Senegal’s only female presidential candidate inspires hope in the West African nation

Описание: (20 Mar 2024)
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Dakar, Senegal – 10 March 2024
1.Various of Presidential Candidate Anta Babacar greeting her supporters from her car
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Anta Babacar Ngom, Presidential Candidate:
“Women in power will not forget to actually help those women. And you know, once you've solved the youth's problems, such as having access to jobs, we've always said, 50% of women's problems will be solved.”
3. View of a man sticking a poster of Ngom on car
4. View of big poster of Ngom on car
5. Various of men putting placards with photos of Ngom in vehicle
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anta Babacar Ngom, Presidential Candidate:
"In my first term, the first five years, I will be creating 5 million jobs for those five years for all young people, I would say, but 2 million out of them will be dedicated to women.”
7. Close of Ngom's hands
8. Various women singing and dancing during rally supporting Ngom
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Anta Babacar Ngom, Presidential Candidate:
“As an industrial captain, I’ve helped a lot of women, financing them, training them, showing them more opportunities and those women are now the ones talking for me. They say, Anta Babacar has helped me in the past, so if she is a president, she will help more women.”
10. Various of Ngom greeting and speaking with her supporters from her car
11. Family watching Ngom from their balcony
12. SOUNDBITE (French) No name given, supporter of Anta Babacar Ngom:
“Since 1963, only men have governed, from (Leopold Sedar) Senghor to Macky (Sall), but now it's time for the new generation to take over, and it’s women who will lead this beautiful country, Senegal. We must build this Senegal on values, on the empowerment of women.”
13. Ngom greeting members of her campaign team
14. Women dancing and singing

STORYLINE:
Senegal's only female candidate in the country's upcoming presidential elections has pledged to improve working conditions and training for young people, with a focus on women.

Speaking to The Associated Press ahead of the country's elections on March 24, Anta Babacar Ngom says that access to jobs will solve "50% of women's problems."

Babacar launched her campaign for the presidency in the suburban Dakar district of Pikine, one of the poorest areas of the city, where she was born.

Now the head of the largest poultry company in the country, Babcar says if elected she plans to champion women in the same way she claims to have done in business.

"As an industrial captain, I’ve helped a lot of women, financing them, training them, showing them more opportunities and those women are now the ones talking for me. They say, Anta Babacar has helped me in the past, so if she is a president, she will help more women," she said.

She is now pledging to create 5 million jobs for young people over the next 5 years with 2 million of those "dedicated to women."

In Senegal, women make up half the population but they live in precarious conditions and most of them don't go to school.

Ngom is hoping the large base of undecided women voters can help tip the balance in her favour in the upcoming elections.

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