me the most about this state to rise is that someday we won't even see the really. good. who stay behind and my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. down the. just this week. he definitely was a shock coming up a vital outbreak spreads more than 100 new cases from a. lot of voters in central china. travel rush already underway. a new report warns women are the biggest victims of global inequality oxfam's india

. to india it is. it's good to have you with us in a span of just 72 hours more than 150 cases of people infected with the newly discovered. have been reported in china that takes the number of cases in the country to more than 200 with 3 fatalities so far the country's national health commission however us is the outbreak is quote preventable and controllable scientists have so far said human to human transmission of the virus does not appear to be easy the outbreak began late in december and was traced to a seafood market in the central city of. since and cases have been confirmed. south

korea japan and thailand airports in the region and some in the u.s. have already established screening procedures for flights coming from central china badger's that looks to be greatly bored and travel picks up ahead of that falls on the weekend every year around this time hundreds of millions in china will move around cities ahead of the lunar new year heavily packed these chinese rule work as a ready to return home the current outbreak of the mysterious virus isn't stopping them. i haven't seen my son for so long let's stop thinking about the virus sheesh the infection is said to be a new type of corona virus which causes respiratory symptoms this fish market in the city of new han might be its origin nearly $200.00 cases have so far been confirmed in the city alone after cases were also confirmed in thailand japan and

south korea authorities around the globe have stepped up screening of travelers from han. chinese health officials say the virus is not very contagious but have not ruled out limited human to human transmission is the one we have one of the clinical symptoms of the patients are generally mild with the effective measures put in place we can prevent and control the disease from spreading. despite the attempt to come people's nerves some of the beijing might be downplaying the epidemic the virus similar to sauce which chilled hundreds in 20022003. and with a lot still unknown about the new virus the new us rush is putting many on high alert. joining me now from geneva is world health organization spokesperson yes sure it is the usual average welcome 139 new cases in 48 hours is there

cause for alarm well we know that the number of confirmed cases is increasing simply because chinese authorities. reinforcing surveillance and are testing more people it is likely that we will see further increase in cases inside china and we can also see more cases among travelers so this is something in line of what we were asking countries to get ready for use a new coronavirus to be aware of it and to increase really surveillance as well as being able to treat those who need medical care what is really important to say is that resteal don't know much about these fires so we don't have enough information to determine what is the source of the virus we know that there is a limited human to human transmission but we don't know how easily is being transmitted this new coronavirus we also don't know much about severity of it so

this is something that is being booked at right now and i think it's it's a positive thing that china were able to quickly identify this virus that country was sharing genetic sequence of this why was that help other countries that are valid diagnostics and but again this is something very new and we need to understand better you talk about people traveling alone millions will be traveling in this week ahead of lunar new year should there be a cause of concern amongst them. well every new wires is obviously a legitimate concern for fault for population as well as for the health community at this point in time. is not to devising for any travel restriction i think of chinese authorities. gearing up the surveillance we also provided to all countries including china a set of guidelines on how to monitor for new cases how to treat sick people how to

develop diagnostics how to inform the population and obviously for the population it is important to follow general rules for preclusion when it comes to respiratory diseases hand-washing avoiding contact with these deeply sick people. covering the mouth when sneezing avoiding contact i would live animals and markets and the sort of things that i guess should overture spokesperson for the world health organization thank you so much for your time thank you. it's something we've all heard of a number of times but few among us rarely acknowledge inequality is in cruising around the world but it's mostly coming of the cost of women and girls that's the message in a report on inequality from the charity oxfam the report highlights for instance the amount of unpaid work women and girls do around the world point $5000000000.00

spent each day cooking cleaning and looking after children and the elderly more specifically in the case of india oh india oxfam research has shown that unpaid work by women looking after their homes and children is worth some 3 point one percent of india's g.d.p. while many women in india are unable to join the paid workforce even for those that do cultural factors remain a daily challenge. it doesn't pay much but this is how ect helps to support for with siblings and to mother like many 21 year olds she has speak at plans. take to has already finished a course in sewing technology and she's been attending training sessions with this youth and employability 7th to help her get a better paid job. i am determined to work i've had

a very difficult life i've had problems with my family and other problems too but i've never accepted defeat i want to help my siblings build their careers if i get a good job my mother doesn't need to work as a mate in other people's homes anymore i know i will succeed. many more women across india are pursuing further education but less than a quarter of those eligible to work have jobs or are even seeking employment concerns about safety and transport are some of the reasons why families as well as employers don't want women working men is easier for one thing bosses don't have to worry about them getting home before it's dark that's been a problem pinky kemarre has faced she travels nearly 2 hours from her village just to get to work and sometimes she has to leave early in order to get home while it's

still light but she's already broken it to brew by becoming the 1st woman in her family to have an office job even if she had to fight to get it so i've struggled a lot i wasn't allowed to work i had problems with the family but i feel very good about my 1st job i'm learning a lot i'm enjoying it while having. many women like pinky also struggle to work. or she's got them from wonder woman tries to work the family stops or they don't let her progress they think she'll go out she could do anything don't let her out she'll dishonor us they don't trust her. worry about their safety when they go places will be returned safely will someone harass them on the way will they be in danger we have to worry about all these things. so many barriers for women including ekta but still they persevered.

but it's not an easy task given the levels of inequality there is it's also a theme that is said to be discussed by one of the world economic forum in davos that gets underway on tuesday digital correspondent general do a lot of caught up with oxfam india c.e.o. on the thought bear hard for his views on the inequality women in india. mr hart you've said that inequality in india is frightening why. inequality in india is absolutely obscene look at the data it says 63000000000 us actually have more wealth than the and will budget of the government of india and this is for a country where we have still more than 30 percent of the people living in extreme poverty and it's frightening because what you're seeing is crony capitalism you're seeing the economic system getting tilted in favor of the rich this is where the rents take sectors are making huge profits at the expense of borden ordinary citizens. now we've also read this other disturbing statistic that says 9 people

have more wealth than half of the population of india so about 650000000 people how did that situation develop isn't that's a result of for richt system a system which favors the super rich it favors the billionaires who concentrate more and more wealth in their hands and the poor continue to be poor and in fact become poorer because the commons the land water forests goes out of their hands and it gets concentrated again in the hands of the super rich so this is obscene and corti and this cannot continue in a country like india. based on everything that's happening so far would you say that the indian government is making gender equality a priority. let me talk about the inequality from a gendered lens this economic system is also rigged in favor of men it's

a patriarchal economic system let me tell you a story of a person called she lives in the state of bihar she wakes up at 3 am goes 3 kilometers away from her house to get water for her household comes back goes in collects for her for the household does cleaning washing taking care of the children then goes and works at a construction site where she says underpaid she comes back and again text. she works 17 a day and contrast this with the been us that we have talked off all the super rich lifestyle that we see with their private jets super yachts that's the level of inequality and the government has taken actually no steps in trying to address this jendayi quality. of the groups i did up to and out there that's it for today with images of the lunar new york have a rush getting underway. thanks for joining us to receive next hour about the

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