The mayor says. To people. What ideas do they have for their future. G. W. Dot com africa megacities. Click. The coronavirus is pushing more women to seek illegal abortions as low downs limit health care. There are 25000000. 00 unsafe abortions every year almost half full terminations worldwide. And now the pandemic is approaching hopes of progress since he was president promised to decriminalize abortion a 1st for latin america. But this will never go away for not only what i meant to this reporter but the outbreak has put the. Reform on hold indefinitely. Columbia was also close to be devising abortion instead of talk court has ruled against it. In developing countries one in 3 terminations is carried out in dangerous conditions women in africa are at the highest risk of dying from an unsafe abortion. The statistics are nice but there are a reality whether youre for or against abortion and not even factoring in lockdowns sure the restrictions have exacerbated the situation but this isnt anything new each year in kenya 2 and a half 1000 girls and women die from unsafe abortions its a leading cause of Maternal Mortality especially in low income families and i robey correspondent mark met a survivor in the matar islam. We call her mercy but thats not her real name she was 16 when she fell pregnant her mother wanted her to finish school so she forced mercy to abort the baby for fear of repercussions she hides her face. I went to a local medicine man and i stayed there for 3 days he gave me herbal medicine and i took it. On the 2nd day i started seeing blood i was very afraid. There were people who were bored and i seemed fine. I thought i would die. The. Its estimated that in kenya 7 women die each day from unsafe abortions abortions are illegal unless the mothers life or health is in danger or if theres a rape case thats why women come to this man he is well known for carrying out abortions along with other procedures even though he has no medical training mercy came here to she paid the equivalent of 8 euros for the abortion in the interview however he denies performing abortions but still he wants to hide his identity. Given an injection drug and theyre sent home the pregnancy can terminate there many of these women die if there are lucky they do die if theyre lucky the pregnancy terminate safely its usually bad however. If you assign them by in most cases women need professional help after the abortion the International Aid organisation mary stopes is one of several n. G. O. S in kenya that offers these polls abortion Cast Services but theres a lot of uncertainty says daisy adela. We dont have Guidelines National guidelines on money doing this possible should get those of you going to if Abortion Services they are for this stigma that envelops us goes down to these women no doubt who has no option and doesnt know where to talk to. Of course mercy would have preferred to see a real doctor 3 years later shes still suffering from the traumatic experience because those men will just give you some kind of medicine and then tell you when the pregnancy has been terminated they only want your money in the end youre the one who has to suffer in a battle. Despite the stigma she faces from her community she thinks every woman should have the right to a safe abortion. We were weary is Senior Press Officer of Human Rights Watch east africa so how has covered exacerbated the situation. I think you know pandemics always an adverse effect to my time on health we saw with their boil up and their making cereal leone Maternal Health access was very limited and now with the coronavirus bandaid make that the same is happening to you in a b. S. Warning that with the disruption and their lack of access to contraception. In middle Income Countries in low Income Countries about 7000000. 00 be about 7000000. 00 unintended pregnancies and this is the time for governments to step in and start addressing my time on health even as they are thinking of corner virus because we see women right now having to be discharged from hospital much faster and hospitals are trying to social disturbance and you know putting all the measures to prevent the Coronavirus Infections so this really limits how they can care for women who are coming in to give birth or who are coming in just for their care before they give or even after and of course the shortages in medical supplies has affected. And even condom Manufacturing Companies are warning or shortage you saw of course this will greatly affect how people can prevent pregnancies and you also see you know her places like italy and poland governments are taking care taking advantage of the pandemic to completely cut off access to abortions. The health care side of things what about the educational side of things the link between education and teen pregnancy for example. Yes so before the pandemic many countries especially in africa are world wed be struggling with teen pregnancies and if i can give an example of kenya. A few months ago 2 months ago or. Counties in kenya released data or pregnant teenagers and we saw this in the house and tens of thousands girls who are now pregnant and why the government should have some concern and you know i acknowledge that this has happened we did not see any efforts to ensure that these girls will be considered when schools are reopening and even now when there are discussions about how schools will be opened then all special considerations being outlined how these girls will who will back to school and what happens today to saul fine a lot of the year this year has already been lost due to the pandemic but there are children who are you know locked up sometimes with their users or people having sex because they did not you know have information or you know. Other reasons but now we need to address the fact that the children need to go back to school and whats the government doing to make sure that theyre not left behind whenever schools reopened or just tell me how how can educate and help