Step into a cleaner greener and a more sustainable tomorrow. Coming to you from mumbai in india over the next thirty minutes lets see how a small village in drought just conquered celebrates when the girl child is born how a group of women with very little formal education are trying to scientifically understand the mangroves to give him a heretic and why the world needs more women on the piano. Lets stop to be is that possible with some good news theres a village in the north indian state of god just on the plan three the plants one hundred eleven trees every time a girl child is born now this is extremely significant not only because the village was visioning a green a planet but also because it august on has been one of the worst performing states in the country when it comes to child sex ratio of the number of ghosts compared to every thousand boys how does this mindset change lets take a closer look. These trees have a very special significance specifically in honor of my sisters and all the articles in this village. The tree supercenter lives and not a symbol of theirs to mission they are now held in as part of the local community. Was. That how much they dont get a leg up by village have trees in their names but this is not the case in the rest of the country. They were planted by my mother so they are very special to me i want to them every day. I tie a thread on my trees as i do with my brother to celebrate them brother sister festivity and how much you could argue my trees are just like my brothers statement that cuba is a. Sham so theyre probably rather big on planting trees for cause after he lost his own daughter in two thousand and six when she was sixteen. Or death a lot stranger to him how little a girls life is what indians are just on stage. This memorial to my daughter kittens who died of dehydration some of them im not there in her memory we started planting trees on her birthday. Im looking for that every time we see her memory and it gives energy and inspiration to do good deeds. Im not order. Here and people entry to the bottle for girl used to be under elcom use the girls first seen by their families as a financial burden primarily due to the traditional obligation to pay a dowry they were not suitable for walking in the fields rarely sent to attend school and write instead married off. Years of india during tough infections and other illnesses someone gross was and is sconce because lehi. Unlike today a shocking number of baby cousin people used to die under mysterious circumstances. Mother remembers very clearly how can swear just a decade ago. Dimes past the parents used to be unhappy even they had a baby girl because girls could not study or get a job they would face problems they would be have is by their inlaws but now things have change to do the girls can stand on their own feet and refuse to be dictated to. And that was their marriages phyllis when his daughter died he was all to bring about widespread changes including in the mentality of his new us since then every new born baby girl has been given an account comprising donations and government grants and return the parents undertake to send their daughters to school to wait until they are over twenty before marrying them off and to plant one hundred eleven trees on unused land to. People and this means the protection of our daughters water trees better land and wildlife and we provide nature based employment to the villagers that will need. To do their part of a baby girl in the plant trees considered a blessing for the parents the village and for the environment. In other villages the notion of course attending school is far from normal a School Teacher should pass when he tells us. Why maybe not be a subsidy but i have seen in this village that the opportunities given to girls are immense the goes are given priority here and they participate in all kinds of activities read that in home or at school will have to buy a day was take me away. And they come in ready to fifteen. Idea has not become popular outside the plant to spread and has been adopted by a hundred fifty villages in people wanting local server other two hundred thousand trees turning brown and one into a flourishing forest in honor of the village girls. Now for us to be its very clear that girls and boys and men and women are equal but when the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly in one thousand forty eight promising equality and freedom for everyone everywhere the principle of gender equality might not have been included without some women advocated for a declaration of the first truly universal. Universal declaration of human rights may well come the international magna carta of war man everywhere in december one nine hundred forty eight former first lady of the United StatesEleanor Roosevelt announced the uns adoption of the universal declaration of human rights for two years delegates from all over the world worked on formulating the charter and ensuring a stronger role for women indian equal opportunities activists hansal mehta ensured that the first article was changed to read all human beings are born free and equal rather than on men. They go. From Pakistan Campaign for equal rights within marriage you have dont get oil over from belarus demanded equal pay for equal work. Women from all over the world stood together and called for gender equality to be written into every article of the universal declaration of human rights they couldnt have imagined that seventy years on a lot of work would remain to be done on equal opportunities and that discrimination sexism and social exclusion would still be so widespread. To this day the Un Commission on the status of women meets once a year to reinforce calls for gender equality. Now women in twenty nineteen are definitely all about setting an example to quash your traditions of patriarchy and rigid gender rules on next story trains the spotlight on the women from a Fishing Community in the town of mingora and how despite ready little formal education here in precinct in conserving their environmental heritage and stepping out of what is