Jenny Cordle's photographic and written works focus on global health and human rights issues. In 2019, Jenny received her Master of Science in Global Health from Georgetown University with a focus on health and development in Africa. She lived in Ghana in 2018 while researching the intersection of health and traditional and spiritual beliefs in Northern Ghana. In 2016, Jenny received a Certificate in Documentary Photography and Nonfiction Writing from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, with her work focusing on female genital cutting in Mali, West Africa. She currently blogs for Sahiyo: United Against Female Genital Cutting.

Press

2021 Sahiyo, "Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly"

2020 Sahiyo, "Survivor: Why labia elongation is more than female genital modification"

2018 Everyday Rural America, Instagram feature of "One Side of Me Daydreams"

2017 Narratively, "This Photographer Captured the Struggle and Beauty of Her Sister's Mental Illness"

2017 Open Society Foundations Instagram Takeover, "One Side of Me Daydreams"

2014 Afripost: Epistolary Journeys of African Pictures, "Dear Daouda"

2014 Vanishing Point Magazine, "A Death in Mali," http://www.vanishingpointmag.com

Exhibits

Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center, Nashville, TN, 2009

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Icons and Idols, Nashville, TN, 2003