Ara is leading the 'Violence against women' campaign at Naripokho. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Tamana is a campaigner for Dalit and women's rights. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Jasmin and her husband were working in the Rana Plaza complex when the building came crashing down on 24 April 2013. Both survived. 1,100 people didn't. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
In 1984 Farida Akhtar founded UBINIG which has set up one of the biggest community seed banks in the world. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Kamrun is project director at Naripokkho which is a membership-based, women's activist organisation working for the advancement of women’s rights and entitlements and building resistance against violence, discrimination and injustice. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Noor has been working the printing press at Bangladesh's first and only women's bookstore and publishing house for 30 years. Narigrantha Prabartana (NGP) specialised in books written and focused on and for women.Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Nazmum is a paralegal at Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association (BNWLA). Nazmum along with a group of dedicated women lawyers spend their days working through endless cases of domestic violence, sexual abuse, labor rights, child labor issues in Kamrangirchar an area of 3.63 sq km, home to nearly half a million people. Photo commissioned by War on Want for 'Women are the resistance'.
Salma is exec director of the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA). BNWLA promotes the rights and status of women lawyers alongside fighting for access to justice for all women & children particularly for the most disadvantaged women and children in Bangladesh. Photo commissioned by War on Want for Women are the Resistance.