And a special episode on the challenges that women in asia face as they assert their place in rapidly changing societies we begin in pakistan where a planned march by women on sunday has run into fias opposition from most rightwing and islamic groups one of these groups is being blamed for defeat this painted on the wall of a house in the capital islamabad the middle was blackened allegedly by seminary students linked to a radical cleric based in the capital the womens march or ordered march as its known locally is also generating furious debate online this street that we put up on the wall from one of the march organizers she says womens bodies are seen as objects and for centuries women have been advertised objectified violated bundt raped and maimed its hard to accept that theyre not yours another user. Affects the view of many conservatives that its all the work of a liberal troublemakers i assure you that neglected women in interior parts of the country have nothing to do with this march and why is it always the n. G. O. S that are against institutions armed forces and mother saw as his street ending with the hostile we reject made out just maybe modesty but thats a phrase in order to which has become the slogan for this years womens mud there you see women of the law press club chanting made out just made my body my choice. For more im joined by she was a villain from did. Shows it good to see you just made my body my choice why this particular slogan. Well british in pakistan the attitude of people mostly 2 words women is that the. Freshest something to be guarded something to be protected and thats why women have been told for centuries how to stand how to walk how to talk how many children they should have who should they should marry and women are saying that we are fed up with this enough is enough we want to take charge of our bodies and that is why i had this slogan strikes at the heart of patriarchy religious believes that people are brought of it and they feel rattled because its an attack on the stablish norms in order but so much opposition was so much opposition to it. Well what were seeing this is opposition from religious clerics. The red mosque for example in islamabad which is known for connection to the jihad these and preaching an extreme view of islam and other Political Parties coming out to say that we are going to stop this womans march it happened last year it was still rated it happened year before that it was tolerated but this year the situation is tense and the administration is trying to make sure that there is no more violence there is no harassment but i think the religious lobby is representing an overall overall conservative view of many pakistanis who believe that this is a veteran conspiracy this is a. Security solution of sorts that women are calling for greater freedom and thats why they are opposing it are women getting any support from the government of pakistan. Individual ministers have come out saying david supported the Opposition Leader but those are dotty has said he supports it but for the most part people are staying quiet because this is now being seen as a very divisive issue now remember pakistan is one of those countries where women are not safe they are attacked for marrying joyous. Just thrown on their faces did a few was a proposal but its also a country which produces a 1st female Prime Minister of muslim birth being as he put oh its a country which has produced manalo use of z. And other icons like. Because these women are courageous and they are often not afraid to stand up even when men chicken out because of authoritarianism or because of control so that is why this is being increasingly seen as a threat by the stablished order show thanks very much for that. The Worlds Largest mangrove forests. Support not just the rich diversity of plants and animals but also the livelihoods of some 4000000. 00 people but each year while working in the forest some for the apex predator these parts the bengal tiger for the families particularly for the widowed women. It means being ostracized by the village called tiger over those they are viewed as the cause of their partners death and excluded from social contact for the suppose that bad luck they bring. Rejected by her family branded as a witch. Her husband a honey hunter was killed by a tiger. Everybody stays away nobody even asks whats happening not even the village chief. Women like her are astra sized and roll bangladesh. Socalled tiger widows are blamed for their husbands misfortune and become pariahs just when they need help the most. The. Little girl who i worked as a maid and fished in the river to raise my children after my husbands death. I received some money after he died. I used to build these hearts but the cycle and took it away again. And when i dont know what ill do what. Poverty drives men into the sunderbans forest in search of honey wood and fish. And right into the path of hungry tigers. Apex predators now competing with humans for space as Climate Change and development shrink their natural habitat. On average 50 people are killed by tigers each year a stroke of bad luck that haunts the families left behind. By people often say i am a bad cursed woman. Turned. Around the fact that they say my husband was killed because i bad mouth somebody. Hard for you they keep blaming me for his death. A local Charity Works to reintegrate. Back into society. But change is slow in the sunderbans. Close by and superstition dies hard. Water has been described as the worst country in the world to be a woman roughly 2 thirds of girls are out of school and. Forced to do but for those who are different life for themselves the obstacles never stops. With every customer soraya she he takes a huge risk afghanistans 1st female tattoo artist has faced Death Threats because of hard job. But she refuses to let the intimidation stop prologue of drawing on people skin. My ex waiting to choose is my profession and its a profession i love it doesnt matter if my client is male or female ill do tattoos for them. For afghanistans mostly conservative society our profession is a red flag men and women arent supposed to even touch each other unless theyre related on marriage and strict moved limbs consider tattoos a new girl under islamic law. Is vain and forbid it doesnt make young people any more attractive it just brings them disgrace it has no benefit whatsoever for the. Male to 2 artists toothpaste rights. They have even threatened beat me with burn my shot and i told them that is fine. With them burn my shop do whatever you can. Just because of threats i wont flee from my country. It is my homeland. Is just as defiant she sees her art as a way to challenge afghanistans social order one to a time shes proud of her independence as a divorced woman and single mother even though the political future of afghanistan is uncertain the very idea of all return of the taliban interrupts our work or restricts the freedom of women then i will be the 1st woman to stand against them armed with a needle and courage Soraya Shahidi is trying to redraw social rules in a modern afghanistan. Theyre standing in her studio in south koreas 1st main thing. As you have again south koreas 1st main female news anchor in a country with the Worlds Largest economy its taken 7 decades for a veteran journalist like lease or jong to be promoted to the main news anchors role its a Landmark Development in a traditional and conservative society and its making headline news. Stepping into the spotlight and pushing through the Glass Ceiling besides breaking news journalist lisa g. Only is also breaking boundaries becoming south koreas 1st ever female main news anchor so the country is transformed itself into a modern economic powerhouse culturally its still often a mans world. So you dont want to go there at all you know traditionally the main news anchor would be an older experienced man and beside him there would be a young female announcer who is pretty like a flower. And stars are just you know. Lee is no newcomer to the business the Award Winning reporter has been with public broadcasting k. B. s since 2003 but even she thought this top job would be out of reach. Without realizing i myself was thinking it would be impossible for that to be a female main anchor at any time before i retired. Overall luckily for her she was wrong now she hopes her trailblazing will make it easier for the women who follow the foregoing records ive toyed. I hope people will no longer be interested in whether the anchor is a woman or a man. But i will try to stop defining myself as a female journalist im a journalist and a news anchor. In concord. A story she hopes that will soon stop being newsworthy. 60 or to print news articles make news thats about today it will even out of school girls in india preparing for home often off this plane for International Womens day on sunday were back next week its you that told us. Where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship and just want to be shadow and if you missed a force when official information as a journalist i had to walk off the street so many can trust and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the microphones will have decided to put their trust in us. Johnny paris and i work. Here. Thousands of indians scramble to withdraw their savings lines form outside branches of the popular bank after the central bank takes control of the cash strapped lender well take you to delhi. Going into Crisis Management mode European Companies are coping with the coronavirus as it continues to spread across this part of the world and the bigger they are the heart of a full new figures show just how dependent germany is on china and europes largest economy ride out this crisis. And lets see business shares in indias yes bank have plunged by as much as 85 percent the central bank has imposed withdrawal limits for cost measures to prevent the collapse of the private lender it sent the rupee falling to its weakest level since 2018. Thousands of customers all across india have rushed out to a draw their money from bank but they can only get 50000. 00 rupees per month thats around 600. 00 euros one of indias largest banks is now under direct control of the reserve bank of india that guarantees all deposits are safe and that nobody should worry about their money but the issuances are easing everybodys mind
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