big brands have committed to fair working conditions in sustainable production. but who is monitoring the subcontractors. and investigative documentary goes to italy and china and looks beyond the glamorous 4 sides of fashion houses to ensuring her shorts no membership d.w. . welcome to global 3000. today we had to the peruvian andes to meet a few trailblazing women who are willing to bet a heavy burden to make gains in gender equality. in rwanda heavy rainfall can

devastate entire villages and farmland farmers are taking measures to protect themselves from flooding. and we hear about thousands of people in japan who choose to live in isolation unable to cope with the pressures they feel society imposes on them. a social animals say sociologists and traditionally life was lived in tribes or extended families that made things like gathering food looking after one another and surviving both easier and more likely but over time we became increasingly self-reliant now people are often left to fend for themselves in densely populated cities community tends to be something that takes place only on line the result is a sharp rise in loneliness millions of men and women cut off from society devoid of a sense of belonging. to.

one europe wide study revealed that around $30000000.00 europeans regularly feel lonely about 7 percent of the overall population. in japan too many people live in total isolation for years even decades. tokyo a vibrant mega city home to 15000000 people but some tokyo residents find it a challenging place to live they say it's too busy too noisy so they simply don't leave their homes sometimes for a few months sometimes for decades. aga turkey is one of these modern day hermits he hardly ever leaves his room he decided to become a recluse 15 years ago. i was learning french at the time the teacher would always ask us what we've done that will look. like i didn't

have a job so i never did anything to say i couldn't have a conversation and so i retreated more and more from the world. this remarkable. look at turkey is what's known in japan. which basically means pulling inward being confined they spend their days cooped up in their homes on the internet playing video games they can't cope with the pressures of the outside world. they might be looking at the same view for 35 years. to pushed on them some might say it's a lovely view. when i'm not feeling well i see everything as though it were shrouded in the greatest. grace and it's the little. japan is now reportedly home to over a 1000000 he komori possibly even more it's hard to compile exact figures they fear

school or work they fear failure in japanese society being different or standing out is frowned upon without outside help it's hard for these people to find a way back into normal life. is a qualified nurse 5 years ago she founded to help organization for the social recluses it's called heat m.r.e. which translates as a place in the sun. to help them build confidence the aim is to find them jobs but there are many small steps that have to be taken before we get to that point we go for walks outside with them we encourage them to speak to their parents and develop a daily routine it. earlier this year 2 people died when he attacked a group of schoolchildren in college sarky days later a government official stabbed to death his reclusive son fearing he might harm others. says incidents like these are the stigmatized morry worsens

their anxiety and exacerbates the problem quite isolated events of this kind make people afraid of he could comare. then the parents no longer feel able to talk openly about their children and share their concerns with others when it's not enough that makes it even harder to help them. most to keep good morning. goto in her teens see themselves as their big sister 10 suki and di suki don't want to be recognised the fact they've managed to leave their rooms to attend a consultation is already a major achievement. on a scale of one to 10 today i feel minus 3 it's. been a bad mood. when i'm in my room. and think is how can i get out of here.

and how can i stop being a burden on my parents. the parents of his mori often suffer as much as they do they often feel a strong sense of shame publicly admitting that their child has no job and no friends would be humiliating so they keep quiet often hiding them from their neighbors for example in this way they're complicit in maintaining their child's isolation it's a problem that set to become even more acute in the coming years. in japan we talk about the 8050 problem when the parents are 83rd children or 50. and the older the parents get the harder it is for them to look after their children. traditionally japanese culture and society conformity for people who feel different staying within their own 4 walls

can seem like a safe option but this self-imposed exile can become impossible to escape now aged 14 or guitar he wonders if he'll be able to reenter society. quite. my biggest worry is taking the 1st step out of character that's the hard bit. should i leave my home or you should i leave my father who looks after me with me maybe a fire on my own i would have more clarity about what sort of life i want to live through. that i mean it could come soon then. leaving the house should be so easy but for more a it's a terrifying step if the world outside better understood the condition perhaps it would help them reintegrate. and now we had to africa rwanda is known rather poetically as the land of

a 1000 hills but such topography makes farmers lives anything but easy rainfall commonly leads to flooding and erosion on a recent assignment there are reports of fires they tried through a fashion era of mud she met with people in northern rwanda who are taking measures to reduce the incidence of flooding. with the farmers of the team a co-operative are distraught what looks like a lake is actually potato and corn fields everything is under water the harvest is lost. the only road through the valley is also flooded. everything that needs to be transported now has to be carried around the lake yet the valley is supposed to be protected against floods. hi you personally 1st of all a project manager from the adaptation fund came to see us this and found that other

