Why this one by "Marie Claire" is important

Women - On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, on March 8, the magazine Marie Claire released this special issue this Thursday with 8 different covers, titled “8 women, 8 votes, the faces of the hope».On these covers are women who have marked in recent years, by their feminist commitment.

We find the actresses Leïla Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Aïssa Maïga, the singer Lous and the Yakuza, the writers Grace Ly, Annie Ernaux or the model Odile Gautreau.But also lawyer Elisa Rojas, activist for the rights of women and people with disabilities.Herself with disabilities, she poses in her wheelchair.Coverage all the stronger and more symbolic as it is rare to see disabled women in the media, especially in France.

On Twitter, many people reacted to these strong covers and in particular that where Elisa Rojas is found, rejoicing this visibility given to disabled women.“Frankly, we may know that representation is not all, I can't help but smile since this morning imagining all the little girls who will see this cover and recognize themselves for the first time in a magazine! », Writes notably the director Amandine Gay.

Elisa Rojas herself responded to this avalanche of compliments this Thursday morning.“Apparently you like this coverage of the special issue March 8 of Marie Claire;You are right.She is very beautiful.»

A feminist activist lawyer

Elisa Rojas is a lawyer at the Paris bar and specializing in labor law.She militates for the rights of people with disabilities through the struggle and disability collective for equality and emancipation (CLHEE), which she co -founded in 2016, as the Liberation newspaper recalled in her portrait published last December.Féminist militant and anti -racist ally, she is very active on Twitter, where she denounces in particular discrimination based on disability.The forties is also a writer. En 2020, elle a publié un roman autobiographique, intitulé Mister T & Moi aux éditions Marabout.She evokes validism there, also called capacity, through her obsessive love story, during her twenty, towards a man, who was valid for him.

In September 2018, the famous Teen Vogue magazine had chosen in one three women with disabilities, Jillian Mercado, Mama Cax and Chelsea Werner: an example of opening up to diversity and the inclusion of women with disabilities in the sector of thefashion.

To see also on the HuffPost: how this lawyer became aware of stereotypes on disability after a love of youth

Melissa Makaya

Journaliste Life & Culture