people the world people pay attention to you now does it is very good news to the world from. a dramatic drop in oil prices plunging around the world in markets already reeling from coronavirus fears and tensions over italy's new virus containment measures spark riots in prisons and the deaths of 6 inmates. hello i'm barbara starr you watching live from london also coming up. celebrations in sudan after its prime minister survives an assassination attempt on his motorcade. rocket fire

interrupts ashraf ghani as he and the beloved are sworn in as afghanistan's president rival inauguration ceremonies. hello welcome to the program a plunge in oil prices triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting on global markets already spooked by coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of major companies on monday london's footsie 100 suffered its biggest one day 4 since the global financial crisis of 2008 the index closed 7.7 percent down hong kong's hang seng index close 4.2 percent down that's the biggest one they fall in 2 years and that spilled into other asian markets trading was halted on the new york stock exchange for 15 minutes when the dow jones tumbled more than 7 percent

shortly after it opened well chris islam is monitoring the markets for us joins us live from new york it's just close there what are the final numbers looking like kristen. yeah barbara it was a brutal day for and vaster is a major sell off on wall street all 3 of the major stock indices have just closed down more than 8 percent that's the dow jones industrial average the s. and p. 500 and the nasdaq all trading much lower just to put it in perspective for you this puts the markets down about 18 percent from record highs which were really just 3 weeks ago so this very sudden decline in the last few weeks we've seen so much volatility also to put it in perspective the s. and p. they're saying this is the worst day since 2011 for the dow jones a worst day since 2008 in terms of a day drop and what's causing all this while in the background.

the main issue has been oil prices. big drop biggest drop since 1901 in the gulf war for oil prices amid over supply concerns and what looks to be a price war now going on between russia and saudi arabia major oil suppliers the price per barrel is down and the $30.00 a barrel range so that's a concern since oil affects so many aspects of the economy here in the united states and around the world i'm sure as well that combined with ongoing concerns about the spread of coronavirus and the impact that that is having increasingly not just on wall street and businesses but into main street as more people are staying away from work canceling travel more schools are being closed people are. there concerns that people are going to start buying less things as they work less and stay home more so all of this combining to make investors very very nervous

we've seen stocks down across all sectors while investors pour their money into government bonds which are seen as a more safe haven treasury yields at an all time low so when you have yields at an all time low and oil prices low people are saying that's a bad sign and the fear is this is a reflection on the greater economy and where things might be headed and vaster is weighing the possibility now of a recession down the road if things do not improve quickly and terms of this virus chris salumi with the latest there from new york kristen think you well the dispute between saudi arabia and russia as we've been hearing could see global oil markets flooded at a time when demand these already low alexia brian looks at the possible fall. oil prices have fallen by as much as 30 percent the steepest drop in almost 30

years a crisis described as heaven no equal in oil markets history the market turmoil began when saudi arabia the world's largest oil exporter started a price war by announcing plans to boost production that followed friday's meeting in vienna by the organization of the petroleum exporting countries or opec russia refused to join the cartels plan to reduce production at countering the decline in demand from china usually the world's biggest energy consumer but damaged by the coronavirus crisis. the saudis are angry because other countries like russia are unwilling to participate in oil production cuts so this we will show you the bosses we can produce at much lower cost. but the oil price lump could have widespread consequences beyond hissing already just to remarket the international monetary fund suggest saudi arabia needs prices to be at about $80.00

a barrel to balance its budget the price fall will also hurt major oil producing nations venezuela and iran already under pressure from u.s. sanctions a prolonged price collapse could mean they struggle to fund things like education and health care especially during the global corona virus outbreak. spread of white as is control or. in the capital markets because. it has caused huge damage to the global economic america's shale oil industry could also be in trouble it needs prices to be relatively high to make a profit many companies are heavily in debt and may not be able to make repayments leading to job cuts this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided was in their interests that low oil prices are not good for russia's economy but if it causes even more pain to the u.s.

