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Latest from moving. Closer to some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just marian she said that shes feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and shes going to get to this is doing what it can but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is only the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the war in a virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take yes. The u. K. Is tightening Coronavirus Travel restrictions arrivals from 20 to red list countries will have to hotel koren team for 10 days its an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covert 19. Health authorities in the brazilian state of amazonas set up 2 field hospitals to handle a large number of coronavirus patients many seeking treatment from across the state have been sent to the regional capital mouse but its hospitals are already overwhelmed the new u. S. Secretary of state blinken says if iran returns to full compliance on the 2015 Nuclear Agreement the u. S. Will also come back to the deal from donald trump pulled out of the agreement in 2018 lincoln also announced a temporary halt in arms sales to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Donald Trumps Administration had been doing defense deals down to the wire including one of the 50 f. 35 fighter jets to the u. A. E. U. S. President joe biden assigned executive orders to address the Climate Crisis that includes cutting fossil fuel subsidies and posing oil and gas leases on federal land spains government says its opening new camps on the Canary Islands for undocumented migrants operation for a significant influx of new rivals the government refuses to transfer migrants to mainland spain because it says it would encourage more people to come those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the street station thats watching. Bring in my neighbors children. And get more comfortable for us children are at the heart of americas love affair with weapons. And its fun but a new generation is fighting fire with the recent fighting. Because you dont want to see it you. Never again part of the radicalized youth series on aljazeera. Welcome to the stream and this is how it. American aspiration is what drove the women of this nation throughout history to demand equal rights and the authors of the bill of rights to claim freedoms that had rarely been written down before. Us flies president color house on Inauguration Day so that was where it started and this is how its going the biden agenda for women what kind of next 4 years be like for women and girls not just in america but around the well that is the focus of that conversation really interested in your comments your ideas you dont have to be optimistic you can be skeptical i expect you to be so about your comments are right here into call it section in g. T. Could be caught of todays conversation what id like to see in journalism were for martin. They are ignorant. And that means that when i laugh when it is the murder of. Senseless reasons that you know i come from war or nation that our officers in the case. Since are not you can have. Us. And. You know who is. Not for a grass. Roots and. Not who are. High expectations for the Biden Harrison ministration through the lens of women and girls i have an extra line up and i see. Helen to millie seem festival introduce yourself to a global audience. Pleased to be here my name is don im the executive director of the universal access project at the United Nations foundation and independent organization based in new york in washington d. C. And we focus on u. S. Foreign policy and sexual and Reproductive Health rates and justice so nice to have you my team well welcome to the stream e. G. Show sells to our International Audience so glad to be here i asked graves i am president and c. E. O. Of the National Womens law center here in washington d. C. And we fight for gender justice in the courts and in Public Policy and in our culture we also house and ran the times up Legal Defense fund and sent it to see delta militants who really is joining us from uganda this is a miracle worker but nice to see you because that connectivity is always a challenge in particular right now dont you really introduce yourself to the International Audience what are you doing why you put into this conversation. Very excited to be here my name is dr me because and i can see you i can call advisor book listens i was international. But i think kampala uganda been working in the Reproductive Health space for a while working with men and children and interests in secure Productive Health and im glad to be here to present the woman who is in africa who is in uganda who is in the communities that are affected by many of these places. Nice to have only a few ladies 1st reaction to an even a week yet of the biden house of ministration women appointments flurry of activity when the p. 1st one every instant reaction the how is it going to what are you seeing that you want to be kept by perhaps race perhaps well as a south Asian American woman i mean i couldnt be more excited to finally see representation in our highest offices and you know i someone who has worked on u. S. Foreign policy and gender equality for you know for 2 decades its the most excited ive been if the most excited ive seen our Advocacy Community because the right people are in the right places to make the right decisions on our issues and thats where all of our policy starts as the people im you know were past the day of trying to convince our leaders why general quality gender Justice Matters and now we can actually get to the how to. As you speaking seen a team that was smiling so broadly