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A group of local residents pray in front of the home of a women who was shot by a stray bullet in the William Penn housing project. The group, lead by one of the out-raged family members of the victim, organized a daily walk around the project for seven straight days in protest of the violence. The William Penn is notorious for being one of the most violent projects in the city and prior to this incident, according to residents, over a half dozen people had been shot in the last few months.
By Justin Maxon, 2012 professional winner
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After crossing river, at least a dozen kilometer these people get the water for dinking and surviving. Everyday men women, children come this place called DOSH NUMBER SHORA to collect fresh water.
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Beverly Brown covers her eyes as she rests in her living room.
By Raymond Thompson, 2012 student winner
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A camel is led to slaughter in Al Arob refugee camp. Palestinians do not normally eat camel meat, however the refugees are poor, so they eat what they can. March 19, 2011, West Bank, Palestine.
By Gabriel Romero, 2012 student winner
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KIROVAUL, DAGESTAN, RUSSIA – NOVEMBER 2010: A Dagestani woman holds a telephone with a picture of her husband who was killed in unknown circumstances on November 24, 2010 in the small village of Kirovaul, Dagestan, Russia.
By Oxana Onipko, 2012 student winner
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Family members mourn Guadalupe Sujey Castillo Flores, a 22 year old newlywed woman who was killed by a stray bullet in Ciudad Juarez.
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An Armenian woman attends a service at the Holy Mother of God Armenian Church in Vakifli?, ?Turkey?.? Less than ?30? ?Armenian families populate the small town? and surrounding area, ?which is located near the Turkish border with Syria?. ?Although Armenians are allowed to celebrate their traditions in Turkey, many fear asserting their ethnic origins?, ?which means living in near silence to avoid trouble?. ?
By Kathryn Cook, 2012 professional winner
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The desire for male children leads to the abortion of 7000 female fetuses a day in India. 2009 Alexia professional grant winner Walter Astrada shows how this and the effects of other women abuse have resulted in 80% of Indian states facing a shortage of women.
In the two most populous countries in the world, China and India, female infanticide reflects the low status accorded to women in “most parts of the world today,” according to the organization Gendercide Watch.
This low status results not only in abortion of female fetuses, but also the neglect of girl children, the abuse of women in “dowry deaths,” “honor killings” of women, and even burning widows to death in a ritual called sati.
Walter Astrada spent months documenting these cultural phenomena for this report, funded by a grant by the Alexia Foundation and produced by MediaStorm. To view Astrada's gripping story, click the arrow on the photo above.
