They need male consent to travel, or even just to own a passport. But for several years, women in saudi arabia have been campaigning for equal rights, filming themselves behind the wheel, and training for football matches. Theyve even ventured into satire on youtube. And its having an effect. Saudi universities now have more female than male students. And over the next few years the number of women in the workforce is set to rise from 22 to 30 . In the saudi city of jeddah, the nesma embroidery and tailoring center is breaking new ground. It employs more than 60 saudi women. Thats unusual in this extrememy conserervative islamic kingdo. Its managing director is r ra zumamai. Herself a mother of three, she pays her staff w well and provis them with a Minibus Service and even daycare for their children. Ms. Zumai a shy housesewife should absolutely grab this job opportunity. And in the process, learn n howo ke a more e confident impression. In the beginning when the customer, they notot trusting , that how i can deal a man they are all women. Some of customers make the order in minimum quantity, because they dont trust that we can deliver it. But after the e first deal and e second deal l and the third de, now they depend on us in all their quantity, and big quantity. We keep it female because we want to provovide our wowomen, muslslim women, with an environment where they feel relief if they want to work freely w without wearing hija. We feel more comfortable. Host the e women are only wearg their veils inside the factory today because of the cameras. Msms. Zumai in the beginning,t because i need the money. But they later discover that the work, it means more than this. That work means to secure yourself, feel your value, your right in your r community. Nonow the target o of the e gin she graduates s from this couny scschool is not only focused n what man she will marry. No, because she can live without being married. Host fatimah ali is one of the employees who is not married. Ms. Ali t the most important thing for me is to know that i am no longer financially depepeent on my y parents. Ththat makes me feel so stron. All of a s sudden i can just o out and do t things by myself, things our society doesntt thk are goodod for women being wh friends or being out and about on my own. In the past i was never among people. I was always at home. Today, i have made so many good friends. Host a new sense of freedom in a country that until recently, largely excluded women from public life. Host how long have married women in europe had the right to work without the consent of their husbands . In france, since 1965. Women in germany had to wait another 12 years. And in switzerland, it wasnt until 1988 that legal reforms gave women and men equal rights. Before that, men were the head of the family, while women cared for the children and household. Equality is about leading an autonomous life, its about education, and deciding whether to have children or not. And of course its about being paid the same for the same work still a huge issue, worldwide. Women in india are among the most disadvantaged in the world. And yet here, in the state of meghalaya, theres a tribe who do things completely differently the khasi. You see. I have a daughter. She is a girl, and i will educate her. Whatever s she wants, i will ge her, but not bad things. Host not bad things but good things, and that means land and a house. Khasi men work on their wives land. At the moment theyre harvesting laurel. This landowner has a son, and also, much to her satisfaction, two daughters. In khasi society, overall responsibilili lies with mothers. The mother is the head of the family. When she dies, her daughter inherits her property. Thats h how its been for generations. Host ththe khasi pracactice matrilineal descent. The youngest daughter of the fafamily, the kaka khadduh, inis all ancestral property. Sons live with their mothers until they get married. Then they move in with their wifes family. Every time a daughter marries, the family extends the property to accommodate her new family. Our childreren have theirir mothers name, not t their fathers namame. Your t task as a m is toto ffill me a a the prororty. Eyey me sure everythinruruns smooly. Ho in thetate of ghalaya, ththe khasi who number rougy one million are offiaially they enjoy certain privileges, with khasi laws protected by an autonomous district government. They also pay lower taxexes ad benenefit from indias employmt reservation polilicy for government and p public sesecr jobs. Jobs. Indian c culture tends to favr boys over girls. But in khasi culture, a family with no girls is considered unfortunate. Men are financially dependent on their wives. S. There arare barely anyny regisd cases of domestic violence. In the afternoons, the women like to meet up for tea anand gossip in mawlongbna. From farmers to businesswomen, everyone here chats together comfortably. Kong arbi is the owner of the tea house. Ms. Arbi i sell tea and light snacks. I provide for my own children and my whohole clan. I dont earn a a lot, but its enenough for my fafamily. Host kong arbi i is determinedo protect khasi tradition from outside influences. Ms. Arbi as a woman, im very proud of our traradition. Men move in with their wives. They look after us and they also help us look after the children. Its good to be a woman here. Host but life isnt always easy for the ka khadduh. From an early age, youngest daughters have to take care of their families. They looook after the e younger children in the extended family, cook, clean, and wash clothes. Theyre also expecteto take care of their parents and grandparents until they