people came to prepare the construction work and to get an idea of the terrain. some. once they were finished with their work we were finally able to plant up the whole of the valley with crops eating your mess in the they dug drainage ditches everywhere because we then the project was over. but not long after they left we realized the problem still wasn't solved the water just came back this one up with. the adaptation fund is a united nations initiative that aims to help developing countries cope with climate change rwanda has a high percentage of fertile volcanic soil that means that even the high mountain slopes can be used for our poll farming the problem is heavy rain washes the soil down into the valley the solution is to build terraces into the slopes following the example of the incas in south america. for we knew about building terraces the

soil on the slopes just used to get washed into the valley. there was no point in using the newer fertiliser. but now whatever we use stays worth meant to be. crops on the terraces are growing faster and we have better harvest. now all the mountain villages here have built terraces it's a time consuming process the steps in the slope need to be at least 5 metres deep ones complete the ground then needs to rest for 3 months sometimes there are unexpected obstacles farmers have stumbled across on mt graves left from the genocide in 1904 which killed around a 1000000 people. we found bodies under this field of people killed during the genocide. so we didn't

get any further there used to be a house here presumably there was a massacre and they just dumped all the bodies under there we don't dig terraces in an area like that. you had. a few valleys further on is the cabbage green village it's one of many so-called green villages in rwanda helping to promote sustainable development. each village has its own school. local families are each given a plot of land to fund. sanitation facilities and rainwater tanks and clean water is available and each family is also given a cow. more than 200 flood victims from the region have found a new home in cabbage. following his ear

a is one of them. from what i've planted potatoes beans and corn on my land. no no no i've also specialized in leafy vegetables. there especially good for the children to ensure they get a balanced diet plus chard and spinach sell for a particularly good price for. the profit he makes some selling his fruit and vegetables has allowed him to build up a flock of sheep again. he now has a few chickens to. just one year ago things were very different. with them along with a new order to get a house and car yasser you 1st had to prove that you were a victim of the floods. we lost everything in a single night. before that i had been a very successful businessman. but in one fell swoop all of my 63 cars were gone

everything i possessed was destroyed by the rain. i thought i would lose my mind. but his neighbors gathered signatures to ensure he got a house in the green village today the string that washed away his house looks quite harmless. and now the building has been patel where his once stood with a new family living in it. he warned them about how dangerous it is here but in densely populated rwanda ever. 3 piece of farmland is needed and jobs are in short supply. work outside of the farming sector is especially hard to come by in rural areas but a center for regional handicrafts opened recently here a small group of women are running that i mean tailoring business. they make everything from festive gowns to more every day items with bags and other

accessories to match. and it's so much easier to make a living from sewing the work here is seasonal too but i earn well between 25 and 30000 rwandan francs a week. you can live well a lot. to. me is. we make our way back to the farm is co-operative. anyone capable of holding a shovel is out in the fields doing their bit everyone is hoping that if they can move enough mud out of the way the water will drain off. the women dig out the big stones. they then carry them to one of the many small water channels. but in this way they're building dam most of

designed to filter the water and prevent further mudslides and finally there's relief all round as the water starts to drain away. the movies of. the movie the sound of water flowing is really music to my ears on the it makes me happy where you wrote because it means we've got control of the floods for now at least. are you here to maturity we don't know how long it will last time music quite good. but it's too late to save the harvest what the farmers really need is a more permanent solution that hoping and praying for a change. we've heard and now this is not for you and this time it's from england and so fast food many brits coming it's an awful. lot of the english city of oxford is best known for its elite university it's one of

the oldest in the world and has just under 24000 students in. the media 2 kilometers away is the other oxford this residential neighborhood is home to cast some like a meat fish and chip shop. born in iran kasem but he may 1st came to england in the 1960 s. and since 1908 he's been selling that most british of all the funds trades deep fried fish and chips. he said it's a lot healthier than many people might think well if you want some food we didn't produce people do trish we did those in the morning. there's no preserves usually montezuma well we go to school discard the rest go to a refrigerator defeated so i think the beans are the bomb. is then coated in

