This week on World in Progress: How Afghan refugees abroad see the worsening situation back home // UNICEF tries to help Afghan children and women harmed by the surging conflict //Peru's medical staff struggles to stem the next wave of Covid 19 // Polyandy: Should women be allowed to have several husbands in South Africa?
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Surveillance cameras in the street, facial recognition algorithms or a clandestine software that monitors your emails - there are many ways to monitor people s activities. And these technologies are in high demand across the world - also by authoritarian governments that use them to crack down on critics and monitor political activists. There are many European companies, including German companies, that export these technologies around the world
A new EU regulation is to limit European exports of these technologies for authoritarian regimes. But many contradictions remain, and critics fear European surveillance tools will continue to be used for purposes that violate human rights.
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On this week’s show, we meet female leaders across Africa. Women across the African continent are often portrayed as oppressed, poor or victims of conflict and violence.
But this one-sided view overlooks the increasing number of women who are shaping politics across many African countries. And there are many examples to be found.
Many of these women put themselves in harm’s way to fight for equality and participation on the continent. Even death threats or being forced to flee their homes won t stop them.
Reporters Antje Diekhans and Dunja Sadaqi spoke with women across a number of countries. Their report is presented by Ineke Mules.
Around 3 billion people cook by using open fires or simple stoves fueled by kerosene, wood, animal dung or even plastic. Every year, about 4 million people die prematurely from illnesses that can be attributed to these cooking practices. That's according to the World Health Organization. One simple solution is to help these people get access to cleaner ways of cooking.
How are textile workers in Bangladesh faring who are unable to socially distance in their factories? We also hear how clean cooking stoves can help reduce the risk of lung diseases in Guatemala's poorer neighborhoods that's more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic.