What happens is young girls see images of women being objectified, and the more the woman becomes an object the more followers and likes she has - they see that as a role model and try to imitate these women,… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
For me, what counts the most is my film. I can express myself and therefore take care of myself through my art. Cinema not… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
We ask these young girls to grow up too fast. In the society where they grow up, they are asked to grow up too… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
When I was 10 and 11, my dream was to be a boy. I saw that there were so many injustices that women had… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
I met over a hundred preteens who told me their stories. I asked them how they felt about their femininity in today's society. I… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
Streamers are a great way to get my stories out and share my messages with more people. — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
I was at a community event in Paris a few years ago when a group of young girls came on the stage dressed and… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
We're used to saying that women in other cultures are oppressed, but the question that I had when making the film was: Isn't the… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
When I was young, I also saw a lot of injustices around me lived by women. — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
Today you have that exposition of your body on social media and you also have this big competition of finding 'likes' and followers and… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
