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En Estonie le dernier matriarcat d'Europe ?
News & Current Affairs

Objectif Monde L'hebdo

( Season 2023 )
Episode
32
En Estonie le dernier matriarcat d'Europe ?
Duration
26 min
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Estonia, Europe's last matriarchy?

In the little Estonian island of Kihnu in the Baltic Sea, 16 s.km for 300 inhabitants, the women decide. When the men head off to sea, they stay put and guard the community. The fishing catch is not what it used to be but this tradition remains the same.
Report by Hélène Hug and Jean-Marie Lequertier for the France 2 television programme 'Nous, les Européens'.

Guests: Hélène Hug, journalist at France Télévisions; Sabine Kradolfer, anthropologist, specialist in gender issues.

Presenter: Dominique Laresche.