that the justice department was seeking records e mails, phone call records, and such, and the like from to prominent democrats on the house intelligence committee, or 2 democrats that were particularly vocal against donald trump. this just goes completely against the norms and perhaps even breaking laws. and so that is why there is so much outrage about this by democrats right now. the let's take you through some of the headlines here now. jazeera now global vaccine access and pandemic recovery are set to dominate talks on the 2nd day of that g 7 summit leaders in the u. k. of pledge to 1000000000 vaccines fellow income countries. but the u. n says, more action is needed. jonah, how has morphin cornwall the focus now on saturday, shift to looking back at the last 18 months looking at lessons learned in order to

prevent any repeat of the devastation wrought by the pandemic and g 7 leaders will commit their national resources to that end. when they signed and unveiled accomplished by declaration, so called, late to setting out a firm plan towards that end. at preventing that devastation. 175000000 people infected. to remind you and counting 3700000 people dead and counting economies. busy torn apart, one of hong kong is most prominent pro democracy activists has been released from prison. 24 year old agnes child served more than 6 months in jail for her role in anti government protests in 2019. i'll. julian's voting in the 1st parliamentary election since mass protest forced the president to step down 2 years ago. the head arc pro democracy movement is urging supporters to boycott the vote off the 7 of its leaders were arrested on 1st day. in iran,

the 3rd and final presidential election debate will be held live on a television later on saturday. the theme is people's concerns. as iranians prepared to vote to the next week's whole hold on the candidates had a heated discussion in the law televised debate accusing each other of treason, but thousands of protesters have marched him one aside as to demand the basic government supporters in argentina faces a steep economic and health crisis, current of virus infections, a soaring, china's can seen a single use vaccine has just been approved for emergency use. the headlines of accidents over the are they were the something was going to change has anything really changed? this is systemic violence that needs to be address at its core. we are in a race against the variance, know what to say. we are all saying we're looking at the world as it is right now,

not the world. we like it to be. the devil is always going to be in the details. the bottom line. i'll just aram. ah, hello, i'm kim. i'll santa maria. this is counting the cost on al jazeera, your weekly look at the world of business, connect this week. gender inequality. the pandemic has had a rest of effect, especially on women unemployment. more of them work on the front and more likely to lose their jobs and more of given up their job to care for others. what government need to do to keep women in work or lose trillions in last outputs. also this rate china invest binion and iran, but it's a cash strapped country ready to turn away investments. we will hear from iraq's oil minister and with millions pushed into poverty before the devastating 2nd wave . just how will india is economy fair as it eases its locked down state by state?

ah, well, if you've kept your job during this pandemic, we're talking 15 months of disruption here. and let's face it, you've done pretty well. the pandemic has not been kind especially to low income workers in the industrialized or developing world. and the recovery has not been inclusive for this week. we are focusing on the extraordinary and disproportionate effect on women and all income levels. career and child care work in family life. it's fair to say women take on a greater share of the burden. now we've got a lot of numbers for you here, but they tell the story starkly and effectively. according to the management consulting firm mckenzie women's jobs, a $1.00 times more vulnerable to this crisis than those of men. women actually make up 39 percent of global employment, but accounts for 54 percent of overall job losses. and nothing's done about this.

the prediction is that global economic growth could be a trillion dollars lower by 2030 than it would be if male and female unemployment were even. conversely taking action now to advance gender equality could add 30 trillion to global g d p by 2030. so the choice really seems pretty obvious. now that is all over all numbers, but just think for a moments about the health care sector alone, because it has been the heart of this crisis. and what you may not have known, but also may have suspected is that women actually make up 70 percent of all health care workers belongs that journal estimates. female contributions to health care are equivalent to nearly 5 percent of global g d, p, or 3 trillion alone to global health. but nearly half is unpaid and unrecognised. or it's just unfair, you know, needed a european court ruling. this was in the case of the british supermarket chain tesco for female shop staff to be able to compare their roles with male colleagues

at the distribution centers. and that's great for women in the 1st world who have access to legal representation, but migrant domestic workers who number 11500000 and mostly women have been left unpaid and stranded from the middle east to asia. so the picture can be pretty grim and sadly, the choices are to, you know, around $2000000.00 canyons of lost their jobs. since the beginning of the pandemic in many have been forced to make some difficult decisions to survive in nairobi, malcolm web spoke to women who've had to turn to sex work just to put food on the table. sarah and mary, not their real names, are among around 2000000 kenyans. he lost that job since because the panoramic began. sarah worked in an electronic shop here in the capital, nairobi it went bust during the 1st locked down. she said she'd have to do sex work ever since to be able to feed her 2 children. my life has turned into something

