She might be the engineer in Abidjan who supports her younger sisters. She might be the artist in Berlin who paints her own naked body and laughs at the gallery opening.
But the same device that liberates also imprisons. Des filles libres
Across Europe and North Africa, financial independence remains the most concrete measure of liberty. The Observatoire des Inégalités reports that women in France still earn 15% less than men on average, and young women are overrepresented in part-time, precarious work (often called petits boulots ). Yet a quiet revolution is happening. She might be the engineer in Abidjan who