Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby collecting Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) flowers and leaves, used in herbal medicine, and containing molecules which are used in the treatment of leukemia cancer. Berenty...

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a woman emerging from river, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citro...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Thuli Maya Fuyal, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they become victim...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rita Pudel, widow, with her son, in the room that serves as a shelter. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they...

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Women gathering mollusc eggs for sale at market, Bilang Bilangang Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Ashley Cooper / Women washing clothes in a river near Chikwawa in the Shire Valley, Malawi.

Ashley Cooper / Caroline Lucas a Green Party MEP at the I Count climate change rally in London, UK, November 2006.

Ashley Cooper / C02 balloons at the 'I Count climate change' rally in London, England, UK, November 2006.

Ashley Cooper / Women carrying heavy loads of fire wood, Annapurna, Himalayas, Nepal, December 2012.

Cyril Ruoso / Margit cleaning down from Common eider (Somateria mollissima) with traditional harp tool whilst some dries in the sun, Lanan Island, Vega Archipelago, Norway June

Eric Baccega / Two generations of Nenet women, an older woman and teenage girl, sewing and wearing traditional coats made of reindeer skin. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a woman emerging from river, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citro...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Village woman Valentina Ilieva, Dolni Glavanak, Madzharovo canyon, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Young woman in Balkan dress offering bread and honey at the celebration of the opening of a new Tahini-production factory in Kondovo village, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Tim Laman / Hike to the base camp on Fergusson Island through flooded forest, with porters carrying gear on their heads, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, September 2011

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta stand on campus at a university, speaking to students about the work BirdLife do and recruiting members, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta stand on campus at a university, speaking to students about the work BirdLife do and recruiting members, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta stand on campus at a university, speaking to students about the work BirdLife do and recruiting members, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta stand on campus at a university, speaking to students about the work BirdLife do and recruiting members, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta stand on campus at a university, speaking to students about the work BirdLife do and recruiting members, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

Billy Black / Women on the trampoline of a Sunsail Lagoon 410 in the BVI, April 2006. Model and property released.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman using a clay pot for carrying water from the river. The Huaorani clay pots have a unique shape compared with any of the other indian tribes in Ecuador. Gabaro Community, Yasuni N...

Juergen Freund / Bajau / Bajo woman mining corals. These women work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 200...

Juergen Freund / Women mining corals for a living. They work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Tim Laman / A pet female Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) keeps a woman company as she does the washing in Kabilo Village, Mayalibit Bay. This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the...

Eric Baccega / Yali women at field-work, harvesting root vegetables. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002 (West Papua).

Bernard Castelein / Woman washing dirty plates at the village tap. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Gadlang, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Juan Manuel Borrero / Indian women at work, Andahuaylillas, Peru, 2006

Rick Tomlinson / Lisa Macdonald and Anna Drougge carrying out repair work on board "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round The World Race, 1997-98.

Rick Tomlinson / Lisa Macdonald and Anna Drougge carrying out repair work on board "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round The World Race, 1997-98.

Nigel Cattlin / Women with heavy clothing harvesting mature Pineapple (Ananas comosus) crop from spiny hard plants, Thailand, South East Asia.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of two female ecoguards/ rangers, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards protecting the 8.9 million acres of Salonga National...

Karine Aigner / Portrait of two female ecoguards/ rangers, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards in Salonga National Park

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguard / ranger, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards in Salonga National Park

Karine Aigner / Sala Ozwa, a women's association, holds an axe which she uses to cultivate a shared field in the village of Mbanzi. Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Karine Aigner / Woman from Sala Ozwa, a women's association, helps cultivating a shared field in the village of Mbanzi. Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Karine Aigner / Women from Sala Ozwa women's association holding farming tools, ready to cultivate shared field in the village of Mbanzi. Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguards / rangers reflected in water. Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards in Salonga National Park

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguard / ranger, with colleagues in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards protecting the largely untouched 8.9 mi...

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguard / ranger Salonga National Park, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards in Salonga National Park

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguard / ranger Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards protecting the 8.9 million acres of Salonga National Park.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of female ecoguard / ranger Salonga National Park, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017. There are 16 women who work as Ecoguards in Salonga National Park

Eric Baccega / Group of Maasai women singing and dancing in traditional dress and adorned with bead work, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eric Baccega / Maasai women singing and dancing in traditional dress and adorned with bead work, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eric Baccega / Group of Maasai women singing and dancing in traditional dress and adorned with bead work, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.