Gave up invention by neon bicycles and returned because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more apt procreate for those than writing and by. No i want to meet those woman back home plug phones by then and social norms and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is dave out of the homes and im more into. That the. Best is the africa coming up on the program females in focus we look at the lives of different African Women to Mark International womens day this sunday will take you 1st to go and tell you about one womans difficult fight for justice also coming out. Kenyan mom carline song and find out how she. Managed to turn her life around after taking your job. And i wrote the lessons of that i think the most important. Thing that i want to impart is that you always have a place at the table. Even if someone doesnt make you feel like you know that there is power in standing in your. Truth. Some inspirational words from our ward winning filmmaker on stage and find out what else you have to say. The weekend is here your welcome to the program its International Womens day this sunday so weve decided to make this show all about women youre going to hear from a number of females all with a story to tell that include Award Winning if youve been a filmmaker met its monday for all about Child Marriage has won many prizes will be out and about in nairobi with carolina song who tells us how her job has turned her life around but we start in tokyo with a story of a woman trying to get justice after being attacked a state of use funny fresh i reports shes facing many challenges. Outside her home she doesnt want her parents to know that shes telling us her story she was sexually abused by her brother in law he raped her at her sisters house when her sister was pregnant and needed help with the housework. I see the tree near me in a way that i cannot even tell you i cannot explain but i know myself if i had had a chance to react i might have stabbed him. She asked her family for help in bringing the man to justice but their response was just keep quiet and massive. My sister a big me to withdraw a complaint and my parents also asked me to drop it because it will create division in the family. I did not receive the support i needed i felt abandoned neglected. It felt like a huge burden. To bear. Walk too often into women are expected to remain silent tells me in a society dominated by men or womens rights group in law may encourage its victims like no willy to seek justice. Here its the man that say were the boss of the family its them who make all the decisions but i say thats not equality. Though there are laws to protect women powerful culture barriers prevent them from being enforced but thats not in our culture there is fear that everything should be worked out inside the family. People think that seeking justice is like jesse clothes in public. He finally decided to report the rape is due to family price. She withdrew perec using it but the trial continued without her as a witness the man was sentenced to one year in prison to vex him sentence for rape into this 10 years of imprisonment. The society doesnt take violence committed against women seriously. They rank men above women in islam. This is a culture doesnt encourage women to speak out for themselves. Monk or women are simply afraid to talk plainly no will he had the courage to speak up yet she feels that she has to remain silent in public for fear of repercussions. No one should be able to live in fear of speaking out. The transport industry is still very male dominated around the world including in africa but to my country like kenya more and more women are venturing into the transport business we met one of these women in nairobi who is braving the challenges and making a bold statement. For caroline our song the day begins at 5 am its dark and her neighborhood is in the safest but her job demands an early start. To conduct on one of my robis buses on my tattoos as a local. Single mom the job pays the school fees for 2 sons and adopt a child and her sister. A lot because in a minute. Were not taking away from one in 41 that we were going to do 15 i think who are only incidental. Even my mother said what in that nasty. Matter sector is tough the wages vary by the day and conductors like caroline are the lowest. When she started out she owned the equivalent of 6 euros a day whats more touchy workers face daily harassment from the police their colleagues and the passengers while caroline of learn to stand up for herself shes often had to step in for other women and. There was a lady who sits next to a man and she wore a shirt thats not sure then the man was like is this this what i had gotten for out. Then i started the money or what my bills like chinese live got going alone. After several reports of sexual abuse and i wrote these buses a new law making Sexual Harassment punishable by 10 years in prison made the transport system safer. And n. G. O. S the flown Initiative Also supports women my caroline by encouraging transport workers associations to improve their working conditions. Look at do they provide any Customer Service training if they dont want to provide the training they have in me awareness about Sexual Harassment we do sensitized training and we help them develop. Well you see. How many women this has made. Its still a mans world but women are slowly finding their place. Transparent and focused and like many women caroline hopes that she will one day be able to get her license and finally be in the drivers seat. Well one woman whos in the drivers seat as filmmaker merits mind shes an Award Winning if youre going to write a director producer and a film diffract won the Audience Award out of bed in a Film Festival in 2014 its a true story about the female autonomy defending a 14 Year Old Girl standing trial for killing them. If you. Think. That im going to get shot. Well as we celebrate African Women we invited meretz man dreadful to our studio i 1st asked what kind of narratives you want to tell with her films. That women can be the source of their own solutions that culture is that a barrier it can actually be a resource to shaping the future. And that africa is is here and present were here and part of the contemporary world and i think has a very Important Role to play on the global stage right now i dont think i couldve said it better but lets talk about challenges youve encountered as a female soon soon producer. You know i tend to not i think of challenges opportunities quite frankly because its better to be underestimated or discounted than overestimated and i think thats always been my strategy like over deliver if you will. And so obviously the movie business is very male dominated but that hasnt been a hindrance i look at it as an opportunity because good stories are p. O. V needs and i think women have important perspective spring to the table well theres definitely. We talk about some produces filmmakers and i remember one interview of yours youre talking about some sort of audience youve got a film should have walked out its huge for the sort of the makeup of this every film is a small american you have to understand that it is a marathon not a sprint so you have to stick with it. I think thats the best advice i would give young filmmakers stick with it stick with it what kind of perseverance everyone is going to tell you know you know when we are making to fret weve got a 1000 knows about anything too ambitious that we wouldnt be able to make it you have to stick your you have to believe in your vision if you dont believe in your vision you wont be able to make your film you know youve already spoken about a kind of narrative you want to tell when when making your films what do you hope to achieve overall in the Film Industry well right now im very focused on the if you have been industry which is at the beginning in many ways its not formalized or structured and i want to help in building up an ecosystem where. Economy of that makes sense i think filmmaking and t. V. Can be a source of Economic Growth for if youre so im very involved in activities to make that happen Going Forward what kind of stories you actually want to tell it and why. The stories i tend to tell are about brave individuals and im usual circumstances who find a way to create something new i gravitate to stories to hard truths. And individuals who dare to tell them in their own set of circumstances so again examples would be stories lie stories like different you know at the center of that story is an amazing lawyer. And a better ash but amazing girl who both did very unexpected things for that time for women and they were kind of their own solutions if you will maz as actually now the president of our Supreme Court the 1st female president in Supreme Court so its also school now right before you go how do you talk about women in the industry we all know is the middle needs in this reviews talked about it a bit but what actually do you want to do to inspire women in this industry i think the most important lesson or the thing that i want to impart is that you always have a place at the table. Even if someone doesnt make you feel like you do and that there is power in standing in your own voice on your own truth. Is a very strong words i guess that is the rest of the holy thank you for being on her its monday through i was winning film and Television Producer thank you for your time thank you. Well thats a phone out from d. W. News africa you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page so we leave you now with pictures of some of the continents most successful woman on to the next i have a great weekend bye for now. 250 years of living beethoven a major anniversary. Our host look at shooting it travels to vienna he lived here for over 3 decades and wrote his masterpieces one man one discovers. Find history. Of a lot of questions that need answering following the footsteps of the great beatle chicken. Next d. W. Literature invites us to see people in particular. To see as fine. As. He does the books on youtube