prettyman what is behind that small 1st impressions 1st couple of days behind in Paris Administration through the lens of that morales what do you pick out what do you what are you seeing. Listen there is still a lot of energy and excitement from last wednesday where we broke one of the highest barriers and having now madam v. P. Come along harris in this role and it will Say Something about leadership of women and women of color in particular a very long time and at the same time part of what all of us do is the work to make sure the agenda comes to life and ive been excited to see that by and here i sit in a stray ssion get to work that range of. Today was a day where they outlined a number of really important race equity initiatives and said that race will be at the center of all of their policy making we are waiting a to see the more details about what it is they will do on gender equity what their theory of the case will be all of those things will be important going forward. To many 1st impressions. Very exciting to see the changes that were unbelievable a couple of years ago seeing women already the Biden Administration clearly shows that they value women and they value their input and they have put in in the center there against ration so its quite exciting for me lisa to africa has decided in uganda to see this happening because that means i get excited thinking women and 1000 uganda have a chance to have their voices had all to have the issues especially if you have women at the center if you have that is where they can actually be head then we have hope and we have. Excited to see what happens next. Im trying to look at the tele. And see more and and d delta mini i knew you were confused its not just ahead tonight so we have to join the behind and going to the gender for women but to deal tell what can you tease out all righty fatty may you start because so far im seeing a few good headlines now that thats so and. Im just wondering when the policy well i have to sell you even before they stepped in on last wednesday they announced their plan for covert relief and the coded relief plan. Is critical right now for women in girls in this country its critical around the ability to work with safety its critical around having Unemployment Insurance and its critical for solving the giant care crisis in this country that has women leaving the workforce in droves and so that was one thing they did even before even before they were there they got that all rolling. Im just thinking see me see you whats the hospital policy that youre seeing already emerging. Yeah well i think its still to come you know. The 1st step is making it clear that this is a priority and we saw that this administration you know before even taking office announcing the White House Gender Policy Council and whats significant about that other administrations have had a council like that before whats significant about this one is that its intersectional and it actually addresses all of these intersecting issues like Racial Injustice like economic insecurity gender based violence and the piece that really caught my eye is that it connects us domestic policy with us Foreign Policy right so its of whole of government approach it doesnt put womens issues in a bucket in the corner which is how weve seen things in the past and so thats a preview but you know in terms of how its actually going to roll out or are they going to for example be unequivocal about their support about sexual and Reproductive Health and rights in particular which has been particularly impacted in terms of women and girls and people of all marginalized and dead indies seeing their health care ripped away in the context of the pandemic or seeing ripped away in the context of the actions of the Trump Administration what they what were hoping to see and where the work will really be is to not just critically repair and reverse the harm of the Trump Administration but to take proactive steps to really build a Foreign Policy that is centered in the needs and priorities of girls and women as dr milley already said. We have a Live Audience on you tube and they have simpson comments questions i want to share with you guess im going to get to some of these very quickly all right so a Little People a new chief was saying im going to give this one to you i thought you could handle this we mean should be grateful. To be grateful whats all this edge and business. Well thats how we you know i have a friend who always reminds me that accountability is a love and so maybe i show gratitude through accountability i actually think the path to having the biden harris sit in a straight and be successful is to understand that they should actually put gender justice priorities at the center that those things are not separate questions. I seemed to put this one to this one is fouquet you see how do you feel about the trans military executive order allowing trans people to serve in the military that is reversing its 2nd civil order that president former president trump. Put into place 4 years ago. Trans people can openly serve again its just its just another example of honoring the human rights that we all have and so suring that each person who wants to serve in the military and can do so in a way that they can fully be themselves is part of each of our human rights so its another step in the right direction with more work to do. To me im going to give this one to you this is one of these from tandem makoto it is hard to move towards equality because many many still hold on to nationalism and sexists coaches and d. S. That is a giant giant question what will be your response to me. I think that thats the reality on most cases in the ground we still need