die. Indian society is largely maledominated, and khasi men are often the butt of jokes. But they themselves have no problem with women ruling the roost. My wife should respspect mea lot and i also respect her a a lot. But we both respect raising our children, for developing their future, girls or boys. But love is more important. I love her and she loves me, and supportingng our children. N. Host bibalisha isis renovatig her momothers markeket stall. Shes just 18 and stilill goeso school, but shes already the head of her family. Still, shes optimistic about the future. Bibalisha its not a burden at all. Bebecause after wewe work and a job at l least we cacan make m. For our parents, we can keep a maid at home, maybe to take care of them. For us, after our studies i can go abroad,d, go for travelell. Its not a bururden at all. Host but if shes to uphold traditioion as well, s shell e her workrk cut out foror he. Hohowever, one t tradition rems unchallengeded. Meghalayayas villageses are considereded the cleanesest ine whole of asia. The women are constantly cleaning and tidying. And broomsticks from mawlongbna are popular tourist souvenirs. Broom grass grows here everywhere. Its handpicked by the women and bound to make the brooms. One feature of khasi culture, at least, that has been exported all over sououth asia. Host frfrom rural indndia to n germrmany. We asked some women and men, girls and boys, to give us a couple of minutes of their time and teypical woman. Deas of a id say a typical woman is very emotional, very intuitive, more so than men. They have got far too many clothes in their closet, theyre addicted to shopping. Sensitive, led by their feelings. Thats right, moody. They complain about everything. They can cook. Tidy up. A typical woman . A good listener. But when the mans not there, she does what she wants. Sweet, polite. A little bit shy. Good manners, a bit shy. Cute, somehow. Women are only interested in shopping, appearances, how they look. Yeah, makeup and all that. When someone gives her an opportunity, she will say, oh, i really dont know if i can do that. Tough, selfconfident, strong. Host and now to some strong women campaigning for the rights of others, using dance to protest against violence. One billion rising got underway in 2013. The name one billion reminds us that one in three women around the world have already suffered abuse in their lives. Its become one of the largest protest movements in the world. We met the woman behind it. Reporter author, artist, and activist. Eve ensler is outspoken and impulsive, and she fights for her vision of feminism. Ms. Ensler you believe in the power that women have in them and the power they can generate if they are equal, if they are cherished, if they arent hurt and uncut, unviolated and unraped. What would women be . Reporter this is Washington Square park in new york city. Demonstrations have been taking place here ever since u. S. President donald trump took power. Whenever she can, eve ensler joins in. Ms. Ensler just all these people here. The fact that the resistance is growing and growing and growing, and its gonna get fiercer and deeper and more connected as we go. And eventually we are going to have a massive uprising in this country against this regime. I believe it. Reporter an uncompromising radical, she rejects everything that donald trump stands for. Ms. Ensler refer to him as predatorinchief from this point on. This will drive him crazy because he loves the name so much. Predatatorinchief we have a selfconfessed sexual assaulter, an accucused rapista sexual harasser. A man who has said women should be punished for having abortions. Reporter for decades, the new yorker has been campaigning for equal rights for women, whether in america, india, or congo. She rose to fame with the vagina monologues, a theater piece about women and their experiences with sex, relationships, and violence. She herself suffered violence and sexual abuse as a child. Yet, she says the anger she felt for her father made her stronger. Ms. Ensler i bless my rage, because that rage kept me from killing myself. You know, i became suicidal later on, but at the time of my childhood i was just defiant. I did everything the opposite if he told me to do. Told me not to go out, i went out. He told me not to smoke pot, i smoked pot. Told me not to everything he did. But you know what . That kept me alive. Reporter nonow she draws her ststrength from her friends, ty montenieri and susan swan. Theyre her family, and the three work closely together. In 1998, ensler founded the Womens Organization vday. Active worldwide, vday supports artists and socicial activist, raises money and finances ity womens s shelters. She womens shelteters. Lish of joy,a community for survivors of gender violenencen the dedemocratic repepublic of congo. This evening shes on her way to a womens film festival, where shell be receiving an award. She stops for photographs on the red carpet with her stepson, actor dylan mcdermott. Theyve very close. Mr. Mcdermott one of the most important things in life, obviously, is your character. And eves character is so true, so gold, if you will. And what she has done for women around the planet will go down in history, i believe. I mean, she is a radical. Reporter eve ensler is the evenings guest of honor. Shes a role model for many of the women in the audience. Ladies and d gentlemen, the nenext president of the united states, eve ensler reporter eve ensler enjoys her applause, but shes never seen herself as a celebrity. Ms. Ensler so much of my life has been about being on the frontlines, struggling in the arts where i had to struggle every day of my life in