She cultivates, she irrigates

Video with testimonials on gender relations in irrigation in Egypt. It consists of a mix of statements from traditional village people (men and women) explaining why women cannot irrigate. Men cite the traditions, local customs and say women cannot do a man's job. At the same time women are interviewed who are forced to cultivate and irrigate their land, because their husbands are working abroad. In one interview a woman is forced by men present at the interview to say that she does not want to participate in the village water committee. The (male) interviewer suggests she starts a women committee. At the end of the film a female APP staff member is saying that 30% of the irrigation engineers are women. The video is rather an illustration of traditional thinking about roles and tasks than a positive example of a balanced gender approach.