to tibetans like education the size of their families family planning their careers the job opportunities for their children just who they interact with when they go to a government office and want to get something done. they definitely feel very pessimistic very it's an unpleasant experience and they feel like they don't have a lot of control or or decision making power over their lives so they feel like second class citizens in the room indeed ok we heard in that report that beijing considers the dalai lama to be a separatist it is is that there are numerous approaches where what is it that he wants what is the best in people want independence or just more autonomy and to be treated as equals i think the primary goal of most tibetans would be to receive more respect from the chinese state tags fully. receive the privileges which are guaranteed to them by the chinese constitution you know in one nine hundred fifty in one hundred fifty one you know tibet into regions entered the people's

republic of china in very unique terms it was a seventeen point agreement signed between the government of the dialogue and the people's republic of china mounted on was there which guarantee at the continuation of tibet's political and religious systems i think that most tibetans would like to see believe that returning to those days is completely unrealistic most tibetans think it's completely and rightfully unrealistic unrealistic to have any kind of independence but they would like to receive the privileges that are guaranteed to them by the chinese constitution and perhaps return to some higher level of autonomy or at the how do they get to that stage this requires external pressure on beijing and in the relations between india and china are strained over tibet for example so abroad you have a china tibet and government in exile which for the last twenty years had has had quiet conversations with the communist party through unofficial channels but those

of really been fruitless the efforts of the the government in exile and other foreign powers to put pressure on china to radically change its treatment of the ten minority or to improve the political situation there will be fruitless and will probably come to nothing the only place. where real pressure can be exerted on the chinese government is by hand chinese themselves by that by the larger domestic audience within china who on occasion have come to care quite deeply about tibet right so if people across china chinese scholars academics politicians average people in places like shanghai gong show you know beijing come to feel like you know tibetans deserve a better shake they might be exert a certain amount of pressure on the chinese government to change things but going to have to come from within not from without professor really good to talk to you but he thinks deep for being with us professor. welcome. we're going to weather update next here on on to zero then with briggs it looming britain's living abroad

are wondering on this line is huge. progress for board cost reports from kenya where the construction of a transport corridor has upset indigenous communities will be right. and the weather is quite messy across europe at the moment we've got plenty of wet and windy weather working its way in from the atlantic so in the south where we've got the brighter and draw you know whether it's a predominantly forcing greece it should be fine and sunny temperatures up at twenty two degrees as plenty of bright weather across italy and into spain and portugal as well but elsewhere where the wet and windy weather is and it's pushing its way eastwards now as we head through sunday into monday what you'll notice is the temperatures begin to drop away so

a lot of the wet weather over parts of germany will turn wintery and the temperatures will drop forus most drastically over the alpine region so force in zurich maximum temperature on monday will only be around five degrees for the other side of the mediterranean there's a good deal of dry fine weather to be found here but it was so a fair amount of cloud over parts about geria and that's pushing north into parts of tunisia now there's not a great deal of wet weather from this but it will make things rather gray and it's picking up a fair amount of dust as well that system then edges its way eastwards as we head into monday and so for more of us in the west impose a libya it's going to be a little bit grayer here and only nineteen degrees as a maximum force in tripoli a bit further towards the south and the showers and now over this south coast of west africa and some of these are looking pretty heavy at the moment. the weather sponsored by qatar at this. time a tradition every week a new cycle going to see any simple breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the outstanding ace that's right out of

a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all he joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focused on how they would vote on the stories that matter the most in bed is a free palestine a listening paste on al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour parts of venezuela remain without an actress to the political power struggle intensifies rival rallies have been held both for and against president the glass window in the capital opposition neither one has called for

