(ANSA) - Milan, May 3 - 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.
Leila Alaoui's Sheroes opens in Milan
Photos by al-Qaeda slain photographer, Leila Alaoui