our girls are raped by a Family Member in lockdown. So all children have a right to education right and the lockdown did force some of these children to be locked down with children with people who are abusing them and if youre if a girl if a child is receiving comprehensive sexual education then theyre very clear up on about their bodies about whats acceptable about what consent means and about where to get help so some of these tips its part of education some of this test can help a child seek help report and talk freely about whats going on with them but even so we need to secure the education after the pandemic and if possible as a stigma around abortion as i guess one of the biggest problems facing us and many young women. Theres a lot of stigma around abortion but you see this is coming about from laws and policies that prevent abortion but that does not actually stop abortion it just makes it more difficult to access them for the people who are seeking abortions or not getting them from qualified health care for Health Care Providers and so when they do procure their bush on its policies and people do see others suffering. Bleeding so much or even losing their lives so this just perpetuates the stigma but it is to see if abortion is actually health care that can be provided to people who are going to give us and you know limits the kind of sigma and misinformation that comes with it or to go into why when i see a press officer at Human Rights Watch if africa thank you thank you. And let me hand you over to Derek Williams whos been busy researching answers to your questions on the coronavirus. What if no vaccine is successful what would be the pot full of the speed at which vaccines are being developed for coated 19 is breathtaking and there are over 150. 00 of them in trials of some sort with with dozens of them in testing in humans and though that might seem like overkill its not thats because under normal circumstances where Development Takes many years less than 10 percent of vaccine candidates for other diseases and up receiving approval so blots of the ones aimed at covert 19 not going to work out almost certainly the majority but but what happens if none of them do its a scary scenario and its one that most experts dont consider life with but i suppose its certainly a possibility so lets look for a 2nd and what that would mean if a vaccine remains elusive well have to continue to try to fight the virus by helping and healing the people who become infected with treatments like newly developed or repurposed drugs that improve outcomes there are still just a couple of compounds being used widely in tobit 1000 treatment and they only help seriously ill patients so if it takes longer than we think to develop a vaccine were going to need more therapy and then a big goal would be to nail down early stage treatments that prevent the disease from progressing to deadly later stages some of the most promising potential alternatives in this direction are around a dozen repurposed antivirals but also an immune system protein called interferon beta as well as artificially produced antibodies called nabs for monoclonal antibodies researchers are racing. To test those compounds and others and its likely that at least some of them will pan out so so even if a vaccine doesnt we should still be able to save many more lives in the future with more effective treatments for people who catch the disease. Their organs their ive been fizzling have you along ill see you next time of life. That is the spirit 30 years ago when germany was reunified in october 1900 at the time the economic disparity between east and west was huge. Today how have things changed for people in the 2 columns of the country how have companies. Made in germany. Next on d w. To the point of strong opinions clear positions of International Perspectives children is marking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the 2 germany east and west today its a different country war makes all diverse and the Younger Generation of course has its own perspective so whose germany is it to find out on to the point shortly. To the point of. The 60 minutes on t. W. More. Like. Mongoloid says was sued for the russians so. It runs deep. So many different walks of life. Some are pumping and og. All of them come straight forward to explore see you before theres no more delusion the marsh. From. There for the resting place the russians w. Documentary. If theres a country that knows what change feels like its germany on october 3rd 1990 the country where unified to ideologically different systems became one the challenges were manifold the former east was economically behind a 3rd of state run companies there were shut down leaving millions out of work with no choice but to start over and thats exactly what todays show is all of ours to this day the truck bond or trout the is the symbol most associated with east german industry the now iconic vehicle was manufactured in the city of stick in the state of saxony it was known for being unreliable on extremely pollution but 30 years on change is brewing in its birth place today spic how is home to one of fox modest most innovative car factories. Car manufacturers are scrambling to catch up and get ahead of the future is an electric means of practical transformation of germanys alter industry suppliers are struggling in west and eastern germany i sure dont like. Electric cars need to have a tree. What they dont need to get cases like this because they dont have multi speed good boxes. And that is a major problem for young. He heads the Works Council lets a company that makes cases d. T. H. Height an hour on the work force numbers more than 300. 