a nationwide march on caracas. students in algeria say the government's order to close universities would deter them from the body of the resignation of president of the us he's beautifully young protesters meeting some of the biggest demonstrations seen that decades. in government fighting for more autonomy are being blamed for killing nine policemen then rakhine state the are groups called the outcome army is accused of helping young males but the phrase persecuted for his job was. the head of the un's refugee agency has been experiencing firsthand what life is like for syrians who fled the fighting for the program they visited refugees in lebanon and says the u.n. won't pressure them into returning. they're worried they're they're fearful of security they are thinking about their destroyed houses of their lack of jobs in all these are very important human factors that need to be addressed but i think

that if we continue to work on the syrian side maybe more people will make this decision in more confidence it is very important you know very well our position that any return be not only safe and dignified but also voluntary that people have to make that decision by themselves and should not be pressured or pushed and i think that continues to be our position but of course for those who return they will be they will be supported by us and we're certainly not as has been said in the past but these not being said anymore we're not blocking any return we would be it would not be our job to do that aid worker or not so you seen says security is the main issue preventing syrians returning home. they're thinking about go in the hole. most of them want to go back to their home around seventy percent of the syrians in the region and countries around syria hosting the

refugees around five point six million of them are hosted in the neighboring countries of syria want to go back eighty eight percent of those and lebanon want to go back but they cannot go back at the moment when we ask them about their you know ability to move in the next six months or a year this percentage drops significantly and for valid reasons things are not yet clear when it comes to ensuring security back home thirty percent of the housing stock is destroyed the economy is in very dire situation in syria the syrian pound has lost eight hundred percent of its value so there's a lot of question marks that are being asked by the syrians in the region at the moment in the countries hosting them but they clearly the security question that needs to be you know sort and they they need to make do get assurances that when they go back home they're not going to get into the gate or maybe get checked or

maybe you know taken into the present a treatment center for a bowl of victims at least and democratic republic of congo it's been attacked for the third time in a month the clinic was targeted hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization some congolese blame foreign aide workers for spreading the virus over and over reports. soldiers drag a suspected attacker through the forest close to the temporary burleson and democratic republic of congo is one of several men said to have fired shots into the buildings where medical teams battling to contain the spread of it after finding myself a barrier to well i was washing glasses when i heard bullets i wondered what's going on one of our colleagues who was busy burning the garbage began shouting but the attackers were already entering the treatment center from the main entrance. it's less than a week since the potential center reopened after it was attacked in february issa

north kivu province source of the republic's latest to beller outbreak saturday's attack came just hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization. who . doesn't savant groups are reported to be operating in the eastern congo some allow health workers to deliver vaccines and track people infected with the para but others are hostile to outsiders. some aid agencies have criticised the military's response to threats they say intimidation and violence is making it more difficult for medical staff to contain the virus and the number of cases is increasing barbara and passed

out to sarah. a plane has crashed in central columbia killing all fourteen people on board it happened in the town that they have a chance you in the province of metta the civil aviation authority says the pilot made a distress call reporting technical problems during the flies contact was lost the plane crashed shortly afterwards. millions of britons living in other european countries are anxiously watching the countdown to briggs it due at the end of the month lawrence lee reports now from lisbon the capital of portugal which is a favorite destination for britons one of the myths about british people in europe is that they like to live in places like portugal so they can get a round of golf in before moving on to gin by lunch time but very many more move to places like this for work we brought this group together they all have different questions they cannot get answers to me and many many other people can see it's the same concern. about health care will that continue obviously with people wanting to

move between countries and this whole process. not knowing whether i'm going to be able to take people's kids between countries having started work already why business is running rental apartments and my concern is that we use a large chunk of the forty percent of our market which is currently a bridge from a bricks in residency and hope people are going to be able to come across here to see the value of the pound and what's going to happen there is some speculation so we're not really sure the moon will many but. what's going to happen more than twenty percent of all people who fly it's a portugal the british such is the love affair with the place so it's hardly surprising the portuguese government has raised the possibility of special lanes at passport control the british tourists so they continue to come after all would be

