{"id":10094,"date":"2010-02-09T14:49:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T18:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=10094"},"modified":"2022-11-15T19:05:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:05:53","slug":"against-all-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/against-all-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Against All Odds&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past 30 years, Paula Allen has dedicated her life to traveling the world to cover issues of global significance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allen, a self-described documentary photographer whose work has appeared in several prominent publications, visited UCF on Thursday to share her photographs and stories. Her presentation was entitled \u201cAgainst All Odds: Women Around the World Demand Justice.\u201d She spoke to nearly 175 people at the UCF Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation, organized by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, was part of a 2009-10 universitywide theme, \u201cCovering the World: Journalists Speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s presentation consisted of a slideshow of photographs documenting issues in three regions of the world: Chile, Asia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although each story was unique, they all exemplified women demanding justice.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about Allen&#8217;s presentation, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the past 30 years, Paula Allen has dedicated her life to traveling the world to cover issues of global significance.\u00a0 Allen, a self-described documentary photographer whose work has appeared in several prominent publications, visited UCF on Thursday to share her photographs and stories. 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