00 trainees i can tell you that there will be personnel changes very probably firings which is of course bad news for the snow for which. Its tough very much especially because i know everybody here and its very worrying. D. T. H. Is a di cost of the supplies various components to the Auto Industry especially good cases. The shift to electric plus the impact of the pandemic have tipped it over the edge into insolvency. Its biggest customer is spokesman its moving fast to switch to electric cars its contents make our way in eastern germany no longer makes any cars with a Combustion Engine the workers that have a job guarantee until 2029. Im somewhat fluid here and think oh i was here in this vehicle the transformation process means that every employee has theresa scale and learn how to do other jobs every worker has to be retrained sometimes multiple times with bunch. Of a cow is be w. s most advanced plant its in both ways the Group Strategy to go electric. The trouble is other manufacturers started to make the switch so you know i know in the elite in terms of science many safety w. Has been too slow off the mall. Weve been perhaps been a bit slower than it would have liked but its never too late weve found a good point in time in our development and can manufacture electric vehicles in large numbers there was a similar discussion some years ago about s. U. V. S going to dismiss you and before this on the s. U. V. Skiing people were saying vokes wagon was too slow and was too late in fact it was just right the technology was mature and sales were good and kept growing we intend to do the same with electro mobility us sales will take off again or but as we do were going to go reconsider. Its newest call just unveiled is the id for an all electric compact a c. V. Made in speak out. It weighs in at about 2 metric tons. Just as on the 94. 00 is special because its an electric s. U. V. Designed for the Global Market i have Great Expectations going to go big in china and america. But the current pandemic has hit the welts 3 major markets hard china the e. U. And the us the German Automotive Association expects a 17 percent drop in unit sales over last year. D g h hi to now has been hit so hard by the switch to eat cause and slumping cost sales the some workers will probably have to look for another job. And must make me think about the division between east and west germany. And austria show us the shot but i feel better here in the east its now even if i would earn more in the west this is where it feel at home and. We one country now. No definitely not. But people always say we earn union wages and i can east as well as in the west but they dont say is that union wages in the east urban lower than in the west are you dont you just give us the best to leave. A venue so as long as there are such differences we can put one country united. The impending job cuts are preying on everybodys mind at the factory who is going to be fired and who will be invited to stay nobody knows yet. As its own seriousness in a word the meeting was worried as we expected we structure and plan has not yet finalized but stunned into some jobs will probably be a factor that is john to tackle upon me on whether the plan makes sense i dont know further discussions are needed president not just concerns but all of its an exhausting struggle for Works Council members and not only head of the companies have already announced they will slash thousands of jobs. As many as 400000 jobs could be at stake in the german Auto Industry. Factory closures and nothing new for young scholar force almost 3 decades ago after german reunification the factory where he did his apprenticeship was shouted. It wasnt a problem. But why is it different now. Im older this is. This time it will be much harder for letting them and thats a cause for concern as much as americans are. Set to be w. Inspect our house no immediate reason to worry hes not about the east german tragedies of his youth now he drives a new electric v. W. Its good for marketing. Its important for the factory and future. Combustion engine cars were once built all electric ones will soon roll off the assembly line. Is investing 1200000000 euros into the switch to electric. A huge amount has been achieved since reunification still differences between east and west do remain after the wall came down there was a major brain drain from east to west and to this day young people head west for jobs all the more important then to create opportunity is at home my colleague. Met one family of entrepreneurs doing just that. Jack hardly seems like this weve patterns into luxury fabric county have our 1st have to master the machines before she could take over as production manager. Now she supervises a fact sheet of workers. One of them on the outside and you need to know how everything works to be able to organize things properly otherwise you dont have a feel for it. Because it is a Family Owned Company cloutier was trained by her father and her uncle. Went on my uncles got a sense of humor which is always important not to take things too seriously but to laugh at things because if we didnt wed stop coming to work. With a lot less would be much fun of the was under hopes to fight wrinkles. As a ring on the my uncles responsible for machinery and investment as well as Quality Control and procurement through to my fathers responsible for production. Which then distribute to warn us of hes my boss a step above me and he also takes care of the bookkeeping and sales. For the fatigue but more than anything else shes inherited his love for the product jack ard fabric. I love textiles or i wouldnt be working here and i also love the way theyre made the textiles are just so diverse that theyve become a real passion of mine devolve. Power is one of the worlds last remaining companies to manufacture the precious jacka fabric a firm but night cotton material with artistic patterns woven into it rather than printed on the surface. Its used for table cloths and bedding. And also as closing for african customers. And industrial. Power weaving mail in our in southeastern germany is 130 years old in that time it seemed many threats to its existence. Especially after world war 2 when eastern germany became the socialist g. D. R. The company was taken over by the state in 1972. The old power logo was replaced by one proclaiming answer socalled v. E. V. For peoples enterprise. It was for new york windows that goes with it was a tragic experience for the family i had just finished my degree and had intended to start work here. In studio but when that happened i knew i wouldnt be working here after my studies. Instead the 2 by our brothers worked as textile engineers in other state run enterprises virtually none of which survived. Then came 989. 