Women of La Paz
22 Nov, 2018 | Bx Team
Miriam Rojas Ontiveras
Photo by Sergio Suárez Málaga
‘We have a lot of rights now, unlike before. I am very happy to be a Bolivian woman.’
Angela Abigail Calvimontes Pérez
from the Alalay Foundation
Photo by Marie de Lantivy
‘These girls have a lot of energy. When I cook with them we’re turning that energy into something positive.’
—Valentina Arteaga
Patricia Zamora
Photo by Sophie Blow
‘A Bolivian woman today is independent, capable of having a career. She can do the housework, look after her children but also study.’
Carlas Patzi
Photo by Ivan Rodriguez Petkovic
‘It is the woman who represents what we do. This is what we show, the entire woman. – with her essence… This is not only about the clothes – the mujer of pollera is not an item – this is about the woman.’
—Ana Palza
C. Sempertegui
Photo by Sophie Blow
‘Being a woman in Bolivia isa blessing. We have a veryunique culture, which issomething that not everywoman around the world cansay that they have’.
22 Apr, 2019 | 14:57