tv Reporter Deutsche Welle March 9, 2020 9:45am-10:01am CET
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i have a great opportunity and i'm going to use a little. my sardar makes herself a 1st tee of the day her mother and sister are still asleep she's the only one who has a job and she's the only one who has to get up early sometimes that's tough but her for apprenticeship is like winning the lottery. people always say to make your dreams come true you have to struggle. and i don't know how to put this but i want to be worth something and like everyone else has seen. this. fact my son has father died when she was a little girl suddenly her mother had nothing she worked as
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a cleaning lady for 2 or 3 euros a day she could no longer pay for her daughter's school books or the school bus here a family without a man is also shunned socially. well monkeys and. people always think that because i don't have a father or a brother i won't achieve anything. they think i won't learn anything ok at anywhere in life. but i'll show them them and then they'll marvel in amazement. assad lives on the outskirts of. it takes her one and a half hours to get to work every day still she's thankful because unlike her schooling or her job training won't end for lack of money. she can take the bus for free because her employer has worked out an arrangement with the city.
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the am that. 12 young women are in fatness group none of them has had it easy some are divorced others are single mothers or former maid servants they're all women whose lives don't conform to the strict moral codes of moroccan society. but now they're all doing an apprenticeship at a mob of amal is the arabic word for hope and here they're getting a chance that they probably wouldn't elsewhere. dutifully they all signed the attendance list anyone who fails to show up regularly must leave the program here these young women are supposed to learn how to take responsibility for their lives . just before their workday begins they say prayers.
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it's a quiet moment many don't consider it sooner which means proper for women to recite the qur'an out loud. today it's not my son has turned to bake bread. nice and the dead well to make sure the ons and months and. the frenzy of the students are lay the table with the class for the bread. the moroccan bread. known as clubs is a staple food here the round flattish loaves are eaten with every meal breakfast lunch and dinner. later the trainees will get to eat some of these themselves. is already preparing the tea. they take breaks together because it promotes team spirit. the apprentice's earn $100.00
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euros per month mothers receive an extra 20 euros per child. for many of these women it's the 1st time they've ever had an income and having money gives them self confidence. the chef trained here herself she came to him after her divorce. what may have been changed everything now i have my own money before as the 1st woman i didn't even have the courage to take the bus with. the mother who was who then. that 1st many women try to make themselves invisible they keep their heads down and avoid eye contact but then slowly they realize they have value. american born nora fitzgerald founder has witnessed this transformation in dozens of young women i feel like through the love and support that the that they receive here and that they create
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for each other in a sense. the fully they come into their bodies in a way and they begin to smile and to carry themselves in a certain way with a certain posture. standing tall and proud isn't always easy for women in morocco this counseling center on the outskirts of the city helps women in distress . when it a book tells the social worker that 3 years ago she was the victim of a knife attack and a man began pestering her. when she rebuffed him he slashed her face and her hands . but even now years later the wounds are still painful yanetta. buy some gloves to protect yourself. yes i still need to find something to cover up the sky. i think you have to live with them. yes i must live with them
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but people are always asking me what happened. like i had. meanwhile a man has rebuilt her life she has her own apartment works and a hotel and there's lots of plans for the future but she still suffers from accusations that somehow she bears some responsibility for the attack and you know that if you look at that given the rocker there's a saying a blow always hits the woman the hardest. but often i hear oh you are likely wearing too much make up made yourself look too pretty and you provoked it but that's not true you know that. not all of the cases at the counseling center are so dramatic but many women quickly find themselves to be outsiders. while gender equality has been anchored in the moroccan constitution for almost 9 years
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a strict unwritten code of conduct still persists here and women are expected to adhere to it. he stays where men have the guy did is they want to go to europe and do great things not live like they used to. be that women should be god fearing dress modestly and not wear make up that's important with it all the women should be allowed to walk. but it's better if she stays home with the children home and otherwise who will care for them. around noon the 1st guests start trickling into a mall and in the kitchen things start heating up. today as jean is on the menu cooked in an earthenware pot it can be made with beef chicken fish or as a vegetarian dish this slow cook savory stew is a traditional favorite in morocco so what's clear that must learn to prepare it
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under the watchful eye of her teacher. the as you put it on the to jean preferably in the shape of a staff. and pay attention to the kind of combinations that looks nice. green bed green bay. if. she really wants to get ahead and make something of her life at fish she was very shy but she's catching on. amal is now known well beyond the boundaries of mark ashe word spread that it's the place for gore made. this means a model is not so reliant on donations the restaurant as well as a catering service and cooking classes for guests bring in enough money to cover the costs of training the young women. the need was huge and so it filled that need while at the same time giving women
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the opportunity to find work and decent work to do. with you the good of the city the peace that i come from a deer in the south and i hope this idea will come there soon. because there's a demand. and a need to open doors for untrained women to try to work in gastronomic it's an extraordinary idea. it's called yes it's nice to try and find opportunities to support the local culture and in this case help women become more independent and more empowered and more we could have a nice lunch along the way. along with their practical experience the women study food science and learn foreign languages the training lasts for 6 to 9 months and the demands are high. they're expected to be punctual disciplined responsible and practice good hygiene usually want to prentice per course gives up but those who
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finish almost all find permanent jobs and earn $2.00 to $5.00 times as much as before. this is huge in 6 months to be able to double your earning potential or to multiply it by 5 that's huge so 1st of all this surprised themselves you know. they view themselves differently and i think when you view yourself differently that invites other people to also view you differently. isn't shy any more she makes $100.00 euros a month she knows how to cook and she loses confidence sometimes at her mother's expense. and you know what i did today my bread turned out better than yours. what are you going to do when you don't. be a chef and have my own restaurant. instead of your own restaurant then.
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yes then i'll be the boss has. is almost proud to show her mother the burn she's got working in the kitchen after all there's no shame in losing a battle with a hot oven now and then. and i think. she's such a brave cow she's always had big plans but i just couldn't afford them. with each word and i learned a little more political besides this too will puns and at some point i have succeeded ringback. for. a fatherless school dropout who lives in a poor part of town might seem destined to spend her life on the fringes of society but. isn't willing to stand by. and accept her lot she plans to fight her way back to respectability comment.
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