00 and the fall of the wall offering them the chance to start over again. Had that my brother managed to convince me he said the product was marketable and that this was an opportunity. To get the company back on its feet old debts 1st have to be paid off and new machines installed. It was a massive investment. At that time the ballad brothers were working around the clock. As a defender having thought it was a very hard time for us as a family. We lived in the villa at the front of my father was basically enough of the. Visit of the really proud of what the pair of them achieved they stayed the course and were so tenacious. The family villa is on the grounds of their weaving mail today its the companys headquarters. The bow is invested a lot of care in restoring the villa. Could no longer and i grew up in this building as. Kid and the works grounds were my playground when i was young and its cool. So i formed a bond with the villa and the factory itself when i was a child and the connection became pretty deep with this but in social groups. Rebuilding the company has been a labor of love and one day no doubt a success said from the host of offspring who follow in Michelle Obamas footsteps. A labor of love is certainly not how you could describe the subject of our next for a poorish here in fairly in a new state of the art air force is due to open up the end of october and may or 9 years later the project seemingly endless problems with the brunt of many jokes about the myth of german efficiency our reporter in. The story. The brand new Berlin Brandenburg International airport at spinal you start to open on earth 312020 thats about. 3289 days from the 1st planned opening day so her lets hope its worth the wait through minnies former chancellor and berlin mayor fenty grand prix everyone at the terminal and friends with the famous quote of it if i were asked to say what apart from peace was most important to me then my answer would be freedom maybe if berlins current administrators are asked why apart from building a world class airport for the german capital it was most important to them that with the opening it does these things happen along the way. To the 3 letter airport code for this airport was meant to be the. Brandenburg International Airport but that turned out to be taken by the by National Airport and indio so dont get confused about the b r. The sign showing arrivals and nations had been hanging here for so long that eventually they stopped working after a few years they had to be switched out to the tune of half a 1000000 euros. More than 90 kilometers of cable were only late. So for a few months and 2030 in the light stayed on because they couldnt figure out how to switch them off because of a technical glitch. But 9 years and 7000000000 euros later the airport management says its finally worked everything out and volunteer airport testers are here to take fake flights to see if thats true. Lots of people pretending to go to frankfurt today but not everyone finds the top of you today and cullen bunn hanson how do you find the new airport. Its a very modern very scary as its its pretty and still looks new even though its been here for so long it still looks good. If in business. Im really surprised i can positively surprise yes positively. Perfect effect ok perfect temperature or yes i know you kids but im here to for my own impression now the check in counters are made of regionally sourced the wood so theyre very pretty but i think there should be more of them it doesnt feel like there are nearly enough. So there are no so for electricity or charging but i have been promised that they will call hopefully until the airport opens. The really more of these around this was really hard to find but i do have a favorite part of the magic carpet a 1000 square metre artwork made of bright red metal ribbon this has been hanging here for nearly 2 years. But at the time of its installation artist play white said perhaps it represents magical transport and. Is this reality. A relevant question soon we will finally learn whether the airport streams of well being an airport will finally come true but some parts of it like the shopping zone are still under construction. Looks to buy at the duty free. Lets put meager shopping possibilities aside and look at the Bigger Picture i think seeing might still apply build it and. That is the airport and the travelers will follow the 1st part thats mostly done but the 2nd part is. Speaking of going places the woman in our next report certainly is heres the story of how she waved goodbye to the corporate world im set foot quite literally. As van and i worked for a dax listed company i was responsible for personnel and Organizational Development worldwide but i would. Manage our guess a stellar career with top pay but by her late fortys shed had enough its hard celeste i wasnt why maybe it had to do with my age midlife and wonder will ever do anything else or will continue on this path. If i want to change the nows the time. Many people feel trapped on the treadmill and just accept it and i decided not to accept it. She took a risk and opted for something completely new she now makes shoes for a living. And now works with her hands rather than sharing meetings how work life has changed completely she underwent training with a certified shoemaker the 2 of them then went into business together selling tailor made shoes. Shes managed to step out of her manager role now she speaks to customers as the