economy it might be something that they'd be interested in the consumers though it could mean less pain at the pump with the price of petrol expected to fall. al-jazeera well as we mentioned coronavirus continues to spread around the world there are signs of hope in asia but not so much everywhere else 6 prisoners have died in more than italy after riots broke out in several prisons when inmates were told that a new emergency decree restricted face to face visits with relatives the coronavirus has now killed 366 people initially iran meanwhile is temporarily release 70000 prisoners the country has reported another $43.00 deaths from corona virus raising its total to $237.00 with more than $7000.00 infected south korea meanwhile reported another $96.00 cases on monday taking its total infections to 7478

but the rate of increase has slowed to its lowest in 11 days well meanwhile european leaders are preparing to hold an emergency teleconference on the virus on tuesday trying to hold reports that on the situation across the continent. italy's corona virus epidemic already the 2nd most deadly after china has taken another dramatic turn riots in 2 dozen prisons across the country followed restrictions on face to face visit in modern or a town inside the northern quarantine zone 6 inmates died after they broke into the prison infirmary and overdosed on stocks of the heroin substitute methadone. will never leave the room. as a warning they posted some posters such say we can only go inside wearing a mask that only along the zits of one family member at a time. this was a hint of what chaos might in syria if the virus were to enter the confines of the

prison system it is almost everywhere else in italy where a quarter of the population is under quarantine these were rare scenes filmed inside a hospital in the northern town of cremona and also on lockdown the financial capital milan one of the engines of the economy europe's major stock markets from milan to frankfurt paris and london all suffered dramatic falls on monday with share prices plummeting as the infection rate saws the economic impact is already substantial and will only grow there it discomforting comparisons being made to the 2008 financial crisis with concerns for the preparedness of european banks and businesses on tuesday e.u. leaders will meet to try and come up with a unified response but they won't meet here in person in brussels with its steadily growing infection rate instead they'll be holding a tele conference the circumstances of this unique crisis continue to evolve

although not yet into a pandemic says the world health organization in which transmission of the virus is uncontrolled now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries. the threads of a bunda meek has become very real. but it would be the 3rd spondon week in history that could be controlled the bottom line is we are not at the mercy of the virus there are signs of success against the virus in china south korea and singapore but not yet in europe spain looks set to launch what's being described as shock therapy measures possibly following france and germany with school closures and restricted public gatherings news the german bundesliga football matches might be cancelled wasn't welcomed.

i think it's totally exaggerated it's a bit threatening particularly this area of course but i think the hype is completely saturated these are moves the government in britain is not yet prepared to make apparently to defer the enormous social and economic costs of fighting coronavirus but there will likely be no avoiding them i don't know how al-jazeera. the us president donald trump is on his way back to washington to meet his economic advisors and discuss the government's response to coronavirus us media reports that measure is being considered are paid sick leave aid for small businesses and tax the furrows for the travel industry but home from sell fast seem to play down the spread of the virus and shaking hands with supporters in florida he's blamed the stock market plunge on the saudi russia oil dispute and described concerns over the outbreak as fake news well our white house correspondent kimberly halkett joins us

live now from the sea so conflicting messages coming out of the white house and the president perhaps playing it down is there a way to really get a sense of how much coronavirus has impacted the u.s. . well we certainly got a sense of it in terms of the numbers we now know that there are $560.00 plus cases across $34.00 of the 50 states so it is continuing to spread and health officials saying that that is something that they're trying to mitigate in fact we've had warnings from public health officials now to those with fragile health systems elderly people that in fact they should begin to prepare for perhaps spending time at home for a period of time talking about medications food that sort of thing we also have sort of. school closures here and there throughout the united states and so this sort of public health emergency in states of emergency that are being declared is

really in contrast of the message coming out of this white house the u.s. president continuing to downplay this not only in some of his public interactions but also on social media saying in one of his tweets today so last year 37000 americans died from the common flu it averages between $2770000.00 per year nothing to shut down life and the economy goes on so the president clearly sending a message that is very different from that of his public health officials add to that not only the fact that we have some of the president's economic advisers soon giving him options on ways to mitigate the economic impact whether it be businesses industry or even for the individuals here in the united states that could be economically affected but we now know on wednesday that there will be top wall street executives here as well as they continue to grapple with how to minimize the impacts of the economy so some very confusing messages coming out of the u.s.

