Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence
 
 
   
 

Looking Out/Looking In: Women, Poverty and Public Policy

A Photovoice Project
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2006

In the words of the women who participated...
Low income women are often subject to scrutiny and surveillance by others. In this project we were behind the lens, not under the lens.

We looked in at our own experiences and out at the world from our own perspectives.
We look out for all the obstacles that come from living in poverty and we look for all the good things that keep us going.

We encourage people in communities to look out for each other, by developing just policies and treating everyone with dignity and respect.
We are looking for change and hoping to make a difference.

Our goal in this project is to use our words and photographs to raise public awareness and influence public policies to reduce poverty and improve the conditions of women’s lives.


Saskatoon Photovoice Photographers*
  Butterfly Russell* Mary Jane*

Dawn McGraw* Moe S.*
  Elaine Gamble Nadia
  Genevieve Jones* Smith
  Lynn* Virginia Beebe
  *Some of the women have chosen pseudonyms to protect their anonymity.

Saskatoon Photovoice Committee
Vanessa Charles, Saskatoon Antipoverty Coalition
Debbie Frost, National Antipoverty Organization
Kathryn Green, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Lorraine Marquis, Saskatoon Health Region, Social Work Department
Carolyn Rogers, Saskatoon Antipoverty Coalition
Kay Willson, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence

This project is sponsored by the Saskatoon Antipoverty Coalition & the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence 

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