aliaa ali youssef gamil and her three daughters enjoy their new-won freedoms.iding aikike d wewearintrousesers- that's's aliaall new for women here. her threethey weren't allowed to exercise out of doors until recently. alia ali: they love to ride their bikes and go roller skating. other girls say it's too dangerous. but mine like it. this generation is becoming more courageous. maybe my girls get it from me. >> an issue close to the heart of women's-rights campaigners is female genital mutilation. they're pleased that it has now been outlawed. most women in sudan have been subjected to the dangerous and debilitating procedure. alia ali youssef gamil would not let her daughters be mutilalated in this s way. ia ali: just imagine, a yog g child who doesn't knowow what is goioinn fefeels terriblele pain whener she urininates, whenevever she momoves. it imposes sucuclimitations on playaying and running. 's shockckg. >> the fight for equal rights is arduous, and won't be won overnight. bayan ali, for one, is a fighter who won't give up. bayan ali: we want equality a

aliaa ali youssef gamil is a psychologist who devotes herself to female emancipation. iaa ali youssef gagamil: now, in the coronavirus crisis, we're hehelping tea sellers, cleaners and other women who are in urgent need of help. the government isn't doing anything for them. >> the group gather donations and buy food, disinfectant and protective clothing. they distribute the items to hospitals and to women in poor neighborhoods who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and have been left with nothing. this volunteer work is also a way to keep the ideals of the revolution alive. bayan ali has had to fight with her family for her independence. her parents work abroad and she lives with her grandfather. when she wanted to go to the united arab emirates for a thai-boxing competition, he said no. without his permission, she could not go. zein el abdin serag el din: i was against it because it is incompatible with ththe traditions of our cocountry. and this is all new for us. she is so small. >> in the end, he relented, bayan ali went and won bronze. now her grandfather