Sara Hylton is currently based between Brooklyn, New York, and New Delhi, and covers women’s issues and human rights. Her principal medium is the portrait. Resilience, humanity and the quiet beauty in everyday life guides her work and the stories she covers. Follow her work on her website and on Instagram.     https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/sara-hylton/rss en Health Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:00:00 +0000 Sara Hylton https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2018/01/05/the-mothers-and-midwives-behind-south-sudans-maternal-mortality-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2018/01/05/the-mothers-and-midwives-behind-south-sudans-maternal-mortality-crisis The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, also has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. In her photo essay, Sara Hylton captures the challenges facing new mothers in Juba and the struggles of midwives trying to make it safer for women to give birth. Minority Rights Mon, 15 May 2017 12:49:29 +0000 Sara Hylton https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/15/we-are-the-same-blood-the-invisible-lives-of-indias-dalit-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/15/we-are-the-same-blood-the-invisible-lives-of-indias-dalit-women Caste-based discrimination is illegal in India, but members of the Dalit community are often still treated as ‘untouchables.’ Documenting the lives of Dalits across South Asia, photojournalist Sara Hylton meets women who endure daily humiliations with dignity.