Women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. So, yes. And you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff youve written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, thank you, god, for not making me a slave. And then the boys said, thank you, god, for not making me a woman. Yes. And the girls say, thank you, god, for making me according to your will. Yes, its, in some ways, quite a misogynist religion. I think that is a very misogynist type of prayer. I think i became
Requires focused policies, redoubling efforts and work and concerted efforts from all sides. Lets head over to our Asia Business hub and speak tojoao da silva. Its a crucial meeting, talk us through the headlines as this all gets underway. This is not m, but sweet cream to pop up, here years. Thank you forjoining us, its a crucial meeting, took us through the headlines as this gets under way on day one. What gets under way on day one. What is interesting gets under way on day one. What is interesting is gets under way on day one. What is interesting is how gets under way on day one. W ue ii is interesting is how similar those targets that were Just Announced our to those of last year and that despite the fact that the merger in the worlds second largest economy has changed. The government is expecting growth of around 5 in 2024 which is pretty much the same as forecast in 2023, it expects inflation of 3 , the deficit to stay also within its preferred 3 limit and the Unemployment Rate t
Thank you forjoining me. We have been getting lines that we expect gdp to come in at around 5 . What is your reaction to that . , 5 . What is your reaction to that . ,. , that . That is the same number china was that . That is the same number china was targeting that . That is the same number china was targeting last that . That is the same number china was targeting last year i china was targeting last year so i think what beijing is trying to signal than is that despite the short term turbulence, Stock Market Fluctuations earlier this year, i think beijing is trying to tell people that, yes, economics is still steady and the leadership habit together, things are under control and thatis things are under control and that is why they are shooting for the same number, in terms of gdp target in terms of last year, and that also means however in terms of the size of expected economic stimulus that many people were expecting china to dish out, the exact size of it may be more modest than s
Talking about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. But, of course, israel decided not to send a delegation. Israels says the preconditions it insisted upon that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prisoner swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasnt forthcoming. So israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. That has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an unsustainable position. That isnt to say that had israel gone to cairo, there would be an automatic ceasefire there would be others stumbling blocks. Hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli troops from Populated Areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. And those are significant issues that israel might have objected to. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in gaza is said to be increasingly dire. The israeli attacks on positions,
Wyrie davies has more. One positive note from cairo is that they have gone into a second day with delegation from hamas, egypt, qatar, and The Americans talking about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. But israel decided not to send a delegation. Israels says the preconditions it insisted upon that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prisoner swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasnt forthcoming. So israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. That has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an unsustainable position. That isnt to say that had israel gone to cairo, there would be an automatic ceasefire there would be others stumbling blocks. Hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli troops from Populated Areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. And those are significant issues that isr