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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Independent Staff

Sisters of the Moon: New dystopian photo series highlights the impact lack of water has on women and girls

WaterAid/Poulomi Basu

Indian transmedia artist and activist Poulomi Basu has launched a dynamic new series with Wateraid titled Sisters of the Moon, to show how a lack of clean water and toilets limits the power and potential of women and girls.

The project is inspired by the women and girls Poulomi has met through more than a decade of her previous work and includes her own experience of being raised in a patriarchal home in Kolkata, where both her mother and grandmother were child brides.

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