Scout Dialogue: Writers Collection

Photographer Paola Gianturco

Special | 28m 49s

International photojournalist Paola Gianturco documented the lives of women in 15 countries on five continents for her latest book. She learned how women tackle the problems in their lives- domestic violence, sex trafficking, poverty, illiteracy, discrimination- with creativity and imagination. In this Dialogue, Host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Gianturco about these “Women Who Light the Dark.”

Aired: 05/05/11 | Rating: TV-G

Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

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