government as a result of much of the messaging that's coming from the president himself. kimberly halkett with the latest there from just outside the white house kimberly thank you meanwhile a cruise ship that's been forced to stay off the coast of california for the past 4 days has just been allowed to dock in oakland at least 21 people on board the grand princess cruise have the coronavirus the ship is carrying more than 3500 people and was barred from returning to port in san francisco because of the infections fences now surround oakland poor time buses have been lined up to take passengers into medical care or quarantine crew members will be quarantined and treated on board. israel has become the 1st country to enforce a mandatory 2 week quarantine for all new arrivals as it tries to limit the spread of the virus the decision applies to both citizens and tourists. they mostly do not good to have complex discussions we reached

a decision everyone who comes to israel from a brood will be put on the 14 day quote unseen this is necessary to protect public health public health comes before everything else this decision will be valid for 2 weeks at the same time we are making decisions to maintain the israeli economy. harry foster joins us live now from west jerusalem i guess interesting measures what reaction has there been to them. it will yeah you're right it's a pretty extraordinary set of measures and one which only came through on a reportedly very contentious meeting between benjamin netanyahu and his most senior ministers those ministers understood to be pretty evenly split those arguing for the potential public health benefit and those against on the grounds that it is that this will do considerable economic damage but as you heard from prime minister netanyahu it has gone into effect for 2 weeks at least and initially and immediately all israelis are setting from abroad will be forced to go into self

isolation for 2 weeks foreigners arriving in the country have a 72 hour grace period but after that all foreigners will also only be allowed into the country if they can prove that they can self quarantine and of course that they still want to come the logical conclusion would be that there will be many many flights canceled coming into israel because apart from those couple of $100000.00 israelis currently estimated to be abroad who else is really going to come if they have to immediately go into south koreans in currently israel stands at $42.00 confirmed cases of coded 19 and as well as the israeli measures that have also been measures imposed in the occupied west bank on monday evening as well the palestinian authority in coordination with the jordanian authorities closing the border crossings between jordan and the occupied palestinian territories so that is

another closure in palestine there are $25.00 confirmed cases have one outside beth land the other $24.00 or all in bethlehem where the initial sort of mini outbreak 1st erupted very forcibly the latest from leicester harry thank you. so let's reform in this half hour including after opening parkas border with chris for refugees that lie prince that this president controls the purse here. to share the burden. of. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run cabs in these cages who cannot have access to the toilets or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his state's rights to the beds 5 years off to fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with

a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard won on al-jazeera. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. there's this radical transformation. to me that she was shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on al jazeera. america in regional wonder of joy tragedy and yes of violence but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. on this it is a time to break that way. since i've been covering all of latin america for most of

my career but no country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why one of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know it's that it turns out in the butt to be there because you have a lot of people that are devoted their own political future. we lived to tell the real story so i'll just mend it used to do individualism. across the globe. the way.

back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a plunge in oil prices triggered by you dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting and global markets already spooked by the coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of major companies on monday meanwhile italy's coronavirus epidemic has taken another dramatic turn 6 prisoners in more than a died when riots erupted in jails across the country over new restrictions face to face visits and some positive news on the outbreak despite more cases reported in south korea the rate of increase is actually the slowest in 11 days of china has reported its lowest number of new infections since january. turkey's president threats of paper the hand has been in brussels for talks with european union leaders over the border crisis and war in syria he's called on turkey's nato allies to support them in syria were turkey and russia are backing

opposite sides and it also wants europe to take more responsibility for refugees crossing from syria to escape the war thousands of refugees have been clashing with greek border patrols and serve the un reopened turkey's northwestern border with greece 10 days ago in contravention of a 2016 deal with the e.u. . well germany has revealed plans to take in some under-age refugees and. migrants alongside other european union nations and government statement said that negotiations were underway to bring 1500 children currently in turkish camps over to the e.u. with germany taking in what it's calling an appropriate share many children in the camps are unaccompanied or need urgent medical treatment when the pressure going to aim is in the turkish city over their nail on the border with greece so what do we think that the president and the hun really wanted from the e.u.

