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Toufah Jallow, the young Gambian woman who accused former dictator Yahya Jammeh of rape, has just released a series of reversed reality videos in which women dominate society. After publicly denouncing her aggressor, the 24-year-old woman has become a feminist figure in Gambia and has created her foundation defending women's rights and combating sexual and gender-based violence, which has produced several videos in partnership with the Swiss embassy in Senegal.

With our correspondent in Dakar, Théa Ollivier
A man wakes up early in the morning, washes the house and takes his daughter to school while his wife puts her feet up before going to work… In this video, we follow a father of a family in a reality where gender roles are reversed. The man will be victim of harassment by women in a taxi, on the street or at work.
A video deconstructing norms, essential according to Toufah Jallow, Gambian women's rights activist. "We see a man who does everything that society has agreed women should do… the message is to rethink gender roles: why do we accept what exists today."
Another video traces the difficult path of a man who tries to file a complaint after being raped by a woman minister, with dialogues in local languages, emphasizes Toufah Jallow
"How do you reach populations by speaking the language they understand? It is very difficult for people to want to change or to identify with issues if they don't have a language for it… I cannot interest people in eliminating rape if they don't have a local word to designate it."
Other reversed reality videos will be broadcast, as well as a documentary on the place of women victims of rape speaking out in Gambia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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