The role of women in society: exhibition of National Geographic's great reporters in Bologna

From February 15 to May 17, 2020, the Oratory of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna will host the exhibition Women. A Changing World, an exhibition of photography dedicated to the central role of women in society, read through a century of photography. It is a look at the condition of women across every latitude and one hundred years of women’s history as seen through the lens of the great reporters of the National Geographic Society.

The exhibition itinerary, divided into 6 sections(Beauty/Beauty, Joy/Joy, Love/Love, Wisdom/Wisdom, Strength/Strength, Hope/Hope), brings together a selection of images from National Geographic’s extraordinary archive, drawing a journey through a century of women’s history on all continents, with different perspectives and focusing on the problems and challenges of yesterday, today and tomorrow in different countries and eras. Each image creates a portrait of some aspect of women’s existence and shows visitors how the representation of women has evolved over time.

The exhibition comes on the 100th anniversary of the granting of the right to vote to women in the United States, and is intended to open a reflection on the past, present and future of women by illustrating some aspects of them and focusing on the development goals that see them at the center of every process of social, political, and economic growth. Complementing the exhibition is the Portraits/Portraits section, intimate shots and biographies of an iconic group of activists, politicians, scientists and celebrities interviewed by National Geographic for the magazine’s special November 2019 issue published at the time of the first woman at the helm of the National, Susan Goldberg: among them Nancy Pelosi, Oprah Winfrey, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Senator for Life Liliana Segre.

Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The entrance fee also applies to a visit to the oratory (10 euros full, 8 euros reduced). The exhibition is organized by National Geographic in collaboration with Genus Bononiae. Museums in the City and Fondazione Carisbo. For all info you can visit the Genus Bononiae website.

Pictured (Ami Vitale, 2012): a woman has her head shaved on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol to protest mountaintop removal, the practice of coal mining by removing mountaintops, and the violation of the right to health, and consequently human rights, of mining communities.

The role of women in society: exhibition of National Geographic's great reporters in Bologna

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