shoemaker. Quite differently i sit on the floor in front of people im not addressing them across the conference table back then i definitely wouldnt have used such a personal or friendly manner. So what are her former colleagues think of her radical career change. Told inside also great decision id like to do the same but i cant take the risk or i cant do it for various reasons some people said shes crazy or that i didnt say anything but id say the majority was a little envious of me. Does she think many would like to leave management. She took the risk and had enough savings to carry her. Around says that with her new job she now feels a lot more free. Embracing change doesnt always mean doing away with the old though in bangladesh shipbuilding is a centuries old tradition now the country is in the process of turning of that no high into a high Tech Industry there are already some 200 large scale Ship Building Companies in bangladesh our reporter made that so visited both a Traditional Boat builder in the monic ganz district in the center of the country and he got a taste of the modern shipbuilding scene in the port city of chittagong. When it rains in bangladesh it often rains hard and reed length as they. Work must go on here at western Marine Shipyard in chittagong. The latest order was a milestone not just for the shipyard but for the country such large cargo ships have never been built here before. What. Would be done. You know it. When you got. The shipyard is so far delivered 4 of these ball carriers to an Indian Steel Company getting this contract was a big moment for the shipyard. But hopefully just the start of things to come bangladesh wants to become a key player in shipbuilding bottom of this as you know is being 2nd largest in the textile and garments and. Now its time for definitions we call it shock to shape so i pick. The industries. Its time to start and should believe have started. Boat building is actually a centuries old tradition in bangladesh and not only by the coast. Large areas of the country lie only just above sea level during the rainy season the land disappears below the water. Residence simply learn to live with it but with out of both almost nothing is possible. To live. There bringing season is the most important time of year for boatbuilders like so the season is nearly over these are the last boats hell build for now when the monsoon rains start to fall each family needs at least one boat. Its a good business. One a few years ago the water level was even higher. Then i could sometimes sell a boat that cost me 2500 taka for about 7000 talk. 7000. 00 taka is about 70 year olds abdulhakim learned the craft from his father for boat builders like him nothing has changed for generations. He lives with his family in the money gunge district in central bank would ash a long way from the ocean. Hes already bought the wood for the next boat season until the monsoon arrives business will be quiet. Building is only seasonal work. But we dont have to look for other jobs in the meantime. When were not building boats were either farmers or we run other small businesses. Abdul halim earns money for the family by selling snacks its something he can do in any season its 3 back in chittagong the biggest seaport in bangladesh although theres still a lot of poverty in the country the poverty rate is falling and the economy has grown significantly in recent years. Still there are 160000000 People Living in this densely populated country and theres not enough work for everyone. The hope is that ship building will be the future driving force of the economy exporting cargo ships is a relatively New Enterprise for bangladesh the 1st order came from denmark in 2008 followed by germany and many others after that so this industry could create a lot more jobs potentially up 2100000 info. 15 years those who already work at this shipyard consider themselves lucky. Some of their own that were so proud to be exporting our ships abroad down to the proud to work here in such a Big International shipyard. Like. The shipyard in chittagong is also working hard to modernize just being the cheapest isnt enough anymore sustainability and green energy are important factors especially for european customers. We are working with some buyers. Of investments. With good indian street off his fossil fuel as well as the ferries which will be operated by battery operated phrase Ship Builders in bangladesh hope to stay one step ahead of the competition in asia thanks. You know what they say the only constant in life is change and thats a thought to leave you with at the end of this edition of made its been a pleasure having you along for me on the team its goodbye and take care. To the point strong opinion its a clear position of International Perspectives much only as mocking the 1st years on a good story of the reunification of the 2 germany against the west today its a different country mold makes all diverse and the Younger Generation of course has its own perspective so whose germany is it to find out going to the point shortly. To the point is just going to be going to be uncertain about spotty w. Bust a peaceful resolution on them. The power structure of the german reunification the 2 plus 4 talks between the 2 german states in the form occupying power this. Behind the scenes the cold war continues how close the unification come to failing. In 75 minutes on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this. 100 or 3 of the techniques are covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you like and information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcasts you can also find us at pretty w dot com and slash science of. Global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities greener how can we protect habitats we can make a difference google ideas fundamental series again google 3000. 00 on g. W. And all mine every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. 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