We speak to the mayor of freetown in sierra leone, subject of a new bbc documentary. Well hear from Award Winning actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi on whats next for irans women led protests. And iranian female djs use music to defy the islamic republic. Hello, im Azadeh Moshiri and welcome to our bbc news special programme on International Womens day. Im standing in front of the Millicent Fawcett statue, here in parliament square. She was a suffragist in the 20th century, protesting to secure the right to vote for women. Its by the artist Gillian Wearing and it was made after a campaign by a feminist writer, Caroline Criado perez, who wanted to see a womans statue here in the square. Now, of course, what were about to look at for the next half hour are just some of the issues affecting women today. Theres plenty more coverage from the uk and Around The World on the bbc news website and app. So lets begin with ukraine. And after more than two years of war in ukraine, the un says mor
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