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thing that i want to impart that you always have. even if someone doesn't make you feel like. some inspirational words from when i was wearing filmmaker. to say. hi. the weekend is here you're welcome to the program it's international women's day this sunday so we've decided to make this show all about. woman you're going to hear from a number of females all with his story details that include award winning ethiopian a filmmaker i met at monday for all they thought about child marriage has won many prizes will be out and about in nairobi with boston dr carolina stone who tells us how her job has 10 head life around but we start in tokyo with a story of

a woman trying to get justice after being attacked a state of use funny fresh air reports she's facing many challenges. it says outside her home she doesn't want her parents to know that she's telling us her story she was sexually abused by her brother in law he raped her at her sister's house when her sister was pregnant and needed help with the housework. i feel sure you hear me in a way that i cannot even tell you i cannot explain but i know myself if i had had a chance to react i might have stabbed him. she asked her family for help in bringing the man to justice but their response was just keep quiet and massive. my sister a big me to withdraw a complaint and my parents also asked me to drop it because it will create division

in the family. i did not receive the support i needed i felt abandoned neglected. me it felt like a huge burden. to bear. more to often into women are expected to remain silent tells me in a society dominated by men or women's rights group in law may encourage its victims like no willy to seek justice. here it's the man that say we're the boss of the family it's them who make all the decisions but i say that's not equality. though there are laws to protect women powerful culture barriers prevent them from being enforced but that's not in our culture there is fear on that everything should be worked out inside the family. people think that seeking justice is like

jesse clothes in public. he finally decided to report a rapist but due to family pressure. she was through correct. but the trial continued without her as a witness the man was sentenced to one year in prison the next i'm sentence for rape into this 10 years of imprisonment. the society doesn't take violence committed against women seriously. they rank men above women in. this encounter doesn't encourage women to speak out for themselves. women are simply afraid to talk plainly while he had the courage to speak up yet she feels that she has to remain silent in public for fear of repercussions. no one should be able to

live in fear of speaking out. what industry is still very male dominated around the world including in africa country like kenya more and more women are venturing into the transport business we met one of these women in nairobi who is braving the challenges and making a bold statement. for caroline our song the day begins at 5 am it's dark and the neighborhood isn't the safest but her job demands an early start . she's a conductor on one of my roadies buses on my tattoos as a local. single mom the job pays the school fees for her 2 sons an adopted child and her sister. it does mean a lot because even a month. when that we're taking my 1st one is for one we were going to do 15 i think who are only concerned at all. even my mother said

what in that we. might have to sectors tough wages vary by the day and conductors like caroline are the lowest. when she started out she ended quickly and of 6 years a day what's more the touching workers face daily harassment from the police the colleagues and the passengers while caroline of learn to stand up for herself she often had to step in for other women and. there was a lady who sits next to amman and she wore a t. shirt that's not sure where mine was like. this. is that out. then i started the money what was my choice let's get going alone. after several reports of sexual abuse and i wrote these buses a new law making sexual harassment punishable by 10 years in prison made the transport system safer. and then geo the flown initiative also supports women my

caroline by encouraging transport workers associations to improve their working conditions. look at do they provide any customer service training if they don't want to provide the training that they have any awareness about sexual harassment we do sensitisation training and we help them develop at such a harassed. and by d.c. . for many women this has made the business more attractive it's still a man's world but women are slowly finding their place. conspiring unfocused and like many women hope such a one day be able to get a license and finally be in the driver's seat. well one woman who said the only is in the driver's seat as filmmaker merits mind she's an

award winning if you're going to write a director producer and a film the fret won the audience award at the bella film festival in 2014 it's a true story about the female autonomy defending a 14 year old girl standing trial for killing them rape. each of. them do you. know if you can find a different. well as we celebrate african women we are invited meretz mind their full to our studio i 1st what kind of narratives you want to tell with their films. that women can be the source of their own solutions that culture isn't a barrier it can actually be a resource to shaping the future. and that africa is

is here and present we're here and part of the contemporary world and i think has a very important role to play on the global stage right now i don't think i could've said it better but let's talk about challenges you've encountered as a female soon soon producer. you know i tend to not i think of challenges opportunities quite frankly because it's better to be underestimated or discounted than overestimated and i think that's always been my strategy of a over deliver if you will. and so obviously the movie business is very male dominated but that hasn't been a hindrance i look at it as an opportunity because good stories are p.o.v needs and i think women have important perspective subring to the table well there's definitely. we talk about some produces so mika's and i remember one interview of yours you're talking about some sort of audience you've got a filmmaker should have walked out it's you should should have the makeup for this every film is a small american you have to understand that it is a marathon not

a sprint so you have to stick with it. i think that's the best advice i would give young filmmakers stick with it stick with it what kind of perseverance everyone is going to tell you know you know when we are making to fret we've got a 1000 knows about it being too ambitious that we wouldn't be able to make it you have to stick your you have to believe in your vision if you don't believe in your vision you won't be able to make your film you know you've already spoken about a kind of narrative you want to tell when when making your films what do you hope to achieve overall in the film industry well right now i'm very focused on the been industry which is at the beginning in many ways it's not formalized or structured and i want to help in building up an ecosystem where. economy of that makes sense i think filmmaking and t.v. can be a source of economic growth. so i'm very involved in activities to make that happen now going forward what kind of stories you actually want to tell it and why. the

stories i tend to tell are about brave individuals and i'm usually circumstances who find a way to create something new. i gravitate to stories to hard truths. and individuals who dare to tell them in their own set of circumstances so again a kind examples would be stories like stories like different you know at the center of that story is an amazing lawyer. and a better ash but amazing girl who both did very unexpected things for that time for women and they were kind of their own solutions if you will maz actually now the president of our supreme court the 1st female president and supreme court was also a school before you go how you talk about women in the industry we all know is a mill don't need to ministry we've talked about it a bit but what actually do you want to do to inspire women in this industry i think

the most important lesson or the thing that i want to impart is that you always have a place at the table. even if someone doesn't make you feel like you do and that there is power in standing in your own voice on your own truth. is very strong words i guess that is the rubs of the whole you thank you for. a very it's monday through i was winning film and television producer thank you for your time thank you. well that's a fun hour from d.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page so we leave you now with pictures of some of the continent's most successful woman on to the next time have a great weekend by finale. and

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