African Lady by Thomas Woodman.
A documentary produced by Blue Planet United / Population Press is powered by a young Kenyan student, Michelle Odhiambo, who interviewed five young women from as many countries: Kenya, Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania and Tunisia, on the situation and prospects of women in Africa. Among the questions there are also those on contraception and family planning. Interesting and fast setting of knowledge about what they think women are from Africa. Here is the translation of the article below for the submission of the documentary, but who has time and wants the board to listen to the interviews with these five girls. English is not very difficult.
African women speak.
Michelle Odhiambo
"What's your name and where are you?"
"I'm Annie and I come from Tanzania."
"Do you use contraception?"
"Yes".
This is just one of many questions that I did to a group of women from a wide range of countries across Africa. As I sat there with a camera, lights, and my list of questions, I could not help but contemplate what African women have gone far in the world. Went from being wives, mothers and become slaves to students, professionals, activists, and forging their own future. During the discussions I have been assured that many African women have taken control of their lives in both the public and private and will not compromise on this.
With the help of Blue Planet United and Webster University (Leiden, Netherlands), I made documentaries with these wonderful, brave and exciting African women are also a source of inspiration. Calling the project "African Women Speak Out." It can be seen and heard in www.populationpress.org/.
I started on a windy day and cold at Leiden, and it seemed that we could not be further from our homeland. But the women were happy to answer all my questions in no uncertain terms and reflectively, and to make their voices heard. Problems in marriage, family planning and contraception are important to each of them. These women know when and how many children they wanted, surprising given the fact that the men had the final say on these issues a decade ago. Even topics that have long been a taboo, like sex before marriage, are discussed in detail.
African women with an education, have taken control not only the private sphere, but also the public sphere. These women know exactly what they want to do after their studies and where their career is headed. They have plans, goals, dreams and aspirations to which they are directed. It is not only to attend university or pursue a career to make money, aim to make a difference in the world. On the one hand the progress that African women are doing may seem surprising many people in Western countries, because in the West women have had some level of accountability for some time. On the other hand, these women are completely at odds with the images of Africans that the Western media usually present.
Far from being primitive, tribal, and subservient, these women are intelligent, independent, sophisticated, worldly and urban. It 's true that poverty and oppression are still all too common in much of Africa, but for every African woman that every step away from these shadows is a milestone to be proud of that. The trend towards urbanization in the West that we see is happening in Africa, and women with whom I Parliament represents the new African woman who lives in the city, attending university, start careers, marry later in life, have fewer children, and is in control of their lives. Aims to achieve leadership positions in politics and business, and it is coming.
I see myself as part of this new class. I am from Nairobi, Kenya. I worked in television before moving to Holland to get my bachelor's degree in Communication Media at Webster University. When will achieve my degree I plan to return to Kenya to be a television and film. When I spoke with other women of their dreams and aspirations, I understand and I identified with them. Although they were incredibly diverse, representing the countries of Kenya, Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania and Tunisia, and even of different complexions, from very dark to very light (yes, there are white Africans!), We shared all things in common, both as women and as Africans. The collection of short films that I did called "African Women Speak Out" and is a selection of our conversations about topics that interest you.
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