Be a Lady

110 teenage girls from two regions of northern Namibia reflected on pressure put by their communities, their schools and their friends on their understanding of femininity: what is it a girl can and cannot do. The result of their brainstorming was turned into a poem.

Five prominent female figures (actors, models, activists) and two dancers where invited to read/ interpret the poem. ‘Be a lady, as they say. It can’t be that difficult, can it?’.