a massive dent to the economy if the golf courses were half empty. like other european countries portugal is trying to ensure the rights of british citizens who want to live in their country as well as simply visiting but that only works if portuguese citizens in britain have the same rights and that is still not guaranteed we decide that we're going to give all these rights to the u.k. citizens resident in portugal in the expectation that there will be resupply city so all the contingency measures that are being taken that the you level our electoral masses. unilateral measures they are temporary measures and we hope this will be sorted out so will. i would have a real answer for that british consular officials in portugal are accused of being vague in their advice to u.k. citizens living here nobody was made available to speak to us but you can reasonably suggest it's hardly their fault the repeated complaint from british

people who live and work in continental europe is that the british government is making it their responsibility to find out what their rights should be after the u.k. leaves the european union there's just three weeks to go now until that supposed to happen as with so many other things it all smacks of complete uncertainty. largely al-jazeera in lisbon. lawyers in sudan say that nine female protesters have been tense and sentenced to twenty lashes and a month in jail for rioting and students in the capital count two to five the government imposed a state of emergency to condemn the detention of demonstrators on saturday president omar al bashir ordered the release of thirty eight detained women human rights watch says that fifty one sudanese have been killed in three months of unrest the man change the government says the total is thirty one. in serbia thousands of anti-government demonstrators

a bradley against the state broadcaster calling for media freedom which has to surrounded the headquarters of r.t.s. in the capital belgrade on saturday night many of them accuse the station of biased pro-government reporting it's the third straight month of rallies calling for an end to the rule of president alexander. north korea is holding parliamentary elections for the supreme people's assembly and that it's a pre-selected there's only one to vote for in every constituency the supreme people's assembly has six hundred eighty six members called deputies it meets once or twice a year after the last election in twenty fourteen state media reported that voter turnout has been ninety nine point nine seven percent environmentalists in northeastern kenya are campaigning against a major construction project which has begun what they say is stolen land but the government is accused activists of standing in the way of progress even labeling opponents terrorists same destructive reports. kenya's leaders say it's east

africa's most ambitious infrastructure project. the level port and lam who southern sudan ethiopia transport corridor or lap set is worth an estimated twenty four point five billion dollars. it includes the construction of a deep water port highways oil pipelines railways airports and even three luxury resorts. port will be the main hub connecting kenya ethiopia and south sudan to the indian ocean and to the world. and. to me. because. this. is. not country. work started in two thousand and thirteen when it's finished it's hoped the port will become a major source of revenue. but not everyone is happy with the project activists say it will damage the environment and the government is not properly compensating

people for their land leaving indigenous communities to pay the price for kenya's progress that adds that. if the government wants to solve them. only twenty seconds. for years people relied on fishing and tourism to earn a living the port means a major shift and instead of speaking to them community leaders say the government is steamrolling them but kenyan leaders say the lab said project is being done by the book and accuse activists of working against the national interest and in some cases even labeling them as terrorists a recent human rights watch report said people campaigning against the project faced intimidation beatings arbitrary arrests and detentions. one longtime activist turned politician said in kenya government suppression is nothing new and the government is the terrorists it's not the people it's the government. now has been left behind because of development there's no development the new roads no public

health facilities there is zero government involvement in the ground and now at this project is not going to. improve the lives of people it's going to affect them there's going to be pollution it's going to affect our fishing it's going to affect to resume it's going to affect every facet of their life. projects like level port are central to president kenyatta as development agenda he's promised all kenyans that things will get better in twenty nineteen but in love the pace of progress may mean some kenyans get left behind. nairobi. it's good to have you with us hello adrian from going to the headlines on al-jazeera parts of venezuela remain without electricity as the power the battle for political power intensifies rival rallies have been held both for and against president nicolas maduro in the capital opposition leader is called for

a nationwide march on caucus president maduro responded by calling a us puppet. we had defeated their coup they tried illegitimately oppression into a president and now today it is obvious to the world is not a president not anything. the puppet delinquent. students in algeria say the government's order to close universities won't deter them from demanding the resignation of president of the losses beautifully college campuses are being shot on sunday two weeks before the spring break was due to start no official reason has been given young people are playing a leading role in the revolt against the eighty two year old president. but his government are being blamed for killing nine policemen in myanmar that outpost was attacked in the western state of rakhine the armed group called the out account army is accused of aiding myanmar's military to persecute range of muslims to back

