from on. this is to w. news live from berlin on international women's day we need women working to change the status quo even if they have to do so in secret like this petition in tehran we'll tell you why her side business says that tattoo artist is very risky also coming up five years after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy we need the son of one of the passengers like many other family members he is refusing to give up the search for answers and one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries the islamic states last stand in syria u.s.

backed forces are on a mission to stop any remaining on his fighters from fleeing their besieged on claims of bad loans and to neighboring iraq. and a cargo plane prepares to welcome to very special passengers a little grainy and little blighter leaving behind their life of showbiz and a chinese area they're being airlifted to the world's first open water sanctuary for beluga whales in iceland we'll take you inside this unique conservation effort . i'm sumi so much god it's great to have you with us events are taking place in many parts of the world today to celebrate international women's day. hundreds of women took to the streets of the indian capital delhi to mark the occasion like their counterparts in other countries that. indonesia here you can

see a protest in the capital jakarta they're calling for equality and an end to discrimination women face many different challenges depending on where they live from restrictions on their reproductive rights to violence by men and a lack of opportunity at work. let's talk more about international women's day we have a christina with us she's a feminist campaigner christina thank you very much for joining us so you're one of the co-founders of something called the center for feminist foreign policy what is feminist foreign policy what does that look like summers from put this in the first place i'm a college is the world why it's inequalities including to end inequality exist in a step a step second step it means that all foreign security policy decisions must contribute to eradicating those inequalities so what would that actually look like in practice in practice if. for example we look at the u.n. security council in germany as a selected member of the u.n.

security council as of earlier this year germany sighing to pass a resolution in april very likely on sex less violence so if this from policy would mean that you listen to the civil society and that is making clear suggestions towards what exactly such a solution should look like look like to actually help victims and survivors in campaigners on the ground and listen to those civil society voices to make sure we know what trained on any language so you're talking about a more holistic approach it sounds like how is that different from the type of foreign policy we see practiced today and non feminist foreign policy if you will so the current foreign policy the paradigms of a real politik the really on the they understand that statesmen secure people that's why countries would do anything to secure their borders instead of focusing on the humans in them but if i'm his foreign policy really understands that secure states do not necessarily. make people secure but instead focus on those humans

and those individuals and really trying to understand the dynamics within the countries including sexism racism homophobia and how these different fact. people insecure christina you have traveled around the world you've worked in countries around the world. how would you compare some of the challenges facing women in different countries compared also to what women face here in berlin let's say. so the many differences but also the many commonalities the commonalities being that all over the world we have a patriarchal system so we have a system where the steerer typical men have kind of four of of over over the the political political minority of women and passing laws the do not make those two all or even more groups equal if you look at germany we have a law and that is criminalizing women who want to have an abortion and we have the same laws all over the world the only very very few countries that lead women have

over their own body with your work for the center for feminist foreign policy what do you see that's actually changing and what progress is being made so we're still young here in germany we started last year but for example yesterday there was a big event at the foreign office and we had cooled and i sing it was an event on the occasion of international women's day and we also hosted the pentagon families from policy and what was missing for families from policy in germany and i don't think we could have had such discussions even a year ago so things are really changing we are placing the topic there and we're trying to develop the idea with many different actors so what has to change internally because fun facts only fifteen percent of the best of us a female but also to getting the policies germany is doing with other countries all right so awareness is on the rise there christian alliance an activist a feminist a co-founder of the center for feminist foreign policy thank you so much for joining us on day to view. now iran has one of the world's

worst records on gender equality that's according to a report by the world economic forum it's not surprising then that a secret form of resistance among women is gaining in popularity their body art in the form of tattoos they're not only go but they're definitely frowned upon which is why tattoo artists try to keep their services a secret. this is how absent they had to spends most of her time perfecting the contour africa's tumors eyebrows her beauty salon is tucked away in the first floor of an apartment building in eastern tehran. but the thirty year old artist also offers a different service to women who know what to ask for one that is not openly advertised and can be only performed behind closed doors here in iran. for after sending a tattoo wing is the job she's most passionate about and her preferred form of art