. well he's been very clear about the fact that he feels that the european union has not helped him support 3700000 syrian refugees he's also been very clear about wanting military assistance from nato on the battlefield in syria president urged on left meetings with the european commission and the e.u. president a short time ago he did not make any comment about presidential sources tell us that he found the meetings quote fruitful and more details will come earlier in the evening president urged on met with the secretary general of nato after the completion of that meeting he said that the turkey syria border is also the southwest border of nato and therefore the crisis in syria is a threat against the region

a threat to europe and european security with humanitarian implications it's important to note that turkey opened its borders on february 28th hours after the turkish military suffered its greatest loss of life on the battlefield in syria 34 soldiers killed after a syrian forces airstrike and it's clear that hurdle one had been feeling isolated by nato and had felt like he had not been getting the military support that he wants as he says he's turkey is there to fight to protect civilians and to fight eisel he said after the nato meeting that he should that turkey should not be fighting eisel alone now the european. commission president spoke also a short time ago after meeting with president earlier one and she says that the lines of communication are open and active that migrants greece and turkey all

deserve support and that they're looking for a path forward she says there are still. disagreements but she hopes that there is a constructive way to ensure that the e.u. and turkey's interests are met now in 2016 turkey and the e.u. formed an agreement where turkey would put strict measures on its borders to halt migrant flow in exchange for billions of dollars the c.v. in the european commission president is saying that that 2016 agreement is still valid but she is saying there are missing elements that need to be looked at and that they will look to try to address in the future and the name with the latest from the turkish there in russia thinking. sudan's prime minister. survived the government is calling an assassination attempt a convoy of cars carrying the leader was attacked by

a roadside bomb and gunfire in the capital khartoum have undock escaped without injury have a morgue and has more now from the scene. the monday morning attack happened in the capital hard to name prime minister abdullah who was in a convoy of cars when a roadside bomb blast was followed by gunshots he survived the attempt on his life but a police motorbike rider was injured within a couple of hours did a photo to prove in his words that he's in good shape and vowed that the attack one gets in the way of saddam's transition the government says it was a targeted attack and investigations are underway into who carried it out. and now we're not we know that there are people who are trying to target the revolution of the sudanese people and to attack the gains of the revolutionaries but we stress that revolution is going on at the revolution will continue it's possible the area was cordoned off and examined by forensics this area behind me is where the explosion that targeted the convoy dance prime minister out the window it happened

now you can see the impact of the blast on the walls of that building the windows are completely shouted while sudan's government says that the prime minister is safe and has not been injured by the incident people are now asking why a security breach such as this happened in the 1st place people living nearby raced to the streets to see what's happened. to you when the explosion was very loud in the glass from all 4 floors broke i went to see and found 2 cars badly damaged in another which i assume was the prime minister's car driving away with the security convoy the attack highlights the fragile t of saddam's transition to civilian rule almost a year after protesters forced the military to remove president almighty bashir and replaced him with the joint military civilian government but many say the generals remain the effective rulers of sudan. supporters were quick to condemn the attack they say sudan's new government is the result of the people's revolution which they're ready to save guard until the transition to democracy is complete people

morgan all do their own. afghan officials say the president will issue of the crieff or at least a 1000 taliban prisoners to be released this week paving the way for the government to begin their direct talks with the group the pentagon also says the u.s. military has begun withdrawing troops from afghanistan as part of its agreement with the taliban earlier president cash afghani's inauguration was marred by a rocket attack and this rival of held his own presidential inauguration well the reports from kabul. it was a day marred by controversy. only to discover. trying to reach a political. this early to start

