“Ouaga Girls”, a documentary on gender equality, directed by Theresa Traore Dahlberg

“Ouaga Girls”, is a documentary on gender equality, which was directed by Sweden’s Theresa Traore Dahlberg. It takes place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The story

“A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girls’ school to become a car mechanic, classmates become their port of safety, joy and fraternity, while going through the transition that turns their lives into adults in a boiling country. with the political changes “.

Bintou Chantale and Dina learn the trade in Ouagadougou. In blue blouses, engine oils, nuts here and there they will face prejudice, competitiveness in the job market.

The film tells the daily life of CFIAM’s future mechanics, the Women’s Center of Initiation and Apprenticeship to Trades, which was founded in the 90s, and which advocates for the socio-economic reintegration of young people.

One feels in this documentary, a will for these women to free themselves from a patriarchal model. While the people of Burkina Faso are demanding political change, these young women, who are building a future on their own, are spreading a message for the whole country: “There is no work that a woman can not do”,

Trailer

Source: Momentofilm