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Photo: Martha Tadesse for the IRC
Exhibition
Protecting Milestones: Portraits Of Girls In Conflict
3 May 2022 – 7 May 2022
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 28–29 Burlington Arcade
- London W1J 0QJ
- London
England - W1J 0QJ
- United Kingdom
The International Rescue Committee, in partnership with Gagosian, presents Protecting Milestones: Portraits of Girls in Conflict, an exhibition of photography that looks at women and girls impacted by conflict, the world over.
About
The powerful series of portraits will be on display at the Gagosian Shop in Burlington Arcade, London from May 3rd until May 7th.
In countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Syria, Yemen and now Ukraine, living in conflict areas means that they struggle to access the food and medical care they need to reach key milestones – like their first steps and first day of school. This is a key hurdle for them to become empowered women. For children living in countries facing some of the worst crises in the world, those precious moments are put at risk because they don’t have access to one of life’s basic necessities: nutritious food.
This exhibition also launches the IRC Protecting Milestones campaign, which will run until August, in which the UK government will match donations to fund a new programme to treat malnutrition in Nigeria, one of the key barriers for girls living in conflict to become empowered women.
Photo: Martha Tadesse for the IRC