any 2nd term finally under way. with the u.s. envoy and other african and foreign officials in the audience. ronnie took his oath of office promising to uphold the constitution and bring security while this ceremony is happening not a presidential inauguration unfolding not very far from where we are and that's the one. main competitor. and he says that he is the winner and the legitimate president of afghanistan taking the same oath his rival. that is the other side of the rejects the result of the presidential election in september and is calling for a rerun hand by master had not made our game if we accept the fraud to happen during the election it would be witnessing the end of democracy is not in favor of the country we will form a government according to the demands needed of people and we will bring change. to

the ceremony was broke populists officials or foreign delegations here. down with the enemy of the law his supporters john to it. but it was also a day marred by violence. while the 2 men were being sworn in but i think it would run and jump that. several rockets were fired at the presidential compound landing very close to where he was giving a speech the president remained at the podium defiantly opening his shirt to show he wasn't wearing any protection. i so claimed responsibility for the rocket attack monday was a public holiday for avalanche the streets of kabul where unusually empty what was supposed to be the start of a new chapter turned out to be a day when political rivalry toward a country apart a little bit of the damage a couple. thousands of women across mexico have stayed home from work and school is

part of a strike to protest against rising gender based violence in the country. on sunday groups of mast women smashed the kiosk and others were met with tear gas as an international women's day march turned violent in mexico city the demonstrators were calling for an end to exploitation and inequality. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a plunge in oil prices triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting on global markets already spooked by coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of major companies on monday meanwhile italy's coronavirus epidemic has taken another dramatic turn since prisoners in more than that died when riots abrupt it in their

jail and jails across the country of the new restrictions or face to face visits there are some positive news on the outbreak though despite more reported cases in south korea the rate of increase is the slowest in 11 days while china has reported its lowest number of new infections since january. for countries with the most cases china is bringing its b. to me under control and there is a decline in new cases being reported from the republic glorious. those discoveries demonstrate that it's middle to late time to turn back the tide on the blight is. so dan's prime minister a. survivor of the government is calling an assassination attempt a convoy of cars carrying the leader was attacked by a roadside bomb and gunfire in the capital to undock escaped without injury but

a police officer on a motorbike was injured ashraf ghani has been sworn in for his 2nd term as afghanistan's president the inauguration was marred by a rocket attack and while that was happening gunnies presidential rival held his own ceremony claiming that he was the country's legitimate leader he's calling for a read round of september's election. and at least $43.00 people have died in burkean a fossil after gunmen attacked 2 villages in the north of the country the military has been sent to secure the villages in the north region which is close to the border with mali those are the top stories coming up next it's rewind that i'm going to have the al-jazeera news out with for you in just under half an hour i hope you'll join me that. story in the pacific.

hello and welcome to read. where revisiting our best documentary in the past decade this week we rewind to 2013 when gang rape hits the headlines after a young indian woman was brutally attacked on a bus in delhi. research showed that gang rape was a serious problem not just in india but right across asia in the wake of that terrible event all want to one east team travel to come which has some of the highest rates of gang rape in the region to speak to the men themselves about why they commit these crimes against women. gang rape among the most shocking of

violent crimes the spirity global outrage throughout asia researchers believe it's far more common than most people think women's experiences of violence a well documented but the motivations of maiden have been largely in the dark. gang rape kit global headlines in december last year the rape of a 23 year old woman on a bus in india's capital delhi shocked the world the tack which led to the woman's death was so brutal that it prompted public outrage on a scale we really see the cases of violence against women. people struggle to understand why such a violent assault happened what could possibly motivate young men to commit such a crime. tonsil prot was left wondering to as