i think it's much more beautiful to me than drawing or painting on paper which i used to do when i have a sketch and then i to tootle someone's body it's amazing the fact that i change someone's appearance of my art gives me a good feeling a good feeling that's shared by the women she tattoos but none of them want to talk about it on camera or even show their faces that's because having a tattoo is widely considered taboo in iran. to two are just so often arrested here in the islamic republic although to choose a not illegal strictly forbidden by shia islam but authorities consider them a western phenomenon and harmful to iran in values but body art is still very popular among young people here and to run. in public body art mostly remains hidden beneath the moderate dress code that's mandatory here but inside coffee shops were terrans hipsters gather tattoos are openly displayed. so hail

a flock he is one of the scenes most famous artists he considers tattooing to be a symbolic form of medical treatment for his generation a way for people to heal what he sees as spiritual wounds well living in a culture in crisis. getting more and more hollow. for this survey used to use and also expensive clothes as a beautiful cloak to hide what's missing inside. so as a business the tearing is getting more and more successful. with the customers well it's hard to make an educated choice. because when something is kind of illegal in a society you know that it's hard to find out information about is. that something i've seen a how do you would like to change as well instead of creating her art secretly inside a beauty salon she would like to bring it out of the shadows. i guess that. i

would open my own tattoo studio. time that i began then i could work along with many other tattoo artists i don't want to quote expand the business and get better at what i. said to the most. passion that's not without risks here in the islamic republic but for absent a being able to pursue her art is worth it. a little bit later in the show we'll have another story a female empowerment will be looking at how older women in a nairobi slum are fighting back against rape. but first a look at some other stories making news around the world thousands of protesters have poured into central algiers after friday noon prayers it is the latest in a wave of protests against president. has bed for

a fifth term in office. reports say authorities have deployed security forces and stopped public transportation services into the capital. finland center right government has resigned prime minister you have announced the move after failing to get parliamentary support for a plan to social and health reforms president saudi needs still has asked to be laid to stay on in a caretaker role until the elections scheduled for next month. donald trump's former campaign chief palmetto ford has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud he was also ordered to pay more than twenty four million dollars in restitution and fifty thousand dollars in fines an f.b.i. investigation revealed a man a ford had hidden for an income for brooking for ukrainian politicians aligned with russia. and the crew dragon capsule built by the american rocket company space x. has left the international space station splash down off the coast of florida is expected in a few hours if this on manned test flight and successfully the new crew dragon

could carry its first astronauts later this year and do the things you are reporting everything when you're watching news still to come to believe the whales are about to trade a license in the spotlight for the peace and quiet of those whale sanctuary the first a complex journey awaits pull out of the thames. it remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries exactly five years ago malaysia airlines flight three seventy took off from kuala lumpur was two hundred thirty nine people on board bound for beijing a short time later the airliner vanished it has never been found in beijing today relatives of some of the passengers gathered up the chinese foreign ministry to demand a new search for the last plane efforts to find the wreckage of the plane were abandoned last year but many friends and relatives of the passengers say they will never find closure until i'm h three seventy is located. joe has gone to his mother's beijing apartment once since her disappearance that was when he brought

his photos and everything that reminded him of her to look away inside he couldn't bear to look at them. when we know what happened i'll be able to go in and unpack all these things and that's when i'll finally be able to say goodbye joe whose mother was on holiday in malaysia and scheduled to fly back on flight m h three seventy ciro which disappeared without a trace his own life has been a mess in stan he suffers from severe depression and spends hours and hours trying to find an explanation for what happened after the plane left malaysian airspace it diverted from the planned flight route in a shop turned west radar data shows that it continued westwards until contact was lost in the opinion in the end m n c investigators believe that it continued its flight southward before crashing in the indian ocean somewhere west of australia

after dropping off the radar the plane continued its flight for seven hours but the passengers were still alive during that time and what happened to them remains unknown. what we're trying not to think about that particular question and i can't bear it as soon as i think about it my head starts taking over so i try to avoid it with. the wreckage has never been found in the search has been called off john has traveled to malaysia several times hoping to get some ounces now he's on his way to kuala lumpur again where he'll take part in a fifth remembrance event he wants the malaysian government to take up this search again. going to go i'm very nervous every time i board a plane or i'm nervous especially when i'm on my way to malaysia we're going to come.

