Powerful images and stories of women who are rising above their circumstances in developing countries, by award-winning photographer Alison Wright, who has spent a career documenting the human condition around the world.

From tea fields to technology, women are the resilient, hardworking backbone of their communities. Award-winning photographer Alison Wright’s 128 dynamic color plates portray women in more than 25 developing countries, whose perseverance is often overlooked. Women from Nicaragua to Nepal share empowering experiences of rising above their circumstances, be it poverty or oppressive cultural conventions.

The photos and the women’s quotes express what work means to themcreating financial independence, purpose, and community, as well as deep-rooted cultural traditions.Grit and Grace also celebrates the grassroots organizations committed to finding creative solutions to the challenges these individuals face. Give a woman a seed of opportunity, and she will grow a forest.By Alison WrightAlison Wright, an award-winning New Yorkbased photographer, travels all over the globe photographing Indigenous cultures and people while documenting the human condition. Alison was nameda National Geographic Traveler of the Year, as someone whotravels with a sense of passion and purpose. This is her 11th book.144 color imagesWomen at Work in the Emerging World144 color images