the tiniest little theaters at the beginning of my career to little holes in the middle of nowhere to little towns. And the same with my activism. I have been doing direct action, i have been doing organizing for 40 years. Reporter her most ambitious every year on february 14, people across the globe come together to dance in defiance of the injustices women suffer. Dance as protest. The campaign has supporters all over the world, from new york, to berlin, to dehli. Ms. Ensler music, dance, song, hip hop, poetry, spoken word, theatre. We need to make art. We n need to make love. Art brings us into our bodies. It catalyses Sexual Energy and we all need to have a lot of sex. Reporter thats the sort of message her fans and supporters love her for. The continued d violence againt women makes her furious. But eve ensler doesntt despa. She will carry on heher fight. Giving up simply isnt an option. Host and now to africa, a continent with 58 countries and 1. 2 billion people. But just how linked up are they . Less than a third of africans have Internet Access most of them in south africa, kenya, and nigeria. In 2015, there were 226 million registered smartphone simcards. However, that number is set to triple by 2020. And thats influencing urban hipsters in their choice of work. Reporter cape towns waterfront is prime real estate, and a perfect location for a business. Tha he hat the founders of leads africathought, and set up their internet platform to help Young African women achieve their professional dreams. It organizes workshops and events across africa on networking, drawing up business plans, and marketing and pr strategies. This weekend, thoko miya is running a workshop on programming for young entrepreneurs. Computer science and Software Design are stitill very much maledominated fields. Ms. Miya science, technology, gineering g and math are extremy y impoant t becausin africa and i think itit a phenomenon aroround the world women often are told, you would bebe better at something else,ed ththats why we e focus on techchnology andnd entrepreneue. Getting people, and especially women in africa, involved in tech and g getting theininvolved in entpreneueurship actitiviti, getting ththem involved inin y areaeas where they c could e indudustry leaders. Reporter thoko miya works for girlhype, a Nonprofit Organization that aims to get more womenen into stem subject. Her mother founded girlhype 12 years ago. Ms. Miya the biggest challenge is investments. Getting investments, getting enendorsements, getting sponsorships. I think African Women really need to o come in with a sensef leadership, come in with a s see of ownership, comeme in with, ts is me, this is what i do and i am capable. Leave the beggar mentality at home, you dont need to beg when youre here. Brining you and urur learship. Reporter some of todays participants already run their own websites. Nyaki tshabangu has an Online Platform that promotes natural hair. Users can buy products, didiscs tips for hair care, and find out ababout services and eventnts tg place. She is familiar with the challenges facing female entrepreneurs. Ms. Tshabangu access to government funding, access to private sector funding, not being bold enough toto go into companies and say, you s shoud hire me or i need to be working here or you need to listen to me. I think that is the biggest challenge with women, in south africa particularly. Reporter mich atagana is head of communications and Public Affairs at google south africa. Shes confident that Digital Technology will continue to create jobs. She also hopes it will allow african businesses to forge their own path. Ms. Atagana i think we are obsessed with h scale because thats what the world of entrepreneurship i in the west s taught us to believe in. When you think about it, if i ememploy three people and one person leaves my business, because they are equipped enough to start their own business, and then they employ another three people and one person leaves that business to go employ another three people when that happens on a a scale of 10,000, is that not scaling . Reporter the new opportunities arent restricted to the digital world. Job creation is a priority in every sector. Ms atagana it is only some of jobs that apps can give, but if yoyou can build a farm that t as africans to prododuce ansell theieir own food, youve creatd not just so many jobs, youve fed so many people. Reporter here in cape town, the Digital Future has arrived, and women are very much part of it. I am. A global teen. Milenia my name is milenia reije, i live in las galeras. I was born on ththe 2nd of jajanuary, 2000, and thahats i was nanamed mileninia. I lolove it. I get t up at 7 00 in the e mog to get to school by 8 00, and i stay until midday. I like spending time with my friends and playing games. We play dominoes. You need four players. Im afraid of violence and murder. Im also frightened by cyclones and earthquakes, that sort of thing. Trees. Fruit. Games. And the beach. Its brain and d beauty, its trying to sosolve e proboblem. Men and women, they are all equal because they all have the same responsibilities. What i can do, a woman can do. Host whats a typical woman or a typical man for you . Tell us on facebook dw global society. Youll also find lots of interesting discussions, web videos, and live events there. Foll us on dw global society. We cant wait to hear from you. Thats all for this week. Global 3000 in our media center at dw. Com. We are back next week. See you then. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its rhythmic music and vocalizing caption content and accuracy. 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