14 women inspiring around the globe

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Wednesday, march 7, 2018 23:55

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In the ring, facing the flames, or in space : women in professions dominated by men are more numerous around the world. On the occasion of the international Day of the rights of women, the AFP has met fourteen of them, all as inspiring as each other. Here are the photos of these professionals from the four corners of the planet.

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The sergente of the israeli army Amit Malekin, 19, is a commander of a rocket-launcher mobile on the Golan heights, near the border between Israel and Syria.

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Wendy Lawrence, 58, is a retired captain of the US Navy and former NASA astronaut. She is photographed here in front of the replica of a space shuttle used for astronaut training at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.

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Sarah Achieng, boxer professional of 31 years, poses after his training session at the gym, the social hall of Kariobangi in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city.

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Maria Jose Martinez Ortiz, 43 years old, works in the barracks Fuente San Luis, Valencia, Spain. Thanks to his dedication, the pompière saves hundreds of lives each year.

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The first respondent pakistani Samra Akram Zia walks his ambulance service on a motorcycle in the narrow streets of Lahore.

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Chef Anne-Sophie Pic is the only French woman and one of the few in the world to hold three Michelin stars. It can be seen in the kitchen of her restaurant, Maison Pic, in Valence, in the south-east of France.

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Kuldeep KaurIndian, 51 years old, a babysitter, indian, walking with a flashlight during the night in the village of Bhangiwal, near Mehatpur.

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Zahida is a sub-assistant inspector of police pakistan, a job that requires courage and cold blood. In this picture, she is in a police academy in Peshawar.

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Carla Rozalen is 29 years old. She is a helicopter pilot in Palma del Rio, Spain. She is about to climb aboard a helicopter twin-engine Bell 412 group FAASA.

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Jodie Azhar, 30, is the artist’s primary technique for the video game series Total War, developed by Creative Assembly. She works in Horsham, England.

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At the age of 51, Amaia Gorostiza leads his career as a business woman and president of the football club SD Eibar full front. She poses here for a photo in the locker room of the stadium Ipurua, Spain.

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31-year-old, the Egyptian Asmaa Megahed knows how to handle the tools. Carpenter-menuisière, she spends her days in her workshop in the city centre of Cairo.

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Rana el-Hayek lives in Lebanon and is a mechanic. At the age of 22, she repairs cars in a garage Qannabat Brummana, northeast of Beirut.

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Nicol Gomez, 37 years old, is the keeper of the prison of La Esperanza, in San Salvador. In front of a group of prisoners practicing yoga, it wears an air of confident.