“The most unforgettable moment was watching a local woman begin her open water course wearing her veil—in that moment, she was honoring her culture and her traditions, while becoming a diver. It’s ...

A new generation of South Korea’s haenyeo is taking up a centuries-old tradition of breath-hold diving as ageing divers and ...

A mother and daughter from a landlocked city have encouraged more women to start scuba diving. Mia Ellis-Kennedy and her mother, Maddy Kennedy, from Milton Keynes, have both qualified as scuba ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -11 years ago, PADI, or the professional association of diving instructors created Women’s Dive Day. The day is aimed to get women excited about diving, and empowering ...

Jin So-hee had to suffer to join the centuries-old tradition of South Korean women diving to harvest seafood. - Female independence - For centuries, haenyeo have held a distinctive place in Korean ...

Often likened to mermaids in media reports and popular culture, South Korea’s famed Haenyeo (“sea women”) spend much of the day underwater, diving without scuba gear to collect abalone, octopus, kelp ...