26 Quotes by Maimouna Doucoure

We, as adults, have not given children the tools to grow up healthy in our society.

All my life, I have juggled two cultures: Senegalese and French.

I want to say to this guy and everyone who thinks that femininity means you don't have the power to think, to write, lead and create, women are capable of doing everything.

I lacked role models so badly when I was growing up.

When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of being female astronauts, engineers or presidents.

Cuties' is universal, and it raises concerns that involve all world societies.

We ask these young girls to grow up too fast. In the society where they grow up, they are asked to grow up too fast, and everything pushes them in that direction. The media creates pressure.

It's important to be vigilant at all stages of the making of a film. The theme of a work should be represented properly.