Every woman has her own story and everyone is unique. The women on the Faroe Islands are no exception of that. These are the women who shared their stories for this project. All of different backgrounds and in different phases of their life. Want to know more about them? They are featured in the other … More These are the women of the Faroe Islands
For decades, the islands have seen their young women pack their bags and build a life elsewhere. Now, women are coming back home to a changed society.
Even though it meant giving up maternity leave and storing her breast milk in the ferry’s fridge, Marita Gunnarstein Nielsen is happy to be back on Suðuroy, the southernmost Faroe Island.
Women have never been more vocal in the public debate in the Faroe Islands. Something in the wind is changing, but traditions stand strong.
In the harbour of Tórshavn lies a rusty white fishing vessel. This is Annika Hansen’s home and workplace for most days of the month. She is building her career in a man’s world, one load of fish at a time.
The women of the Faroe Islands 