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Christine Akoth, 38, a metal painter, poses for a photograph in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Feb. 27, 2017. "I have experienced gender bias at my work where sometimes I'm denied contracts because of who I am and maybe my marital status. Some female colleagues have been treated unfairly because of their sex and even exploited," Akoth said.

5 Christine Akoth, 38, a metal painter, poses for a photograph in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Feb. 27, 2017. "I have experienced gender bias at my work where sometimes I'm denied contracts because of who I am and maybe my marital status. Some female colleagues have been treated unfairly because of their sex and even exploited," Akoth said.

Tara McCannel, 44, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Ophthalmic Oncology Center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is photographed in in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 27, 2017. "Women are held to a higher standard in knowledge, in abilities, in how the clinical practices go, in appearance," McCannel said. "Women just can't be themselves or just think: 'Oh I'm just going to do my work,' and focus on the job. There are these other things that need to be considered because it's not completely equal even though things are getting better."

6 Tara McCannel, 44, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Ophthalmic Oncology Center at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is photographed in in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 27, 2017. "Women are held to a higher standard in knowledge, in abilities, in how the clinical practices go, in appearance," McCannel said. "Women just can't be themselves or just think: 'Oh I'm just going to do my work,' and focus on the job. There are these other things that need to be considered because it's not completely equal even though things are getting better."

Chrifa Nimri, 69, a fisherwoman, arranges a net after returning from fishing at the seaport Sidi Bou Said, in Tunis, Tunisia, Feb. 23, 2017.  "At the beginning of my fishing career all the world told me that the trade was for men but now all my colleagues respect and call me captain," Chrifa said.

7 Chrifa Nimri, 69, a fisherwoman, arranges a net after returning from fishing at the seaport Sidi Bou Said, in Tunis, Tunisia, Feb. 23, 2017. "At the beginning of my fishing career all the world told me that the trade was for men but now all my colleagues respect and call me captain," Chrifa said.

Elizabeth Mamani, 36, a reporter at Radio Union, poses inside Bolivia's national congress building in La Paz, Bolivia, Feb. 22, 2017. "When I started in this job, I did feel discrimination [from officials who controlled the access of members of the press to events]. To counter discrimination in this profession, we as women, must excel, we must prepare ourselves in every field," Mamani said.

8 Elizabeth Mamani, 36, a reporter at Radio Union, poses inside Bolivia's national congress building in La Paz, Bolivia, Feb. 22, 2017. "When I started in this job, I did feel discrimination [from officials who controlled the access of members of the press to events]. To counter discrimination in this profession, we as women, must excel, we must prepare ourselves in every field," Mamani said.

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