neck to vist and human rights supporters of marking the sixtieth anniversary of its abetting uprising against chinese rule rallies are being held outside tibet in countries including taiwan and india china has put restrictions on tourists and journalists who want to visit the himalayan country critics say it's another sign that beijing is repressing the rights of tibetans and some breaking news for you now on al-jazeera ethiopia's prime minister has said that an ethiopian airlines flight from. nairobi in kenya has crashed there were one hundred fifty seven people on board initial reports speak of casualties we'll have more on that breaking story as and when we can here on out a zero treatment center for a boat a bowl of virus victims in eastern democratic republic of congo has been attacked for the third time in a month the center and book tembo was targeted hours ahead of a visit by the head of the world health organization. as i said the breaking news

about the ethiopian airlines crash on the way to nairobi from at us i will have more details in our next policy on al jazeera what else to talk to al-jazeera which is next. on line. to the answer for them we've got the or if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion this is a diana we are talking about the legal front you have seen what it can do to somebody people are using multiple drugs including the funnel and some people are seeking it out everyone has a points and that's your thoughts here twitter and you could be on the story and join the conversation on mt is iraq. and. you can. see. throughout history women have faced many challenges in their fight for equality and

some countries make enormous advancements others have failed and inequality remains deep rooted there have certainly been some powerful women in modern history from margaret thatcher to endure a gandhi. and. what legacy have they or are they leaving behind. as women in all parts of the world still suffer violence discrimination and under representation what is the status of global gender equality and help can progress to make the thing march eighth marks international women's day but is it an occasion to celebrate border protest we find out more as we sit down with the woman in charge of promoting gender equality at the united nations executive director of un women. talks to al-jazeera.

un women executive director. thank you so much for talking to al-jazeera thank you for having me we're meeting in the middle of women small and we're coming up on international women's day is this a day to celebrate a day to protest a day to be an activist what is it. why because even though we've made progress and it's important that we celebrate. their achievements but we also haven't come far enough we have a lot of work that we still need to do so we still need to be activist but also some of the gains that we've had are being eroded so we have to protest and defend and there's massage me and many other hundred full and helpful challenges that women still face and because of that protest is also in order the u.s.

. is unveiling a new initiative as we come on international women's day to try to quantify what the status of women and girls worldwide is why is this data initiative important. it's important to have that data to disaggregate when ever we collect data so that we can see what's happening to boys and girls what's happening to men and women because in that way when we take correctional action we can be more more measured more purposeful and we can take a correctional action that is highly informed not guessing but also does see the theme of international women's day is about equality equality hit equality has to be measured it's about building smart we have to be clear what

is it that we have to be building for women a what are the what kind of infrastructure works for women so we data are way able to be a bit more precise in this theme it theme for this year is also about being innovative is sought in all of these areas data is always important because it helps us to. to be accurate does this mean revisiting how our policy is drafted for example physical accommodations for girls who are entering and building the kind of schools so that they can take care of their physical needs and also take care of their intellectual these is it as simple as a recognition of that fact that this in some cases it is about revisiting the way we make policy says they may in the way we locate and money is treasuries in and

government it is about also being able to see how many guilds drop out of school at what age do they drop out why do they dropouts if we don't collect the data we will never know if girls actually do stay out of school when they're menstruating and how many of them stay away and the impact that has on their academic performance if i'm able to provide evidence about this phenomena is sometimes when we raise the importance of sanitation in schools is a critical human rights people don't believe that this is this serious but when you have data being able to show the pattern it means that when you build and you look it builds then you've been smart when you innovate you make sure that you provide this services at school and at home so that this is this right which is

