Bechar, Algeria. 29th March, 2017
1. 00:00 Wide of Bechar city centre
2. 00:04 Algerian flags in the wind
3. 00:07 Wide of building, sand dunes in rear
4. 00:12 Wide of boxers in the entrance to their training facility
5. 00:17 Close up of boxers with clenched fists
6. 00:21 Close up of sign
7. 00:25 Boxers jogging
8. 00:31 Pan up from feet to boxers walking
9. 00:41 Boxers walking and practicing 'weave'
10. 00:46 Further of same
11. 00:51 Pan of boxers skipping with ropes
12. 00:59 Close up of 10 year-old boxer Malak Aichoun Rahman, with professional boxer Alaoui Chahinaz in the background
13. 01:03 Alaoui Chahinaz sparring with her coach Lagrari Faycal
14. 01:07 Malak Aichoun Rahman sparring with Lagrari Faycal
15. 01:15 SOUNDBITE: (Algerian Arabic) Lagrari Faycal, boxing coach:
"If we talk about women boxing, we're not brand new, we're considered to be among the first clubs in the region of Bechar. It wasn't at the professional level, but since the 2000's girls have been introduced with boys into competitions and, thank God, we have had a good turnout. Unfortunately not that high because of our conservative society. Girls want to win championships, we've got some boxers who have a good national level. They can bring results in the future."
16. 02:03 Mid shot of girls watching sparring
17. 02:08 Mid shot Chahinaz sparring with a male club member
18. 02:12 Chahinaz holding medals and cups
19. 02:16 SOUNDBITE: (Algerian Arabic) Alaoui Chahinaz, professional boxer:
"My name is Alaoui Chahinaz from Bechar. I've been a boxer since 2004, I have lots of titles as an Algerian champion and a second place at an international tournament. I had to overcome several obstacles because I'm a girl and I'm practicing boxing, but everyone accepted the idea in the end."
20. 02:46 Pan of boxers training
21. 02:52 Mid shot of girls training with the bag
22. 02:54 SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Malak Aichoun Rahman, 10 year-old amateur boxer:
"My name is Malak Aichoun Rahman, boxer, I'm 10 years old, I would like to become a champion like Chahinaz, my father and my mother encouraged me to take up this sport "
23. 03:11 Mid shot of Chahinaz and fellow professional Akram Badis training with the bag
24. 03:17 SOUNDBITE: (Algerian Arabic) Akram Badis, professional boxer:
"There is no difference between us (boys) and Chahinaz, she has a lot of courage like all the other girls to train with boys. She has honoured us with her titles."
25. 03:35 Pull focus of cup
26. 03:39 Close up of medals
27. 03:42 Wide shot of Gazelle design on building
28. 03:45 Wide of buildings, sand dunes in rear
SOURCE: SNTV
DURATION: 03:53
Young women are using boxing to break through traditional barriers and follow their dreams of sporting success in the Algerian city of Bechar (29th March).
SCRIPTING INFORMATION:
Throughout the world, boxing has traditionally been seen as a male preserve, but in the last few years women's boxing has grown in popularity and is establishing itself in some surprising places.
This is the Algerian desert city of Bechar, 1100 kilometres (683.5 miles) southwest of the capital, Algiers.
Bechar has several active boxing clubs and young women of all ages are getting involved, training with qualified coaches and taking part in local and international championships.
They practice their sport alongside their male colleagues without any discrimination or disapproval.
It wasn't always this way, of course. One of the more successful Bechar members is Alaoui Chahinaz, who took up the sport in 2004 and has gone on to win titles at national level and has also enjoyed success on the international stage as well.
"I had to overcome several obstacles because I'm a girl and I'm practicing boxing, but everyone accepted the idea in the end," she told SNTV on Wednesday (29th March).
"If we talk about women boxing, we're not brand new, we're considered to be among the first clubs in the region of Bechar," boxing coach Lagrari Faycal said."Since the 2000's girls have been introduced with boys into competitions and we have had a good turnout. Girls want to win championships, we've got some boxers who have a good national level. They can bring results in the future."
Malak Aichoun Rahman is only 10 years old, but she has her eye on winning a medal or two.
"I would like to become a champion like Chahinaz," she said. "My father and my mother encouraged me to take up this sport "
Women's boxing was first accepted as an Olympic sport as recently as London 2012, but it's hoped that the Algerian team can make it's mark in the years to come, perhaps even emulating the feats of Hocine Soltani.
Soltani won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and went on to take the gold - to date Algeria's only boxing gold medal - in the lightweight division four years later in Atlanta, USA.