a batter made of flour salt and water and put straight into the deep fryer were fired m.l.'s mark through a review to order you don't have to live in. the portion sizes are certainly not for anyone watching their waistlines the price $8.00 pounds that's nearly 9 euros. how many of his customers have been coming here for years. but you know it's not no one's going to not like you know the place is known by the dozens in the enjoy. that it's all existing players he's building like. but. he's cheap it's good news contrary to his health you know probably not good. they. all got the most hospitality. that they could probably if you ask me if you have to think. that if you pay for the food. after

making me aims to do more than just sell fast food he says it's about an attitude to life a few years ago he started photographing his customers putting them together in a large book many of his photos have gone on show in galleries in oxford. interlink interact with people here and we are all friends so it's just like an outing you might come to see more friends or so you can visit i want to see this good that's for sure so we're going to i don't know come visit. to school. trekking in the mountains the ultimate challenge for ambitious hikers and a source of income for those who carry their bags and supplies like the ship the people of the himalayas for example for over 100 years they've served as porters.

without the help of the sherpa tenzing norgay said edmund hillary may not have reached the peak of mt everest back in 1953. the ruins of the ancient city of matchy picchu lie in the peruvian andes the site is a tourist magnet but many wouldn't manage the journey without the help of porters which these days may very well be women. these 3 women have broken a taboo changing a longstanding tradition. malini dora. noaimi accompany tourists carrying their baggage in the peruvian andes. their destination the famous world heritage site.

that. we are so proud of much of. it was built by our ancestors and we feel that we're like them was strong and we can manage everything. they've broken into a male dominated world by becoming the 1st female porters in peru with the help of one man i mean. also comes from a rural area so he's aware that women aren't toys on an equal footing with men and that's why he lets us work in the terrorism industry. after setting up the tents the women help the chef they barely take a break. the tourists get only the best treatment at this high altitude there served a nutritious 4 course dinner including fresh trout served with of ocado salad. the

next morning the tourists settled for the next campsite while the porters stayed behind to pack everything up luggage tents and cooking gear it's a tough job but it provides them an income and allows them more independence from the man. in the mountain truck to much of picchu takes 3 days during that time the porters children are being looked after back home by their grandparents as 27 year old malini explains. that i'm not a problem before we stayed home and all we could do with salvage doubles which is hardly anything but. thanks to this opportunity where ending much more. and that's good and it's also benefiting our children. that. the tourist struggle with the lack of oxygen up here in the mountains this old ink and

path rises to an altitude of 3 and a half 1000 meters. having grown up here malini giora and knowing me are used to it so they usually overtake the visitors. and they get far ahead of them in no time at all that allows them to set up the tents in advance and have them ready before the group arrives. the temperatures up here are close to freezing but that doesn't seem to bother the porters. leandro from argentina is happy to have managed the 1st stage. unbelievable you give your all and reporters march right past you all the same great let's meet up what it's like. in the evening the porters are introduced the mountain guide explains that there are now consciously

hiring more women to promote greater equality. here malini earns 90 euro zone week which is not a bad wage for the peruvian andes. in the morning it's minus 3 degrees celsius the next part will be the most difficult leg of the hike ascending to the pass at $4650.00 metres daughter korea is travelling this route for the 1st time even though it's hard work she's very proud to have gotten this job. yes remember it's coming out of yourself that's. taking on this mountain path is just wonderful it's a chance for me to see more of my country i never had the opportunity to do this

before. only now was a porter my washing up after lunch money explains just how much things have changed in her generation. our mothers weren't even allowed to go to school they had to stay at home wash the clothes and do the cooking while the men were free to go to school. fortunately today everyone is equal and we women finally have the same rights but they're still denied one bright going to much of you it's so crowded only tourists are allowed to continue from here on the visitors express their gratitude to the women. the hikers pass on an extra tip for the women's hard work. then it's time to say goodbye. at 6 o'clock the next morning the crowds queue up to

enter south america's number one tourist magnet. the incas hid their holiest site from the spanish conquistadores for centuries now thousands of tourists poor through the ruins every day each group only gets a limited amount of time. on the computer the authorities are trying to get control of these masses more and more coming but that's why they introduced a maximum number. the problem is more and more people want to come so many in fact that an airport is being built next to the site with a 4 kilometer long landing strip this could accommodate even intercontinental flights but the question is whether the ancient site of much new picchu will be able to cope with all this attention. repression and discrimination a part of life for many women around the world on a new facebook channel d.w.

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