about dignity as well because senate it is about dignity is respected to n. n. is taken serious is that part of the fundamental definition of feminism recognising the whole person absolutely feminism is about respecting the rights of people of all sexualities but more than anything else being active in trying to correct. into discrimination it exist this is not that responsibility of women alone this is the expert this is that is one spirit of everyone who believes in equality is saw feminism is not just about and for women feminism is about both men women and all other genders working together to make the situation better for everybody we hear so much about intersectionality the recognition that it doesn't

come out of one particular cultural economic racial ethnic framework that there are many feminism's is that what you have seen in your work as you were director you were woman director sometimes but i also have to say more and more policymakers intersection intersectionality it's not always been. like that so it's helpful that more and more activists articulate this very clearly and more police to make embracing that because to be a feminist you must care about the whole woman for the full cycle of her life but also the different aspects of the woman's life so you can be a feminist and be homophobic be a feminist and not care about disability be be a feminist and be indifferent to issues of violence against women you have to care

about the whole human being and everything that affects the women you can be a feminist and be a racist you have to be the full package is there a need to tailor. feminism based on the local culture based on where a patriarchal way of running society has been predominant how do you tailor policy when the patriarchy has been. has really been the fundamental power source patriarchy is bad for everybody saw we need to reach about. the impact and the effects of patriarchy in every society the way in which we fight it in different contexts obviously can take different forms and shape but the starting point is that we have to be clear

violence against again and a woman anywhere in the world what ever political system they live in is bad we have to say everywhere discriminating against women and girls in any society denying them the right to education denying them their rights to work is buried in any society so we must not accept any explanation that suggests that there are some people who have a higher threshold for pain women in particular cultures can tolerate a bit of oppression more than women in other senses when a woman is raped whether she is raped in helsinki or in johannesburg or in bujumbura the pet and the pain is the same and we need to acquire them the same descent see and we need to be consent for all the women wherever they are and wherever they are and it's worth pointing out that just this week the interparty

parliamentary union that the percentage of women in national legislatures around the world has gone up by one percent to just about twenty four percent a slow increase but an increase nonetheless doesn't make a difference when women hold political power. and yes it does make a difference but it makes a big difference if their numbers are significant we need a critical mass we have. not reach the critical mass across the world that would ensure that you actually string the pendulum decisively we're going the right's way in in some situations we're going that way in particular because of activism of ordinary people trying to hold their leaders accountable but we need people to vote for women when elections come because the fact that we do not have

enough women in positions of authority it is because we do not elect women and sometimes when women make them saves make themselves available to be elected there's a lot of pressure and violence which sometimes discourage women but nevertheless you still see women in every election in many countries making themselves available to be elected so we also need to encourage society to recognize that if we don't change the look in fear of politics the look and feel of the security institution we will not be able to have in the course of security force an inclusive inclusive parliaments that can look after the interests of everybody. will be able to address issues from different perspectives if we continue to allow these institutions to be predominantly led by men we have to be denying

ourselves that richness of the contribution that can come from women and i'm not saying that women or women are perfect that they will make the right decision but in the interests of women means that we give us a chance here of more women that will stand for other women but also we need to engage the majority of the men who are there so that amongst them we can have those that are concerned about broader society is encouraged to stand up into also lead from the front you talk about women putting themselves out there. encountering pushed or in some cases violence. i'm thinking of the saudi women drivers pushing for more equality and a very modern day skill that you and i take i read in women campaigning for stronger domestic violence laws in russia and finding themselves imprisoned.

will be easier to say oh my gosh i don't want to go to prison i'll just put up with the status quo can we accept that the truth of the matter is that so i said to is only a change because some people. believe in a purpose that is bigger than them and they put themselves out there to to make the changes we continue to need people like that in our societies we also need young people. also to be initiated into activism so that they too are able to take a stand and to fight for the rights of their communities and to save their their own future when you yourself have done it you have been a legislator you were just pretty president of south africa you know what the pressure is and what the responsibility people place on.