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Smita Sharma

@smitashrm

Photojournalist| Mom| @TEDFellow+@tedtalks| Speaker| @IWMF Fellow | @natgeo |@thephotosociety| Author: We Cry In Silence| @AmnestyUK, @Fjawards, @onewm Awardee
Currently New Delhi, India smitasharma.com Joined March 2012
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My TED talk is finally out!
So grateful for the opportunity to attend the TED conference, exhibit my work and speak in front of hundreds at Palm Springs. Special shout-out to my coach @CyndiStivers and @TEDFellow for their support.
go.ted.com/smitasharma #Gender #TEDtalk
www.ted.com Smita Sharma: Powerful photos that honor the lives of overlooked women In some parts of the world, girls are as likely to be married off or trafficked as they are to be educated. Photojournalist and TED Fellow Smita Sharma thoughtfully depicts overlooked girls and young...
Smita Sharma @smitashrm
Honoured to be the recipient of The Alexia Vision Grant 2025 in the professional category. The support will help me continue “We Cry In Silence” with the next chapter on bride trafficking and associated toxic masculinity in India.
Huge thanks to the jury 🙏🏽newhouse.syracuse.edu/centers/the-al…
newhouse.syracuse.edu 2025 Alexia Grant Recipients and Finalists The Alexia supports student and professional visual communicators, helping them produce projects that inspire change by addressing socially significant topics.
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Sharing my work for @NPRGoatsandSoda about blind women who work as Medical Tactile Examiners (MTE) and can identify lumps at the very initial stages of breast cancer, even before they show up on imaging scans. #breastcancer
npr.org/sections/goats…
www.npr.org Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers Dr. Frank Hoffman was appalled by the sheer numbers of cases of early-stage breast cancer that were being missed. Then he had an idea: What if "we were to specially train others to do it."