traditionally expected of them take a look. Every morning the coastal town of bengal otherwise quiet springs to life with the hustle and bustle of the Fishing Community trying to sound deadly just catch. But for two years now a small group of women hes trying their hand at something new. Believe that of me but i had never even dreamt of throwing a ball out the men in my family went to catch fish in the boats and really used to sell the catch in the local market. Ive never really considered the possibility of rowing a boat i love a lot of the. Homemaker and fisherwoman sysop that they could be spotted for ten members Selfhelp Group invent good luck which conducts eco friendly boatwrights through the towns lush back waters. That are put up and put into every family. Everything else but this is significant because it is the first time women from the towns Fishing Community who have very little formal education have come together to scientifically understand the mangroves they have been edited and create awareness about preserving them. Im one of those im not over you know a very certain that we werent capable of doing this that if we would talk about the mangroves it leaves a flower its fruit it through what we were told to identify that we have to practice a lot today you can ask any of us ten women about these mangroves we will be able to tell you about them in our sleep. Eight species here in size of four. X. Two gear the saloon tica these are some of them we can just look at the trees just feel them and identify the species of. What is a one but i was in which of. The prostrate the whole is idea to work towards turning ventura into an eco Tourist Destination very different from indias party which suits just a hundred kilometers south. Of that. With the help of the United NationsDevelopment Program and the local mangroves. Brought together nine women to be part of the first batch of two of guides under the swami Selfhelp Group. It fell upon her husband sucky surely a deep sea fisherman to teach the women to roll from scratch. With the very members sure they can do it but i give them the confidence and how to drill and how to steer the board. In this. I dont i will teach you drove in not more than eight days after fifteen days i said to them you now are not a company you have to go in the waters by yourself. If there is a problem just give me. Confidently went with the boat and came back safe that made me where you happened to. Reside there. A minute what i tell. Them. Which two boats and twenty life jackets the guides can accommodate twenty tourists the one hour ride costs less than two euros per person and offers a wealth of information about the local biodiversity. But what the women are most proud of his how much in sync with nature their project is me. Dont have engines we are wrong. Thats why birds dont get scared and fly away when our boats come close to them. Our ports dont make a lot of noise the birds are used to our presents we dont disturb them. So what do remains cling to since we dont use motor fuel or the fish to assay for this is an eco tourism project its sustainable. Im separated by. The boat tours however depend entirely on Tourist Inflow specially with my. Grove biodiversity being such a nice interest it could be right there are some days when there are no rights for fifteen days at a stretch so to supplement this income our moments Selfhelp Group make spice mixes pickles sweets and savorys we deposit the money we receive from our rights in the bank and withdraw it at the end of the year and distribute it equally among ourselves oh theyre fairly welcome here. Journey from being afraid to rowing boats to being successful to a guy today hasnt been easy for these women. When the return load there were a lot more elderly when we started drawing our boots our neighbors used to say these women will work for days and on the ninth day when their bodies start to ache they refused to go because this work involves strength and tact. But i learned that the word even then when we went for the first time its true our bodies hurt our hands hurt but we were determined to be successful now those who speak against us feel proud of us im covered in their eyes and thats what it is a look at i want to go on are. The strong many women have ferried over two thousand five hundred tourists since i started out in twenty seventeen and they dont intend to stop any time soon. By women can do anything and very easily people used to think that women dont amount to much today women are so far ahead theyre big and do anything i dont know i could draw a board so confidently but today i roar bought with so much ease my friends now tell me you should not think about flying a plane i say why not if i have the chance i will even fly a plane if you ever feel there is something you cant do dont pinkly. That just right out once nothing is impossible. When i look at these driving women from being google up it reminds me of how living it. Puts it makes such a difference in communities around the world we spoke to some women startup founders in germany about this and what they had to say was i opening. Up as israeli minister that i wish women were bolder in many situations. Maybe direct less criticism and doubt at themselves and show determination. Trust themselves and go out into the world and start something up thats a quote sophie chong from austria had the guts to do it and twenty fifteen she founded a Health Platform which supports patients around the globe in their search for the right doctor over four thousand inquiries come in every month so every chung regularly seeks out cooperation partners for have portal in hospitals most of her Business Partners are male so what youre. Of course its frustrating to see that theres still an equality between men and women i think the way that ive opened up is my contribution to changing that. I wish that there were more women doctors who can aspire to a career a professorship or to become director of a hospital. That i think i gather and if you think i dont im steve according to our current reports in a magazine startup monitor only