Women of all ages seat by the Church at the center of Grodno .

Hostess in the Fancy restaurant in Grodno welcomes wedding guests with a glass of Champaign at the wedding of Natalia Bondarik who married Filip- man from France whom she met thru the Agency in Grodno.

Natalia Bondarik, (31) looks at the city from the Wedding Limousine used for her wedding day.She married Filip -man who far the last two years came to Grodno for 15 times from France to meet Natalia and convince her to marry him. Maya’s female clients are of all ages and professions and have as much authority over their choices as the men do. Natalia, a 31 year-old personal trainer, convinced her French fiance, Filip, to lose 24 kilograms and encouraged him to adopt a more contemporary sense of fashion. I photographed their wedding in July.

Girls in front of Opera and Theater Hall and the II World War Era Tank-displayed at the main Square of the town as a symbol of Soviet Victory over the Fascism. "It's just the tradition of Soviet times, at that time a man was considered as a head of the family ... though this stereotype of family head has have already broken. Our women are leaders in Grodno, but on executive positions there are men, Society dictates ,Man can do a career faster. If a man does not drink and he has average intellect, he rises through the ranks in any case . For women it's harder to do. Even if she is super smart." (Tatiana Cherkez-Agency Client)

Tatiana Cherkez, 29, single in agency for two months. By profession journalist and lawyer. works at the local newspaper. She came to the Agency because she has no time to look for and meet the man. Tatiana: "I worked and studied. and such work: in journalism you are always at work. you work 24 hours a day, you go and work, sleep and work ... and your rest is loneliness"

Couple strolls thru the Grodno Central Square . Grodno, is a city in northwest Belarus where women officially outnumber men 1.4 to 1, although locals claim the ratio is as high as 1-7 at certain age groups.