A photography show on child brides
called Sheroes by late French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui
opened Tuesday in Milan at the launch of the first edition of
the Human Rights Festival.
The show is a series of portraits of girls and women - both
survivors of forced marriage and those who try to help child
brides - in the African country of Burkina Faso.
Alaoui was one of 30 people killed in the January 15, 2016,
al-Qaeda terrorist attacks in the capital city, Ouagadougou.
"Women are the keystone of the festival because they are
victims but also the people who fight the hardest for
emancipation," said festival director Danilo De Biasio, who
unveiled the show along with Amnesty International Italy
spokesperson, Riccardo Noury.
Sheroes is on view at Milan's Triennale Palace through May
8.
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