fifteen percent of battle in startups were founded by women there are presently around three thousand startups in the german capital they are Young Companies with innovative ideas promising growth one Success Story is the ready school of Digital Integration founded by Danish National and a kerry share at the ready school also offers women only courses. The most important thing for us in the womens course this is really about empowerment and thats where we can see the biggest difference women maybe coming in that little bit shy or maybe theyre coming in with their friend and after just a three month course we can really see that theyre standing on stage theyre proud and weve even seen that some of these women just after three months of course have actually become real jobs. Lisa lange has also founded a successful startup in berlin a fashion tech label and electro couture it combines Digital Technology with selling at five figure prices as a founder lisa benefits from her experience working in various i. T. Found. Actually where electrical to start it was the point of frustration while i was working in a tech environment surrounded by boys and i was in uniform and the only thing. I never their chains and t. Shirts back. I Love Technology and that was the point where i got really really frustrated like why i can go looks modern pretty at the same time. Women such as lisa long reach out and sophie chong other living proof that female founders can succeed in a male dominated scene it takes good ideas guts and a Decent Network as long as different theres definitely a lack of role models i see that with myself there are hardly any successful women that i personally can look up to as an example the research has shown that in the age group between sixteen and twenty a lot of women are told maybe its not a good idea to start up its a little bit risky maybe you should consider something that is more safe and i think its an incredibly important that we need more role models we need young women to really see that of course that confound its not something that only men can do successful female tech entrepreneurs like these can inspire more women to set up their own businesses. Now so for me theyre brought up a really interesting point about a lack of access to avoid waddles for women to develop into better leaders are caught up with somebody decided to try and bridge that gap and also has been urging women across the globe to speak up about Sexual Harassment she believes that making abuse risible will disrupt the culture of silence and impunity. There was no good i. Just pointed him and ill him to get out from a life. Because theres a one kind of close a. Few women have found the courage to say such things on public let alone go to the police to report sexual abuse countless women suffer in silence many dare not go out alone anymore. For years also marie de silva felt deeply ashamed when she was fourteen a stranger touched her on a train she later endured further incidents of inappropriate behavior as a result going on a trip would trigger a sense of unease and anxiety growing up in a. Particularly difficult a lot of young girls. In december two thousand and twelve we had a horrific gang for young men on a boston. It was an Inflection Point in the country. Where for the first time in my opinion. It brought into the Public Domain the conversations on Sexual Violence all my friends started talking about a story that they had experienced it reminded me of my own stories as well which i had suppressed growing up and i realized that if everyone had a story to share then this is a much larger problem. The problem is evidently much greater than official statistics would suggest december seize the initiative and set up a safe city a platform that crown sources personal stories of Sexual Harassment and abuse in public spaces girls are attacked on their way to school can be so scared they want to stay home women harassed on pastor train can develop a fear of going to work Sexual Violence and the fear it in genders can jeopardize opportunities for education and work and women sense of autonomy and selfworth. Having a platform where you can anonymously share your story can be liberating also when you read another womans story thats solidarity and has resonance because you suddenly realize youre not alone in your attic speed. And there are many more women around you who have similar experiences say city goes far beyond collecting stories the data are aggregated as hot spots on a map indicating trends at a local level that should help individuals communities and authorities to identify factors that lead to violent behavior and work on solutions the platform now operates internationally personal stories can be submitted anonymously but some women choose to identify themselves and its that day by shaking hands. I remember myself mumbling constantly stop it stop it stop it. They did open the door it did happen to me. But to the north did not meet the victim it never could. Still is the way i will always be and. No matter how much it haunts me. No matter how. Good i am even now. I still have the guts to face the world and tell them that this happened to me and yet be unfazed because now we know it has not been for. These young women are really confident because they can stand up for themselves they know their rights it makes me feel really proud that ive been part of creating the space for dialogue on this issue and bringing confidence to these women so that they dont feel afraid to access their rights or access opportunities and these young women are going to change the world because of their confident. Last year was the year of coverage and bravery for women around the world with the meat gone are being more and more strength every day and its people like me who are inspiring us to speak our truth well be back next week with many more stop stories but back. To. The. Baby. The bottle. Just how you got it terry and his job. As well. Compensated family. And who decides how much its worth. Show with the focus on. Productive easy. Pay. 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