A National Emergency. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with the United Nations at the hague and the International Court of justice where myanmars leader on sun suu kyi will defend her country against charges of genocide brought by the african state of the gambia myanmars military had run a Deadly Campaign in 2017 that led to the exodus of more than 700000 range refugees now the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and long time human rights advocate will defend what many say is indefensible she will speak tomorrow this is day one of whats expected to be 3 days of testimony. So all the big on the us is that you tell me and mine. To stop these senseless killings to stop this out of barbarity and brutality that has shocked and continue to shock our collective conscience. To stop this genocide of its own people. Cynics say one motivation for on town suchi is appearance she was not obligated to personally appear at the hague is next years elections back home in the past few days her supporters have held large rallies med is sit is than see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but ask any of the range of refugees who survived the ordeal and they will paint a very different picture. In the refugee camps of coxs bazaar a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sun suu kyi must answer for what happened to the rohingya. The little you will hear about how was it worth it we pray to a law that we will get justice. She is not a good person but we want prayed sincerely to god for her who supported her when she came to power she did no good for us shes a liar we hate her she did nothing for us she is responsible for the genocide she talks to does she really does. From one doorstep to the next merge testimonies of ruthless violence at the hands of myanmars military. Yeah this is another one of the 2 soldiers had me down while one of them raped me in front of my mother and 4 children was a job i started out i show on the local market my daughter was crying so they hit her on the head with a weapon out of there go to the time when i was so hungry. I lost 8 of my sons and grandsons they were all but shot by the military were really thinking. The military burnt our homes. We were a family of 18 and they killed 12 by burning them alive. There were more than 2000 people in our village and all their homes were burned in on a hill. On sun suchi has long defended me and mars 27000 crack down on their hinge or sane and target militants and shall do so again at the hague. And majority myanmar the scrutiny of the uns top court has stoked indignation. Over there not just accusing one person in myanmar theyre accusing the whole country we actually even leave everything that unsung suchi does will be ok. A decision from the hague over me and marse treatment of the ranger could take years a long and uncertain week for justice for people that have already lost so much. Protests have erupted across india after the lower house of parliament overwhelmingly passed a controversial citizenship Amendment Bill also known as cab the proposed legislation makes it easier for religious minorities to obtain Indian Nationality but it explicitly excludes muslims opponents of the bill say it violates indias secular constitutions other fears an influx of unwanted Asylum Seekers in Northeastern State protesters blocked roads as part of an 11 hour shutdown there were also rallies in the capital of delhi t w was there to get some reactions but even kept wanting to leave and beat the maximum number of influx from the neighboring countries it will make a drastic geographical demographic linguistic change citizenship im a member of the board meet saying that it wants to see if to prosecute or the same proportion way on some of them but music why arent. Just about the how that might be seen on the reduced 9947 and this time into the 90000000 north korea to have another body should we stand with the Muslim Community of this country and our correspondent michelle gys will has more on where this citizenship bill is now headed. You thought that a waking up didnt do a damn bit of interbred when theyre behind were going to carry some of them are you to imagine im going to get that benefit on that i burst out of boredom with mere putting down that the wrong thing for devotion to my grandson bear me any good good effect d and im almost free or better yet an admission that us the rules that are challenging the fact that as boom boom gone further than flipped on the basis of religion and born again secular principle this country was founded on analysts are already fleeing that david will continue the sales will bottom line we will have to look to the Supreme Court of india to ensure that india secular fabric is preserved. In the philippines the Government Agency on population and development says the country is facing what it calls a National Emergency when it comes to teen pregnancy some 1200000 children have had children over the past decade and it happens in part because of limited access to Sex Education and Family Planning heres ana santos with more. Marilyn miss you know expends most of her afternoons with her girlfriends and their toddlers all 3 are teen mothers marilyn has just turned 20 and is soon having another baby. This is stage i 1st got pregnant when i was 13 i gave birth at 14 then i broke up with my boyfriend