

#photojournalism #ikenge #equateur #congorainforest #forest #drc #Congo

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Kisasa #Congo https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpMNMVsvG_/?igshid=1ezl04uml049n

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#pakajuma #kinshasa #Congo (at Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLe4f_3s-aZ/?igshid=27a71ffdn3aj

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#photography #africa #fashion #dandy #sapeurs #kinshasa #streetphotography #everydafrica #congopositif #style #sape #congo https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHfYkTMz_J/?igshid=tiex2huat0tx