that i never thought, how would i would be in my life? if i look at my children in my house, they'll go hungry. so this is what i was left to if you don't have a choice. but it's something that makes you feel as a money to make the feel and was she says men paid about $10.00 for sex at 1st. that's now dropped to about $2.00. is the economies contract it over the last year? the market so much quieter than they were before the pandemic? a lot of people lost their jobs here in the city of move back to the countryside. the people selling food here say demand is really down and they say that means more wastage of perishables, like these bananas, economists say that the government taxing people more to try and cover the costs of repaying its large and growing debt, plus a spike in fuel prices has pushed up the price of food and other commodities. the

cost of living is going up, making life for most people even harder. the few people have made a lot of money from supplying coven tests, mosque and medical equipment. some made even more money by being paid to supply them to the government and not delivering anything until the latest in decades of corruption scandals. kenyans tired of it. so when the international monetary fund agreed to lend the government to point $3000000000.00 to help through the crisis, thousands of kenyans took the social media to object to the borrowing of yet more money that they believe will be stolen. but experts say more public spending is still the only way to help people they got between they have notes under there. they have some have not the whitening up the rate at which poverty levels are going to increase. we are when we have so many youths in this country when to be engaged in crime are very sad of lack of government measures to be put in place to ensure that the huge can have something to do. tourism is one of the country's largest

n as a foreign currency. the sector employed about 2000000 people. many of them have been laid off as hotels and lodges, now lie empty. here women wait by the roadside waiting and hoping for domestic work, which they say has also dried up. as wealthy employers fear getting coded, people are running out of options. as did sarah and mary, they both say the economic impact to the pandemic has been far more damaging than the virus itself. and they say they want it to be over, so they can get hired again and stop having sex for money. all right, let's get some analysis on this now with neil and john that more clear who's the head of global engagement from action a great to have you with us from the deli today, we're going to focus really i think on the developing world, more than anything else here, but just the 1st sort of broad thought. do you think that corporations and indeed

governments are finally waking up to the fact that women are treated the same, that the inequality is there and that it's not just anecdotal anymore. i mean, the, the, the, the evidence, the numbers are there for everyone to see. yeah, absolutely. i agree. i think that there is not a momentum. there is evidence that has, you know, that's clear, especially on the co wiggly or knew that women are treated differently. and face a lot of bad news, but now we have evidence to backup our backup our claims and governments or indeed and should indeed listen to that evidence. let's split it a little bit into governments and comedy. how much burden should go on the governments and the state in the ideas of, you know, child care actually recognizing that women do a different job in the split between home and work more. how much of that burden should go into the state? whether the burden has to go on to the state,

because if we look at the unc big care that women do, if you just look at the figure, it's a 16400000000 on a day that a big can work and 2 sides of this work is done by women and this amounts to 2000000000 people walking all the 8th on a day with no name for communication. and if, if we want to value the services that women are delivering, then that we're just on the basis of a minimum wage. they would be backward the amount that would amount about 9 percent of the global u. d, p, or 11 trillion dollar us dollars. and so this is and this was before the end, make an un women's report shows that the unpaid can and domestic. what was that women are doing has increased massively during the ban demik because the closure

because the service is not being delivered. and they know that women are carrying is not only on just a sustainable hate to be capitalist about this. but how do we pay for all of us? where does the money come time is? is it tax station? is it or $30.00, how does it work? well i, what we have done in action in our research be have asked for action on 3 things. one is that the 2nd it us derek, and the 3rd is back on debt. we found that just again, this is pico, bad in 2019. can y'all gonna and gabby, our we're spending more than 3 times as much on external, dec prepayments as on health and congo, rather, it's up to 5 times as much gone. i had one of the highest dec. so the thing cost in the country in the was at about 59 percent of its g d p. so expense about

$4100000000.00 on us dollars on foreign debt payments. and just about one point sheet on have to date suspension would enable, gone on for a sense of double lock force, public had one 4th and didn't have a 1000000000 left over. busy in the budget. so at the moment, you know, debt means that the thing means the public spending last but public spending means broke on public service, which means we may have to carry that. we have to carry that blood can. i'm sorry, i just sent her up today. i want to ask you a couple of other questions and a couple of other areas. one, i just want to focus in on, on the health care sector, which you've mentioned for one reason is that a lot more women work in the health care sector. they've been exposed to the virus to, to conditions, poor conditions for a long time. i mean, india, the perfect example going to the 2nd wave that it has been, but also the fact that you know, access to health care,

