10 Facts About Stephanie Sinclair

Stephanie Sinclair was born on 1973 and is an American photojournalist who focuses on gender and human-rights issues such as child marriage and self-immolation.

Stephanie Sinclair's work has been included in The New York Times, Time Magazine and National Geographic.

Stephanie Sinclair later settled in Iraq and then in Beirut, Lebanon, covering the Middle East and South Asia for six years as a freelance photographer.

Stephanie Sinclair joined the VII Network upon its establishment in 2008, and became a full member of VII in 2009.

Stephanie Sinclair first encountered child marriage in 2003 while working on a project about self-immolation in Afghanistan.

Stephanie Sinclair is the Founder and Executive Director of Too Young to Wed, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower girls and end child marriage globally.

In 2016, the BBC credited Stephanie Sinclair for documenting efforts of some African leaders campaigning for the rights of girls at risk of forced or child-age marriage.

Stephanie Sinclair has received the 2008 CARE International Award for Humanitarian Reportage: The Overseas Press Club's Olivier Rebbot Award for her essay, 'A Cutting Tradition: Inside An Indonesian Female Circumcision Celebration'.

Stephanie Sinclair has received another World Press Photo award for her coverage of the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, and a Pulitzer Prize for her work in documenting systemic failures in the US airline industry in 2000.

Stephanie Sinclair is frequently published in National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine as well as other various media outlets.