a journalist and campaign a for women's rights he questions why his country cambodia is not doing the same soul searching over violent crimes against women here. he publishes a weekly column in the phnom penh post newspaper which highlights cases of rape and abuse. indeed is a good example like. right. gang rape. cambodia's capital phnom penh does not have the same reputation is delhi. is something really talked about and women don't live in fear of being attacked yet below the surface lies an alarming trend new figures suggest quiet cambodia has more than doubled the right of gang rape in the media. cambodia actually we found one of the highest rates of gang rape in any of the countries we studied 5 percent

of men report that they had anticipated and gang rape here in cambodia and in other countries it was around one to 2 percent and talk to him a flu is the leader of the largest multi country research project on men's perpetration of rape and abuse in the world it's also one of the most in-depth studies ever undertaken on men's own experience of violence full u.n. agencies surveyed more than 10000 men across asia and the pacific i didn't think we could and questions of it and i thought why would men admit to using violence why would they tell us about that to me is these little handheld computer devices and they were there to enter the data but also one of the key things is was it meant that for the really sensitive questions like on right perpetration men could answer those questions in

a totally anonymous way. across the countries surveyed in the region 104 main admitted to raping a woman or girl. 125 said they've taken part in a gang right. cambodia was one of the countries where men reported the highest levels of right it was happening with very young groups of men. in cambodia so you know we for example. at least top of the men who committed rape did so for the 1st time when they were teenagers and actually 15 percent was under the age of 15 the 1st time they committed rape. this comes as no surprise to tony who along with his newspaper columns has been undertaking his own research into the problem for nearly 10 years he explains gang rape can be blamed on a cultural practice among young cambodians known as buck the name given to a group of men having sex with one woman balck is me in my language is both is

mean plus bonding male bonding. there was a strong. while i'm strong enough that longer than you in. other day she. thinks longer just offered a peer. or 2. projects is the problem is that most men in cambodia don't think bulk is right often one man in the group will bring a woman to a guest house where his friends then join in so prac gathered information from motorbike taxi drivers who talk to groups of young men involved in bulk on the streets at night. so most of the young people are not the poor or not the high class just the middle class and aged between 18 to 23.

we wanted to speak to these men ourselves to find out more but sell products warned it would be difficult he says men often hire 6 workers alone then force them into having sex with a group for some men the practice has become so normalised they do the same to their girlfriends. is that hard to find men to talk to you about about getting right yes very out of why. we have to be rough with them. but they were possible with you as a man maybe that one admit that you never would be. with subplots help a group of 5 men of eventually agree to see as. only 3 are prepared to speak on camera and they want us to disguise their identity like the majority of

perpetrators they have never faced any legal consequences for their actions and they also don't want their families to find out. that we are good friends so we want to do ball have sex together with one girl. when. we don't have money and the reason is we don't have money to hire on our own. they say they've been doing this together for 6 or 7 years since they were teenagers it began with sex workers but now any woman could be a target. rich girl and maybe a girl from a shop. if she's pretty well tried to trick her into sleeping. well we will get her drunk then one of us will take her to have sex. and when she does not know that the rest of us will join in will what. do they feel bad for any of the women

that go along they go screams out. for the police will be an option to the guest house and. be afraid of that me and believe me when we. do they can figure what they are doing is right if you start with rape i don't know whether it's report all i'm doing it because i can't afford a girl a male or. great. this exchange is a glimpse into how powerful the pack mentality is for these young men and. if it was my sister and she had sex with a lot of men i would feel sorry. if it's wrong with one sister why would it be right with someone else's sister when he could summa from un women explains the actions of perpetrators are often at odds with what they see is appropriate for women in their own families there is a dimension where it's almost like where young men many children are on in

terms of the good there are patient highlands and women. and the degree to which that social dynamic thing happens to me is is really a deep problem for cambodia. she says the 1st step to stopping gang rape is working with men and understanding the complex reasons behind their behavior. men gave multiple reasons for rape in the civil sick children title might was the most common but in cambodia anger and punishment as well as fun and boredom featured more prominently than in other countries alcohol played less of a role than many thought and if we can understand that more clearly than programming at a governmental level but all the way down to the response level and being much more in tune with addressing the source of the problem.