to have information out there its true we still dont have a voice and in some cases and not productive rights and even just their rights in general are not respected so they still work and i think thats one of the reasons why were sitting around on this table to see how do we get to a level where we can actually address the inequities that exist how do we get to a point where we have. A deliberate understanding that women should not and should not be right as a 2nd you know as a 2nd. Includes being there in on to the team about shooting a male at the center helping them to understand at least should look at this and that they should also be mindful for that and then listen also be part of the solution finding solutions finding. Finding answers to the issues that actually affect that. If you work in the field of Sexual Reproductive Health rights will be very familiar internationally with the phenomenon that happens between a republican u. S. Administration and a democratic Us Administration the policy regarding. Abortion is very different the amount of money that is allowed to go internationally to fund organizations that do do Fund Abortion changes from one administration to another it ministration its known as the global gag is a little explainer in there were asked about this is how to look. Imagine you need care if you go to a Health Center but its closed down. Or youre denied the service you need. For millions of people seeking Health Services across the globe that is the reality. This is largely because of the global gag a politically motivated policy that cuts organizations out of the u. S. Global Health Assistance and if they provide abortion or so much as advocate refer and educate people about abortion even if organizations use their own funding. Just looking at my lap top here new White House Press secretary jen psaki confirms that president joe bidens future actions include reversing the global gag rule milly what does that mean for women in a new gander when east africa what difference will that make. This is one which is very very interesting for me its amazing how. Shes at the white house you do actually impact women. Only in africa in uganda and she actually affect the community. I mean in terms of what communication shes going to see. Any time the west allis a 2nd axis definition comes and what products were financing is available and one of the things that is exciting for me is that the u. S. Has will be joining the World Health Organization and as one of the biggest funders for many of the Health Intervention show health implementing partners in in uganda having finding available that recession but actually helpful we lead. In helping women to be able to eat and lead not only insulation needs but also helps our recent sunny shining and even most of us will care and where it is in environments where it is legally acceptable even if abortion you might understand that in most of our governments some of the laws will not necessarily be accepting to for women to actually have access for instance if abortions satisfy what you have information doctors have a question of death and they can stop women from using from even going ahead and doing dangerous. Procedures to themselves they cant give them access to Family Planning which will help she hears that that that by the end of of disease that we see when women dont have access to. Health services so its interesting that whatever happens in the white house will in fact what sunnys available and what i was is that billable even to men whose income. Shannon cool well ski is donate to the advocacy and post at the interNational Womens Health Coalition i would love you to listen to what she say semen and mediately come off the back of the treat by your response hes shunning the Biden Administration has an opportunity to advance gender justice globally 1st he needs to undo some of the damage of the trump era like welcome back the couple gag rule and reengaging with the United Nations in what Health Organization to advance womens rights globally. These steps are in progress but its not enough to simply return to the policies of the about administration we expect that biden will do more like pushing for an end serious directions on federal funding for abortion in the u. S. And abroad and working to decriminalize stuff managed abortion section if you actually help and not fringe issues that are critical for the ability of women and girls to be able to control their bodies their lives and their futures we expect that biden in ministration will treat them as such. I couldnt agree more with shannons perspective here you know the thing about the global gag rule and dr milly mention this as well is that its it was a decision made by a few ideologues in washington d. C. Over several different administrations and most recently by the Trump Administration and it impacts untold number of people around the world i mean in addition to abortion what it actually does is disqualify the most trusted Health Care Providers from receiving u. S. Taxpayer support u. S. Taxpayer dollars foreign assistance to provide a whole range of Critical Health care that includes Reproductive Health maternal how it includes hiv aids testing counseling and treatment immunizations a whole range and so what we saw is that is there in places potentially the only area where there might be Health Care Offering that that clinic may shut down because it was disqualified from funding because of the Trump Administration and the global gag rule and in that context youre losing all of your access to health care so i couldnt agree more that its a critical and urgent 1st step that this new administration revoke the global gag rule and work with congress to make sure