every year in march friends and relatives of the disappeared need to remember their loved ones and to demand answers they're still not ready to give up hope. to search technology is ten times faster today than five years ago which is progress and without determination to m h three seventy doesn't have to remain a mystery forever. young has spotted the minister of transport in malaysia's new government he hopes this government will be more sympathetic to the victims' relatives and the ministers seems to be listening he says he's open to new proposals from maritime search operators. if they can convince us that getting close to. the ship itself so that i want it to be the stuff that's it for what you know what services your heart i feel a lot better i want i arrived or if i was afraid it would be like the other times

that i'd leave without any result but this time there is some progress from happening with your wife because in the. junk we hope she's no closer to the day when he'll be able to grieve properly for is not. what. that story from did he's my ts finnan and he joins us now from beijing with more much yes even speaking to relatives of people who were onboard how hopeful are they that they will find out what happened to this plane. it. was me the area where the plane might be is vos the area that's been searched so far is about the size of the united kingdom but the ocean is much bigger than this cost data so the exact location can't be pinned down however we have seen we've heard john who is saying that a search technology has advanced tremendously there are no now and there are some

operators who use underwater drones and they can cover. a much bigger area in much less time so they're more efficient and that's what the their relatives hope for that the playa plane might be found we're talking about a few years however of searching possibly much as the most recent search efforts were called off last year could we see this search resumed. i think that's the news of this week that the malaysian government malaysia has a new government and this new government is trying to be more accessible more open more transparent to its citizens and they have expressed that they would be willing to take up the search if the technical details convince them if they were really convinced that it would be faster and cheaper than their previous one because the previous search was the most expensive search in aviation history. it's been five

years there are a lot of theories about out there about what happened to make three seventy what do we know for sure about what happened. it's still very little we have data that shows the possible flight route for the first two hours it's well documented by radar data although they seem to be some difficulties there as well but then when it turned supposedly south there's ghar state from satellites that is not that cannot locate exactly where where the plane went it's just probably went south what happened inside we do not know at all there are three to theories that investigators find realistic that might be a kidnapping it might be an extended suicide as we've seen on the german wings flight in france by the pilot or or the copilot or it might be a technical error but they're still very very little evidence that would favor one

of these theories. building a reporting for us thank you very much. to syria now where scores of suspected islamic state fighters have a skate from the last pocket of territory held by the group hundreds have been leaving a tiny stretch of land controlled by ass close to iraq where the army is on alert to stop them from crossing. just two kilometers away is the last town still controlled by us ebrahim sabri watches the siege of bug goods from this checkpoint the iraqi major hears the constant drone of u.s. fighter jets it's easy to see the signs of destruction about a thousand jihadi as are believed to be holding out on the syrian side in caves and tunnels beneath the destroyed houses and buildings and didn't die. i know they have no will left to fight. they have no chance against the kurdish uses of us are under siege according to the information we have they have hardly any food left and are

now starting. to move. their mission is to seal off the border to about google's three hundred soldiers and special forces patrol kilometer long stretch. barricades and razor wire against the self-proclaimed holy warriors none of whom will be allowed to break away into iraq those who try risk their lives. when we recently observed a group of twenty five i.a.s. fighters getting close to the border we called for u.s. fighter jets. to killed all of. them. but experts believe hundreds of other jihadi these are thought to have fled to iraq and are now hiding out somewhere in the no man's land of the western desert where they can hardly be detected. they are believed to have two hundred million dollars with

