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Chahinaz is a young Algerian woman who dreams of freedom and who cannot understand why her life is being dictated to her. A student in Constantine, this young sparkling woman loves her country but is suffocated by the weight of tradition and religion. How can you change society in a country where the law officially sanctions inequality between men and women?
In order to find answers to her questions, we have travelled to her country and across several continents, comparing her situation with that of other women. And also to inform those who have the power to change what Chahinaz does not accept.
Unexpected meetings with a young American believer, a formidable Indian feminist, and young girls from a Parisian suburb. It’s in Paris that she also discovers for the first time the West and compares her dream with reality.
How can women’s rights be advanced on a global level? What role can the UN play? We arranged exchanges between Chahinaz and Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland and High Commissioner for Human Rights. And also with the current president of the General Assembly of the UN, the Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa who comes from Bahrain.
Chahinaz asks questions without blinkers, and seeks answers that are not just black and white. She brings a fresh and intelligent view to the condition of women in the North and the South, and in the process challenges some widely prevalent clichés about Muslim women.
For Chahinaz, the feeling persists that the rights of men and of women are unequal. But after this first extensive journey, one thing is certain for her: equality laws are essential. And from now on they will develop in parallel, in each country, and on each continent. But real change must come from the evolution of all of us, men and women. This is what Chahinaz calls respect …
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