Isabella Matambanadzo

It was November of 2004. I was late and in a panic. The tarmac at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo international airport was soaked because of foul weather and our flight was backed up in the landing queue. Immigration was a nightmare. 'Visa? How long are you staying? Where are you staying?

The archives of the regional southern Africa office of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, has some precious photographs that offer a record of women's life experiences in the year 2003.