that theres a permanent end so that no future administration can put such a regressive policy back in place and i will say that again this is the moment of learning and its a moment of partnership you know i think that difference that and i expect he should have of this administration is that we will go to these tables whether its at the United Nations global convening in our direct conversations with other governments and go with shoulders down to really learn from each other learn what priorities are how the u. S. Can unequivocally support. These issues stem middest ideas in the country and make sure that that is where were investing foreign assistance dollars so that theres long standing and enduring change that cant be easily washed away by another regressive administration instant question instant reaction effect do you have is a prison blind and is he a feminist is he just surrounded by feminists well i think im pretty sure ive heard him call himself a feminist and someone who stands for the full equality political and economic of women age is how i define feminists i am i if i do go back to the question before the one Sexual Reproductive Health i will just say that we actually are in a situation where and this is the one where space for i might slightly disagree with making with my panelists that i dont think that on many different issues including on Sexual Reproductive Health that the biden ministration has a luxury of sort of thinking of well 1st and then down the line ill get to Something Else over the last 4 years the trumpet ministration accelerated attacks on access to abortion care at the same time states were accelerating attacks in this country and what it means is already poor access has gotten worse and so we need. More than just one or 2 things we actually need to make it a meaningful priority to be unequivocal in support and not only the range of things the trumpet ministration did but launch forward to improve access to care no matter where you live and no matter what you mate. What i am wondering guessing is what we talking about and if so early days has it maybe a little bit too early to to even think about this but are we talking about more symbolism than substance what is symbolism having its own power im just going to go around you very quickly because i want to do one more place to visit and one more place to bring in before we wrap up the show sima symbolism substance where are we right now. We the symbolism matters it matters because the us has an outsized impact around the world what it says and does on the global stage is heard by millions of people around the world other governments we saw that when we had a destructive government led by the Trump Administration that it provided more attention to other countries government leaders who are against essential human rights and so we needed by the end ministration all of its persons at the state department and elsewhere to be unequivocal and clear that we are country and a government that supports issues full range of human rights sexual rebirth of health and rights and gender equality however symbolism is clearly not enough and i couldnt agree with that more that you can walk and chew gum at the same time we need to just immediately walk away from the Top Administration policies but the thing is the trumpet ministration policies will take years to reverse and we cant lose an arm i am not going to share the last 2 minutes new york opan an incentive to do excuse me from her jumping off you and jumping on to the team that simply isnt a substance. Ill just say both we need the bully pulpit now more than ever to go against the attacks that have been part and cultural but the policies that are right now undermining access to abortion care access to contraception making religious employers. Allowing religious employers to deny access to abortion care those who need action to. Dont to merely. A nice example identity change the status. That really not possible i think its all and away differently at different times you know the symbolism right now is me good getting up there and and setting just. One point this actually should be taken and that actually is what really does impact you many of the people. In africa the the substance the symbolism needs to get the extra mile so that we are able to see that they meant business they were just creating a visual but they actually meant business. This show has been about the mind in how he said minister. They now will be having on women and girls which is in america but around the well its i am going to leave the last word of this conversation to the little girls because they havent had much of an. Input so far but they are the future and look at this this. But heres your colleague here. Is it hard doing all that work i have been waiting for a get this i have been waiting for a girl place president. Around man but i am so glad you are the 1st i knew now. I marry your error. And she is a great girl scout and of course she is because a 1000000 is an incredible young leader thank you and you know you. And thank you eugene coming to you says commentators and thank you guess wouldnt push it until you see. A celebration of traditional life. Algis new. Insights into the diverse culture of some money out of. The deployments to different problems. In both men nice to get. Some money. On aunties new. The. World Health Organization scientists complete their quarantine and who have now they want to visit sites linked with the source of the covered 19 outbreak. Weve also been through travel from 22 countries where there is a risk of know various. Types are covered 1000 restrictions are announced in the u. K. Forcing some troubles to isolate in hotels for up to 10 days