Under the blazing Kenyan sun, Maasai women patrol the vast plains in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, determined to protect wildlife and tackle poachers. But for many, fighting age-old prejudices within their community is just as important.
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01:00 [speaking in foreign language]
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01:32 My community believes that a woman cannot do a physical demanding job.
01:37 My community believes that women are always maybe weak,
01:42 that's what they think, but it's not true.
01:46 They also believe that a woman is only supposed to be staying at home,
01:51 giving birth, milking the cows and goats, going for firewood and water.
01:57 So that's the perception that I wanted to change.
02:01 [speaking in foreign language]
02:07 In every profession there are women.
02:11 Even in engineering there are women, in law there are women.
02:16 Even the pilots who shoot other countries, there are women.
02:21 So why not this profession?
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