i got pregnant with another boyfriend but i gave birth at home and the baby died after a year i got pregnant again but unfortunately miscarried did 5 months now im pregnant for the 4th time in months but im in. The philippines has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Southeast Asia every day about 500 teenage girls become mothers and like marilyn a growing number get pregnant more than once before they turn 20 for many this means they have to drop out of school and struggle to make ends meet. The philippines is a predominantly catholic country the teachings of the Catholic Church greatly influence Public Health policies premarital sex and Birth Control are discouraged while abortion is illegal. Sex education and information about Birth Control are very limited many young women feel guilty about using contraception or believe its only for married couples but you know when i got pregnant again thats when i realized you can use condoms pills to avoid getting pregnant too late regret always comes in the end the Philippine Government has declared teen pregnancy a Public Health emergency officials are now trying to find ways to prevent more teenage girls from getting pregnant clinics that this one for instance offer medical checkups and counseling especially for pregnant teens and young women like marilyn here they can bond with other teen moms while waiting to see a doctor. These places can only act in a very limited scope they only have access to the women after they get pregnant and they face legal barriers. Method for Family Planning is not taught to unmarried women theres a national law that prohibits Family Planning services for teens without parental consent so abstinence is still the focus. For women like marilyn this advice comes too late but they hope that learning about Birth Control will empower them so that Young Mothers can really plan their families and avoid yet another unwanted pregnancy that report on a santos who joins me now from manila ana this has been going on in the country for a very long time why are we seeing an increase in teenage pregnancies now. So theres about 200000. 00 teenage girls i get pregnant every year and that number hasnt budged or hasnt decreased over the last decade despite multiple interventions to try and bring that number down what were also seeing now in fact are emerging numbers of multiple teen pregnancies this is where girls have 2 or 3 children before they hit the age of 20 so clearly not enough is being done to address the pregnancy. Problem and this is why the government has called teen pregnancy a National Emergency a Public Health emergency now this is the commission for population and development that calls it a National Emergency what has the president of the country president. Said does he agree. President of jareds is a strong advocate of Family Planning and showing that hes very much willing to go and Government Resources behind teen pregnancy prevention intervention and in fact a few months ago he called for a teen pregnancy summit he got together the government and the private institutions to combine resources and think of ways that they could Work Together to address teen pregnancy so its clear everyone agrees children should not be having children but where the philippines a very catholic and conservative country cannot agree is how to prevent teen pregnancy the law prevents minors from accessing condoms and other Birth Control methods without parental consent Sex Education isnt taught in schools and if it is taught in schools its mostly abstinence only messages and we all know there is numerous that estates and studies out there that tell us that you know condoms work better than telling kids to close their legs and pray to prevent an unwanted mistimed pregnancy i want to follow up on Sex Education what are the laws about that so for example if a School Teacher wanted to teach children about reproduction and Sex Education would they be able to or are there a laws that prevent them from saying certain things actually the law states that a comprehensive Sex Education program should be rolled out in all of the schools however that hasnt been done yet so it is not at all illegal for a teacher to be talking about sex in schools but without a standardized Sex Education program sanctioned by the department of education will have personal and religious by. This is coming in and sometimes you have a teacher who doesnt know enough about sex talking about how to prevent teen pregnancy youll have a case of the blind leading the blind and thats why its very important to have a standardized sex comprehensive sex ed curriculum we have to deprive the messages of abstinence only and go into the science which tells us that you know hundreds works better than telling prayer when it comes to preventing unwanted pregnancies on a scientists thank you thats all for now remember this war on our web site e. W. Dot com for slash asia thank you for watching see you next time and goodbye. Our lead time for the world join us on facebook w. Bush hello this is you moved all speaking welcome to the show with the young doctor concert. With mr lets give. Them a credible look. Welcome to. The week w. A crisis moment for global trade u. S. Pressure asshole about the w t os talk call it now its just hours away from collapse. 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