them reserves from when i still controlled a third of iraq in syria devastation hatred and mistrust remain. even as the end of fighting grows near. to it a key thanks also to the american airstrikes ought to go but it should only be a few more days. the terror militias last fighters are trapped encircled and under constant watch but it's a bittersweet victory. many of my friends and comrades lost their lives in the fight against i guess i pray they are now in heaven they are heroes. without their blood and their lives and will never would have achieved victory. will fail too. but will this be a final victory iraqis now remain vigilant after years of war and terror abraham hopes iraq has learned its lesson. as you mentioned earlier it is international

women's day a time to highlight the systemic problems women face every day and how they're overcoming those problems in nairobi kenya the slum. was once notorious for violence and sexual assault against women but now thanks to its oldest female residents a different stories emerging as melanie core of the ball better group of grannies you really don't want to mess with. just a few years ago this place was known as nairobi's most dangerous slum presidents in korogocho lived in constant fear with especially elderly women like the sixty five year old gary. he would hear screams all the time women were attacked by boys who had come to rape them. romney says the grannies of coral gotto as they call themselves were regularly targeted superstitions attacked and spend leaved the women will be free and that sex with them could cure their own infection

almost daily one of those numbers older women was sexually assaulted raped on that it. gave it a few one day we found dead with broken bottles inside her body when we carried her body to the police but they closed the gates and didn't let a sin to get up on his part we took her body to the mortuary this is just to end on that day we decided enough is enough and we women will start helping ourselves on the plane to decide to do. in a force like korogocho as a few women have had to bear the brunt of society so neglect and crime it is in this very community that many of them have been assaulted often sexually deemed as easy targets and this in here that they fight to take safety into their own hands. running decided to fight back and others feel the same. between sixty five and

ninety years old meet once a week. and defend themselves. and when i'm walking down the street and an attacker approaches this is how i fight. in time proud to say that i'm a strong elderly woman. it is with this pride and dedication that they have gathered to tackle and raised awareness in that community rape used to be a daily reality with the. way i live. now running says she only hears of a case every second day and she will keep on fighting until every woman young or old will stay in the neighborhood coming to. america. ten years from now this will be a new korogocho to his that why even let me it will be known as one of the

neighborhoods that people are proud to live in new orleans. but the poor to differ . a little whales are one of the most intelligent and social marine mammals so for conservationists it is a travesty that many of them are kept in captivity performing tricks in aquariums around the world now a project has been launched that aims to change that with the help of a jumbo jet for the jumbo mammals meet little white and little gray. two females believe the whales they've been in captivity her decade now and this is their daily routine. performing tricks to shanghai aquarium. but now their lives are about to change. this jumbo jet is being rented to take them to the other side of the world whales

on a plane suspended in mats in a container in the hold with a team of fence specialists. travel some ten thousand kilometers. the goal is a brighter future for a little watch of the great but the larger problems if you like is we're going to provide a blueprint a template for other species and other locations all around the world to offer whales and dolphins a brighter future. that's future is here the island of high may just off the south coast of iceland a secluded cove is being turned into the world's first sanctuary for belugas with just a net shutting them off from the open ocean they'll have me a natural conditions the project is the brainchild of a conservation group working with the entertainment for which and i won't miss the shanghai aquarium. there's

a body of evidence now that shows that we can't really care for these incredibly complex social intelligent animals in an aquarium environment and merlin entertainments believe they shouldn't be on the show for public entertainment as well so it's much better to provide these to these two amazing animals with a much more natural how to live in a world wide between three and four hundred palookas live in captivity organizers hope some of them might leave concrete panels behind and make their way to iceland joining a little gray and little white. minored of our top stories here on people around the world are taking part in rallies like you're in india to mark internat. a women's day indian women's groups have launched an eleven point plan to improve safety education health care and jobs and women's representation and politics. and five years after the disappearance of malaysia

airlines flight m h three seventy relatives of the missing passengers are pushing for search efforts to resume china's foreign minister and her demands for around thirty family members efforts to find the wreckage of the plane came to an end last year. coming up on g.w. will take a look at how to get a better night's sleep caught in good shape in just a few minutes on.

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