We ask these young girls to grow up too fast. In the society where they grow up, they are asked to grow up too fast, and everything pushes them in that direction. The media creates pressure. — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
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
