Artist Jennifer White Kuri presents Global Women Project, a contemporary art project celebrating 13 extraordinary international women who have or are working to improve lives in their cities, countries, and the world.
An in-depth look through the eyes of artist Jennifer White Kuri at her Global Women Project. Some of the subjects whose portraits Kuri painted are: Rossana Castrellon is Panama's former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, an international trade and market management attorney (ex: Harvard Law) and an innovative leader in Panamanian education. Dr. Sylvia Earle is a world-renowned oceanographer waging an increasingly public struggle to expand awareness of maritime ecology and its central importance to the health and survival of humanity. Her work has garnered hundreds of awards nationally and internationally - including the coveted Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) prize in 2009 - and she currently serves as National Geographic's Scientist-in-Residence. Women's rights activist Nadine Al Bedair is the host of the weekly Arabic television show Etijahat for Rotana Media Services. She is ardently fighting for women's rights throughout the Middle East, including the right to drive in Saudi Arabia.