people not having enough access to it. it's been privatized the last in a place like india and people, you know, fundamental that they don't have access to. in terms of india itself, that the government spending on public is incredibly low. it's one of the lowest in the world. so we are looking at under 2 percent off the g d p that goes to public health spending, which means that there are about 0.6 percent of beds available for a 1000 people. and we also have one of the highest out of pocket expenditures on which means that people are driven into biology because of their, because of this being, there's no public support. there's no support from the state and there's no insurance. and that, that kind of privatization has moved into as you right case of the mentioned we're

looking at now in india about 70 percent of our heads provision. and india is through the private sector which means access questions. which means, especially for women, but also or areas. there's a massive crisis of the public, hence infrastructure. we don't have enough family and community has 10 in the rural area. this is also one time with a station, but the 2nd is also known conditionality that developing countries have to implement and be the i'm have on conditionality, isn't it not report to be found that the i'm, i don't conditionality require goblins to free their wage? the public sector wage bill and there's aust what we found and i reported that they were asked about 80 percent of the incoming countries to plan for the fuel increase

in their public sector ridge bills. and that just means that, you know, when countries are stored to contain their reach, been fewer dr. you're not the front walk cetera. it's just about getting the basics right. isn't it everything you've said today, such fundamental simple sort stuff. and it's what needs to be improved on, doesn't it? in general cri, thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it. thank you so much. i say in india now, which has we? well now we've been battling it's 2nd devastating wave corona virus. the response was for most of india's industrialized states to implement localized lockdown, which makes sense of course. but the thing is, even before that, the crisis that pushed millions of people into poverty, elizabeth per on reports, nothing new delhi for the past month, ship pele, and his wife. v to have been selling coconut water to earn a living. it is

a new endeavour for the couple who are expecting their 1st child in september. she had been working in the car show room near by. when delhi regional government imposed a lockdown which forced all sharp southern non essential items to close. i'm wanting to hear from somebody who doesn't compared to what i own earlier, but the company will give the salary and we have to know how to rent and take care of our daily expenses. if you can imagine how cashed that my wife comes here to help me and condition should have used to earn $275.00 a month. now his earnings depend on how many coconuts he sells. this is the kids take a honey, a n g o which has been helping ship and votes with food rations and many others have lost their jobs. research by one of india is leading universities as in frame g. found that locked down from the past year have pushed more than $230000000.00 indians into poverty, which is defined as earning less than $5.00

a day. but this year's restrictions are unlike the nationwide locked down last year, which saw a complete shut down of all industries. factories and many states have been allowed to remain open this year with limited staff. this clothing export business has been operating with 65 percent of its workforce. we have the label and i mean, secure that they have the job because of the partial long don't. it has been really helpful that we are still maintaining everything. the orders executing the getting would orders. economists say india's government should focus on helping those who need it the most to have been doing not to help the business find the 1st. and the most important thing is to ensure that the people are the more the most badly affected need to be given away out,

my delivering food or any kind and also ring some cash to ship and be to home. she will be rehired when the car shot reopens bought for now. they had millions of others like them, a doing whatever they can to survive. and finally, to iraq, opec's 2nd largest oil producer, reliant on oil exports, finelli all it state revenue, and hit hard by the collapse and the price is when the pandemic struck. and right now pick is sticking rigidly to its plans to ease supply back into the market. which has helped oil prices rise to $72.00 a barrel for the 1st time since $29.00 team. that is very much welcomed in cash strapped iraq, which had signed and then pulled out of a $2000000000.00. we'll deal with china. baghdad had been under pressure to ditch the deal over concerns. the country was simply a wash with chinese investment. now,

just in the last 12 months, china signed $40000000000.00 worth of deals. some have been generated, sat down with iraq's oil minutes. there is some of the java smell and started by asking if the country was under pressure to cancel that chinese contract. no, that is no pressure will leave me the idea that when we make this, this is a 1st time. and so more to make this deal when we, when we design this deed it was some concern about shortage and cash for, for january and february 2021. and how did we start of this year with increasing and cruising off the price. so when we received a flag, we wear something not, and force of the shortage in cash. that is m in concern that the shortage in cash ham de la now is managed. so no, no need to hold part of iraq on for you. that idea that this

deal should be approved by the parliament and the national budgets and then national budget. so it was some challenge and this is in terms of challenge. so no need to be cash in cash. and there is some challenge about sending this to the bottom. i need some, some time. so it was better to freeze it for now. does it mean it's dead or it's short notice for us, but if the contact, if the chinese contact saying we go or we are, we terminate, we will go to tournament. and the chinese is tell you with the position that they waiting. iraq, if that go ahead or or not, we will, we'll, we'll keep it as a please. let's talk about iran. we've had allegations from emerald companies, about iraq, the tank iranian tankers using the oil. there's also been talk about the deals between iraq importing iranian gas and sort of international pressure about and

