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Published on: 05/06/2026 - 11:40

This week in "Actuelles", we head to Nigeria, where Hidaa Ahmad Ghaddar, a football enthusiast, has set up a football academy, the Breakthrough Academy Kano. The 27-year-old had long hoped to become a professional player, but injuries shattered that dream. So, she decided to transcend this contrary destiny by becoming a football coach for young boys, and to pass on to them what football had given her: a goal, a passion, a desire to do better. In a practicing Muslim country, she did not know if a woman would be accepted as a coach. Not only does it work, but she succeeds in her other goal, the one that had inspired her and her very first apprentice, Kabir, to keep these boys away from gang crime. Some hope to be able to go even further and make their passion their profession. For Hidaa Ahmad Ghaddar, it is in any case a sporting, personal and social success.

Also in this edition, close-up on street harassment which increases with the heat. During heatwaves, women make 30% more reports in France, particularly in cities. Applications against this phenomenon have multiplied in recent years. Umay advises women to take photos of their harassers and file a complaint, like this Dutch woman who made them the subject of her Instagram account.

Finally, India has one of the most generous laws in the world regarding maternity leave, with 26 weeks paid for young mothers. The law gives a lot in theory, but 90% of Indian women work in the informal economy, without any social protection, and in a country that is still very patriarchal, women are still expected to be the ones to take care of the children. The return to work of young mothers has therefore been very complicated, for a long time, and reserved for a handful of privileged women, who have childcare methods.

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