this park in central phnom penh is renowned as a place where men go to meet 6 workers. according to the u.n. research men who pay for 6 or have multiple sexual partners a far more likely to take part in gang rape. i meet a 6 worker in phnom penh and ask her about her experience of bach. it's happens very often to me yes more than 10 times. she says men don't tell her when they want to have 6 in a group. when he comes to take me for sex comes along but when i arrive at the guess how many men. i have to sleep with all of them if i

refused they hit me very hot do you fear for your life. some time this return to kill us they have a knife what i mean least they want to make us suffer. sedar says she was once forced to have sex with 15 min and it took 3 months to recover from her injuries she didn't dare go to the police prostitution is illegal in cambodia and she says police officers have raped her too. but it was last year 2012 i didn't remember to mind. the polish caught my hands when i didn't have any money to pay down no $1.00 would be and they handcuffed me in the bathroom and hit me because i didn't have $100.02 pay down my view to love you they all right me in the bus and i mean that legal down here way.

in recent years police raids have cracked down on phnom penh brothels some say this is preventing gang rape others claim the industry has been driven underground and women and now more vulnerable to attack because they work alone. but cambodia is gang rape problem extends beyond the sex industry. tons of private arranges for me to meet a man he describes as a ringleader who lose young women to go out with him so that he can then commit gang rape with his friends if you mind if we just have a bit of a talk with every here the man is 31 years old and married with 2 daughters he looks me in the eye while describing how he gets young women even school girls to trust him long about him i don't think they're all you know we flirt and build a good relationship with our 1st you know and then sooner or later we invite you to go. on back. sometimes i read them in the car and sometimes in the

cast stones i make sure that i know the owner so that it's safe for me and they were not reported to the police everybody keeps their mouth shut. but one. thing i think that that's right. yes i think it's for sex that's what it is. that i force to have sex with. you that if i asked them nicely and they still refuse the only way is to force them you know . what about his wife to show. but he doesn't look me can i tell my wife does not know i always hide it when. i ask why he's willing to admit to this and whether he's afraid of being caught he says he's not scared and feels no guilt. at 1st i feel pity for them but if i have to spend a lot of money on

a woman and then she doesn't agree to have sex i no longer feel any pity for her and you will be i'm not a young and. it's striking to witness the lack of empathy they for men feel for their victims but more than anything what sticks with me is that i really don't think they're doing anything wrong. the justice system does catch up with some men but there were fewer than 20 gang rape cases prosecuted in cambodia last year one current case reported in local papers involves the gang rape of a 14 year old girl. we go to meet her family who live on the outskirts of phnom penh her uncle says since the rape 10 months ago the girl has been living in a shelter where she's getting medical care and counseling she got sick from right

there forced her fight to the hit the hit and right. and how many men were there for all organ all born. he says she was tricked into leaving the house with one of these men they took turns raping her in a field for over 4 hours 3 of them have been convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison a full format and has not been found each have been ordered to pay compensation of $2.00 and a half $1000.00 to the victim but the court process has taken its toll on her family. take it my daughter being questioned over and over again i'll stay up all i felt like i would have a heart attack. or i every day i don't know what to do it's miserable.

the conviction is not enough to fix this broken family who feel a deep sense of shame the mother blames herself and fears that her daughter may not be able to finish school or find a husband. are willing to feel empty a feel numb outside i can't concentrate on anything. in cambodia like many countries young men are under pressure to appear tough and. there's also a cultural reluctance among the older generation to talk to them about sex and healthy relationships social workers believe this is why more than half of men who said they raped did so for the 1st time his teen ages are actually learning about sexual relationships often through violence on oprah feed on their experiences of