especially us sanctions. what has, what is the situation that you find yourself in as the oil minister and how are you going to deal with the iranian question about exporting yolanda and god's was iraqi certificate. it is not managed by iraqi sites and then we have our obligation. we try to protect our self about that and all our, all our process is actually there are some think from another area. we have not responsibly about that. we are, we are clear and we are transparent with all international institute of our back. we keep our production, we keep our new comment as soon as possible. this, that's one. and may be the other. there is other company try to do like that, but it's not under amber lafayette. i could say 4 guys and 14. and you know,

that iraq establish more than $20020.00 go out of allocate to city a power generation depending on gas specially g. unseen is character production. now our guys is not more than $1500000000.00 time cubic foot. the need now is not as vain. $3500000000.00 stand there, come a quote, the more cheapest and easiest gas to export to iraq as the iranian gas. now iran and alice nation with respect to that, we trust that we try to do something. we try to find another solution for the guys that is a challenge with the inside about payment to them. we try to do something without any conflict with anti national entities and which is a situation, and we try to be committed to iran about their, their, their, their live in your, because it is contractual issue. i cannot say no. so, so we try to do something and, but i'll only try also to,

to find another solution phone back by acceleration, the investment of gods by young. ahead with alon g important, we're heading like every year towards the summer. it's going to be energy crisis like every year. it happened like clockwork. what is the oil ministry doing? are you going to preempt the challenge? is there anything that you are going to bring in, which will try and mitigate the crisis that we see every year while we try to, to provide all the network for providing to kind of fuel for the energy sector. i mean there have, if you are on the diet and we support municipal finance, also by support them to provide some chemicals to keep the, to keep the performance of their bar generation as maximum as possible. and as our hand louise, we any support all the cars in the city and we have gas in north

the gas company and, and bus i gas companies are gas company to provide more and more guards during the summer. i think there is no crisis. the only crisis wouldn't happen if there is any cut from the gas. this is our challenge in that there is around to get go up adding to the production capacity. that is that many network inside iraq, under construction on some of them constructed there is. so i had, the bar generation would be 600060600 megawatt would be available. that is around $400.00 megawatt, from his aware also. and there is $700.00 megawatts from not from it. and that would invest. so that is around, as i told you, to go up adding for that. and for the bar generation, the only concern i have of that is cut from your on your guys. we try to keep a discussion with, with iranian side about, commented to that come with meant to provide the guys during the summer for iraqi

bought a generation. and we are committed to way to them when destruction. sanction, sorry, dissolved. oh, there is any way to do that. finally you, you talked about a ride bouquet off international investment oliver from some, birger to honeywell, and others. talk to us about chinese investment. is the concerned which has been raised by some people that more than 60 percent of the investment coming into iraq is from china. yes, and very quickly, iraq is becoming a main chinese market rather than it's best and partners. so are those concerns true and how is that going to manage them? i mean, we have to now be in the biggest field of romania. actually mob been in the 2nd biggest field and we're gonna was gonna know when our look in the 3rd biggest field . it was going to be and i and so bad. and as i was i got the wrong look all in the

block. so have good number. good, good number, good stuff. i'm good expect you. good i o. c is from western western side chinese. yes they, they are more flexible than they are. they have any, i can say more than 30 percent of the share market in abc. they provide good value. good quality was good and i saw in the competition that compet with western union company that and competition with american company, but they, when so we cannot to prevent them. if they want a, b, c, contact up front investment site, they didn't take any investment opportunities since 5 years. the last party they get and license round for it was before 5 years. so within this 5 years,

there is no new investment for chinese government. but that is a, b, c contractor. yes, it's true. there is a huge number, huge number of turkish and chinese company which take the share market in iraq because that the risk risk called me, i knew their risk. and they said that is going alive except to walk a multi area with multi difficulty. so this is idea, iraq's oil minister speaking to a sum up in a job, i well that is a show for this week, but i want to know what you think and what you want to see on the show. you can tweet or d, m the come on a on twitter, do please use the hash tag h t t c. when you do, if email is more, you think a problem come from the cost down to 0 dot net is our address. and of course more online it al jazeera dot com slash c t thing, which takes you straight to our page with all our previous episodes there for you to catch up on. but that is it for this edition of counting the cost. i'm come all santa maria from the whole team. thanks for joining us. the news on al jazeera is

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