To my mind,
Isabel Allende’s talk was very touching and strong. We can understand her life’s
work and mains ideas by listening to her presentation. The way she brought the
main subject, that is feminism, sexism and the feminine part of the world, was
striking: she talks about powerful women, but also beauty, things that can
matter to every women, but that becomes insignificant as soon as you think
about what women can endure in the whole world. The other thing that stroke me
during this speech was the examples she used, and the great heart every women
she talked about had. Also, the great thing about her way of talking and
expressing herself, is that she just has hope for a good world and is not here
to give you a lesson. She just tells you stories that can touch you and makes
you ask yourself questions.
Of course,
I can just agree with everything she said. I guess that sexism is
everywhere at different levels. There are countries where women still don’t have
rights. We are lucky to live in countries where women have rights, they can
work, they can play any sports they want... But sexism still exists. In France,
we can say that, as a woman, you do not endure sexism daily but there are still
discriminations, not in the way of living - most women work and the percent of
house wives decreases - but the best example would be salary. However we can
see progress in France, for instance, in the government there are more and more women
ministers, and we also have, since the last government, a ministry of women’s
rights. To me, it is very important to have equity in the government, to have equity
in our society. Nowadays what we can assist in France is, I hope, the future of
many other countries. But I guess that the creation of association for women
and the volunteering are more and more
present and useful to the women of the world.
