Communities in the democratic republic of congo. And gonna have some of the highest taxes on Menstrual Hygiene products into wells, making it difficult for millions of women and girls to a fault. And we look at how periods, how about this affecting the everyday lives . The i, im eddie mike. I doing. Yeah. And you welcome to the program. The reasons tragedy in south africa has drawn attention to the countries house in crisis. 70 people died in the incidents last month in june on his bed. When a fi i got to had whats known as the hijacked build and many other countries pool live in such a Rundown Properties which are taking over and controlled by gangs dw correspondents. Diane hawkeye gained re access to some of these hijacked buildings in johannesburg and sends us this report. So theres just a couple of minutes. This used to be a hospital. Now its squatted. City officials are inspecting it as part of the drive to cut down a need legal landlords dozens of people including familys lives.
Are missing school because many ration activists want the government to cut taxes on expensive 7 and Hygiene Products. The unclear richardson, thank you so much for joining us. Thousands of flood victims have been buried in mass graves today in the libyan city of darren. A bunch of the city was swept away after torrential rain, caused to danced and burst within officials born that the death toll could reach up to 20000 u. N said many of the deaths could have been avoided if libya had had a functioning, whether agency that could have issues, alerts, a child pooled from the mud and rubble. All thats left in this part of dana, the other one the her father survives the flood. So but his helpless as his daughters body is recovered. 5 sins of people have been killed and citizens more are still missing. As teams search the wreckage for bodies this is a disaster. My sister, when for children or grandchildren, a total of 11 people in disaster in every sense of the word. My nephew, my people, my
And people have landed in recent days, overwhelming local surfaces. The heart kinda welcome to the program. Libby is red, crescent says more than 11000 people have died in the city of done. The death toll has yet to be verified, but libya and Officials Say is likely to rise large parts of the coastal city was swept away off the torrential rain caused to dams to bust. Now there were concerns about the spread of disease. As bodies lie among the ruins, people search for bodies along the beach and the hard hit the city of dirt or not. After torrential rains burst dams on sunday, unleashing a torrent of water down a river bed that by 6, the port city in eastern libya, washing away multi story buildings and sleeping families inside nicholas miller. So we heard a large bang is, but anyone who is awake and done, i for sure, must have heard the deadline was it was unbelievable. Everybody could hear it. When we went outside, there was no more the city it had been raised to the ground and was gon
Absolutely proud we are to join with pro mundo and new America Foundation to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to lead, but the one thing we do know is that were going to make sure more womens voices are heard and more womens rights are protected, absolutely. You know, when vital voices was started 21 years ago, we didnt have the allies or the awareness that we have today. Today we have stronger laws and louder advocates. But violence against women still per
Viewpoint. You are calling your campaign end the awkward focus on the person not the disability. Talk about the the reasons you chose that disability. The campaign was born out of the idea that many people are unfamiliar with disability issues and that some people dont know many people with disabilities. A lot of these people are intimidated out of making a mistake or in a social interaction with a person with a disability. So the campaign is really focused on making sure that people are more comfortable in these social interactions. People dont avoid these social interactions because they have malice towards people with disabilities or because theyre bad people in any way. It really is the idea that its important to reduce the fear around interacting with people with disabilities so that we can have more of these social interactions and really promote social inclusion for people with disabilities. So part of our ongoing education and awareness effort. Absolutely. In the office of disa