Homeless Mature Aged Women

I would like to investigate the growing issue of homeless, mature aged women. I volunteer one afternoon each week with an organisation called WIRE-womens information referral exchange. I work as a phone counsellor and I am very concerned about the growing number of women fleeing violent relationships. There is very little support and resources available for these women. They are largely invisible because of the stigma surrounding homelessness. They often feel embarrassed, ashamed and surprised to find themselves in this situation.

© Helga Salwe - Image from the Homeless Mature Aged Women photography project
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This picture of Rosie Sandy was taken in a remote indigenous community called Lajamanu in central Australia. This picture was published in a book titled 'Loud and Luminous' . The book was about young girls finding their strength and resilience. It was published in 2018.

© Helga Salwe - Image from the Homeless Mature Aged Women photography project
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This picture was taken in Lajamanu in 2016. These children were dancing amongst the embers after a ceremony in a remote Aboriginal community in Central Australia.

© Helga Salwe - Image from the Homeless Mature Aged Women photography project
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I began my career working for newspapers and magazines. I enjoyed working on photo essays, I always preferred long form documentary stories. This cover story was about the lack of funds our major children's hospital was experiencing.

© Helga Salwe - Image from the Homeless Mature Aged Women photography project
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This magazine story was about the women who were being assaulted and abused by they people who were meant to care for them. Women who sought safety in refuge's were experiencing further abuse.

© Helga Salwe - I spent a couple of week's in Havana, Cuba documenting everyday and ordinary life.
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I spent a couple of week's in Havana, Cuba documenting everyday and ordinary life.

© Helga Salwe - Maria Hernandez suffers from a skin condition -Vitiligo. Which means she loses the pigmentation in her skin.
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Maria Hernandez suffers from a skin condition -Vitiligo. Which means she loses the pigmentation in her skin.

© Helga Salwe - Children playing in the street in Havana, Cuba.
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Children playing in the street in Havana, Cuba.

© Helga Salwe - Pilgrimage to Rincon for the feast day of San Lazaro. Havana, Cuba
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Pilgrimage to Rincon for the feast day of San Lazaro. Havana, Cuba

© Helga Salwe - Sandstorm in the Sahara Sahara Desert, Morocco
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Sandstorm in the Sahara Sahara Desert, Morocco

© Helga Salwe - The Berber of the Atlas Mountains The a series of images documenting the indigenous people of the Atlas Mountains. Morocco
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The Berber of the Atlas Mountains The a series of images documenting the indigenous people of the Atlas Mountains. Morocco

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