violence within the home. what they are learning i think and this is a big problem for many boys and young men is that you can meet your needs through using violent. alastair hilton counsels young boys in phnom penh who display sexually harmful behavior he says the damage is often done before the teenage is we've actually worked with children as young as 7810 or 12 have been involved with sexually harmful behavior what we're finding is that many of them have experienced extreme physical violence in their lives and their families and communities many of them are isolated and i'm kind of lonely. cambodia has hundreds of n.g.o.s targeting women as victims of sexual crime but alice this is as few as 4 organizations work on preventing violence with boys and men and when you speak to madame boyce they often say i will nobody has ever asked us about this no one's

ever asked about those experiences and they really need to talk and i want to talk . with. 65 percent of men in cambodia said they experienced physical abuse as children 16 percent was sexually abused. well the experts recognize that boys exposed to physical or sexual violence are at risk of perpetrating violent crimes as men. gang rape is one of the most severe forms of violence against women but we shouldn't forget that even according to the doctor are made right and physical violence is far more common within a marriage issue. promisingly donors and the government of cambodia have been working to stop violence in the hollow a domestic violence law was passed in 2005 and follow up studies show it is having an impact on people's attitudes.

turn in his wife than some live in a tiny room along the railway track outside of phnom penh. they say they've had a lot of fights about money and. both admit to hitting each other during heated arguments. one of the year during the fight where i hit my wife i didn't know what i was doing. after i hit her i felt pity for her then i would try to console her after they would fight so my all was taken to a women's crisis center bleeding from the head and bruised she received help and counseling now they both say they understand the need to stop violence not only for their own sake but for their children. panpan really i am worried that in the future my kids will imitate the way my husband behaved to me that's why i tried to explain to my husband about domestic violence because our kids will

imitate us did he stop this bad behavior. we have learned it is possible to see some changes. g.i. as it is one of the largest international donors working on violence against women with the cambodian government youth outreach is a key part of their program to prevent domestic violence which they say dropped by 15 percent over 5 years cambodia compared to the neighboring southeast asian countries has less youth violence in general violence is. quite sexualized amongst youth cambodia also has. 30 years of civil war that has created licenses for men to be violent against women. professor rachel jukes agrees the country's violent history

has had a role to play she's a global expert based in south africa who's researched rape and the reasons behind it throughout the world i think it might be related to the history of trauma in cambodia and particularly the period of kemah rouche but on the other hand i think that gang rape is very often a cultural phenomenon and when we see it occurring very often they are all sort of the most culturally scripted situations in which can write. the reasons behind rape in cambodia a complex but it's an issue that deserves the attention of communities and governments across the region and the world and it is just ordinary average men are not. necessarily and a lot of the times i think. aware of. their

behavior being. violent. impacts that. we shouldn't demonize men it's not productive we need to work together as a. and i think that's the way that will say chain. gang rape is one of the most horrific acts of violence understanding why it happens and how to stop it takes courage not to turn away. a shocking insight into a deep rooted problem but how have things changed since 2013 well we caught up again with the lead research in the film dr. to find out if there's been any progress in changing attitudes. my organization the equality institute we work to advance gender equality and prevent

violence against women in lots of different ways and some of the kind of emerging research that i think we're continuing to work on is around for example the relationship between violence against women and violence against children trying to understand that in a war the way that those things into sect we interviewed man as opposed to just understanding women's experiences. i mean it was shocking to many people that men themselves would admit to perpetrating right or other forms of violence against women. that normalization of violence against women unfortunately i think is still a very common pattern around the world the issue of violence against women is on the international agenda in a way that it wasn't in 2013 in 2015 this is dana will development goals were

launched and they now include a specific target on the elimination of violence against women and girls so countries are required now to report on how they're progressing in achieving that outcome on the other hand is a pretty strong backlash to the women's rights movement and to this issue of violence against women i think you see that in social media you see that the mainstream media you see it in the political sphere i think you see that in the most recent behind us presidential election nobody has more respect women. where there was a huge amount of i think sexism and misogyny that was observed and i think that level of backlash to the movement is becoming more pronounced. the positive thing about backlash. i think is that what it actually shows is that

we are moving forward. with. a. little move.

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