Since 1982 she has been working on a worldwide project looking at women and war. She studied at the University of Sussex and then worked for the British Council in Brazil. Since 1982 she has worked as a photographer, documenting social issues in Britain and abroad. She has worked extensively in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia for all the major development organizations. Her photographs have been published in magazines and newspapers around the world. Her book Women and War was published in 2003 by Mets and Shilt in Holland, Pluto Press in UK and University of Michigan in USA. It was short-listed for the John Kobal book award and was highly commended