The Village Where Men Are Banned

The Umoja Uaso Women's Village is in northern Kenya near Archers Post. It was started in 1990 by Rebecca Lolosoli in response to violence against women, forced marriage, rape, female genital mutilation, all of which is part of Samburu culture where the men dominate and oppress the women. These images are of the Umoja Uaso Women, their lives in the village living without men, the systems that they have put into place to keep safe, to earn money and to maintain their emancipation.