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Rabat (Morocco), Oct 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mohamed Siali) Asmaa Ghlalou is aware of the challenge. The first woman to command the Rabat City Council, is part of a generation of mayors that deals with the three main cities of Morocco. "There is no time to lose," she sums up in an interview with Efe.FOOTAGE OF THE ELECTION DAY, GENERAL IMAGES OF RABAT AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE MAYOR OF RABAT, ASHMAA GHLALOU.TRANSLATIONS1 - "Today, the political representation of women in Morocco is very positive. We have six large cities, three of them have women as mayors. It is something very positive. The 2011 Constitution stipulates that the State has to guarantee parity. Today we have reached parity in the mayoralties. "2- "Moroccan women reject failure and that is why they work harder, so as not to fail. The other two mayors will do their best to live up to the aspirations of the citizens."
Algeciras (Spain), Jun 15 (EFE) .- The return to Morocco of the 12,000 Moroccan seasonal workers who with a contract in origin have participated in the agricultural campaign in the province of Huelva began on Tuesday from the port of Algeciras (Cádiz)FOOTAGE OF THE RETURN OF THE TEMPORARY WOMEN WORKERS TO MOROCCO
Cairo (Egypt), March 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Khaled Elfiqi).- Six years ago Omnia Gadalla was first told "no" when trying to access the judicial career, even though the Egyptian constitution grants that right to women. However, she is still fighting against the entire judicial system to secure her rights and those of other jurists. "I feel that this has consumed me, especially in the last times, but I am not going to give up and waste what I have done in all these years," Gadalla, Law professor at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, tells Efe. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF OMNIA GADALLA, LAW PROFESSOR AT THE AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY.
Montevideo, Mar 4 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- The dream of professionalism for women's basketball in Uruguay seems far away since they have to fight against inequality in a broad sense. Today the pandemic has become the perfect excuse to make them play in almost humiliating conditions.FOOTAGE OF A GAME IN MONTEVIDEO. SOUNDBITES OF ALVÍN FLORENCIA SOMMA, MALVíN PLAYER:"It is a fight we have to continue to seek equality in sport. Some things have been happening that are a result of too many things. But we also think the way we have to keep pushing and continue growing is being here, participating and it is from inside. We need all parts related to women's basketball to push forward and mainly (we need them) to be convinced that we all want women's basketball to grow or reaches a professional status."
Madrid, Dec. 4 (EFE), (Camera: Victoria Moreno).- From Asia to South America, Indigenous women's movements work together demanding more presence and recognition worldwide as frontline fighters against climate change.“Women have a crucial role in many aspects and we can contribute to the solution of the climate change,” Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn, from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (Thailand), told EFE. As the ones who directly suffer the global warming effects, women from indigenous communities around the world claimed for their role in climate action during the ongoing 2019 Climate Summit.In most traditional communities, food security, healthcare are roles adopted by women. FOOTAGE OF 2019 CLIMATE SUMMIT AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S TALK ON WEDNESDAY IN MADRID. SOUNDBITES OF:-PIRAWAN WONGNITHISATHAPORN, ASIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PACT (THAILAND).-NAIJELIJELI TIPAP, PINGO'S FORUM (TANZANIA). -MELANIA CANALES, FROM ONAMIAP (PERU):“Indigenous women suffer triple discrimination: for being women, for being indigenous and for being poor.““And we talk about racism we say that is violence because in a way it psychologically affects you.”
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).