Ankur Desai

Raven told me she designed Mother Verite to be racially ambiguous, so as many women could relate to her as possible.

Still, the women of colour I've spoken to here, like Blandine, say they can see themselves in the statue.

And it means a lot.

Next, in Bangladesh, around six million people live on river islands known as chars, which are formed from sediment and provide fertile land for growing crops.

But they're often prone to erosion and flooding, so their inhabitants have to keep moving and can struggle to access services.

One organisation called Friendship is trying to change that, providing healthcare, education and help adapting to climate change.

Last month, it was among the winners of a $1.3 million Earthshot prize set up by Prince William to recognise innovative solutions to environmental and climate issues.

Claire Bates has been finding out about one of their projects bringing education to women on these fragile river islands.

Groups of around 20 women are taught by a teacher at a learning centre.

This is usually a spare tin roof building in the area.

It's difficult to find qualified teachers in this remote region, so Friendship accepts women who've attended school up to the age of 13 and then provides them with extra training.

We don't have a permanent structure to take our classes in, so we rent a room in a house in the village for a year.

The room has to be big enough to fit 20 students.

We start with the basics, introducing them to the alphabet.

We have a flip chart with lots of pictures on it from daily life to help them learn.

From there we teach them words and then sentences.

You have no value in society without education.

There are lots of social issues like child marriage and domestic violence, and education therefore is important to give you knowledge about your rights.

Floods are pretty common in the area, so if there is one, Shabna splits her students into small groups and then visits them separately in turn.

One of her current students is Rashida, who has been attending classes for two months.