I loved the picture provided by Safiya Saidah Charles. It perfectly depicts that Women are protecting women. women are educating women, Women are protesting and speaking for women. They are taking control of their own lives because no one else is doing it for them. It’s also interpreting the history in each woman of the woman before us that were fighting for equal rights. or the woman that is protesting and advocating for the woman who was silenced or can’t protest themselves.

I watched the documentary Girls Connected by Koen Suidgeest. It was about 5 women who were fighting the inequality and gender norms of their communities. Josi of Peru going around her community and teaching young girls about protection when having sex but also just how important that no means no. She does this by gaining the attention of many kids with her words or fun exercises to get more people involved. She simply wants to prevent unwanted pregnancy in young girls so she found a way to help. Ayesha of India, fighting the gender norms by practicing karate typically seen as a male sport. All her practicing led her to many wins and titles. Michelle of Kenya teaching young girls that they can achieve their dreams by mentoring them at the organization Dream Sisterhood Foundation. She didn’t want these young girls to be hindered by their circumstances. Michelle is also fighting the gender norms by being one of the few women learning aeronautical, a more male-dominated field. Ghazal of Jordan Just wanting to make the world a better place, leaving some sort of impact in her life. She helps her community by painting murals and included the young kids and women join in. Latifa of Bangladesh showing the older generation of women that young girls shouldn’t be married off for food, money, or land. Offering the people she helped aid just in case something happens to them due to the breaking off of marriages. She shows the young girls that they don’t have to be married off especially so young and when they are unwilling. This documentary showed just how much someone can impact their community, changing the minds of the adult’s way of mind but also mold the minds of young girls.