Parisa Azadi is VO's photo editor and a photographer with a passion for documenting women's struggles. Born in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, she witnessed discrimination and oppression of women under the Islamic regime. After immigrating to Canada in 1995, she began to take interest in women and human rights. In her work, Parisa tells stories of human rights violations with a focus on women through the use of the visual language. During her time in Uganda, Parisa has documented the illegal practice of female gentile mutilation and violence against women during the aftermath of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda.Parisa's work has appeared in the BBC, Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times and others. See her most recent work at www.parisaazadi.com
