Giving Compass' Take:

• Olivia Kestin and Catherine Caruo, at Global Citizen, share the deep, empowering impact of a recent photo collection depicting the work and lives of women globally.

• How can other photo collections diversify their stock images for organizations and nonprofits? Why is it important to represent women in a visibly diverse light?

• Explore Global Citizen further to discover how you can mobilize to help women and girls everywhere.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Getty Images has released a newly expanded photo collection showcasing the work and lives of women from across the globe.

In partnership with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Images of Empowerment collection contains nearly 2,000 editorial images of women from 11 different countries, working and participating in their communities.

Nonprofits and other organizations working to expand women’s rights and gender equality often do not have access to affordable stock images that can help complement or explain their missions.

Images of Empowerment aims to change. All of the images in the collection are free to non-commercial users and corporations alike.

Similarly, Images of Empowerment aims to uplift women all over the world who are making an impact in their communities and portray them as empowered decision-makers fighting for their rights.

“The women I photographed are health workers, community activists, students, mothers, and daughters with such joy and close bonds to their families,” Getty Images photographer Yagazie Emezi said in the press release. “They are women helping other women. This is what they look like and it's important for the world to see them as they truly are.”

Read the full article about a photo collection uplifting women across the world by Olivia Kestin and Catherine Caruso at Global Citizen.