off the press. on the floor just a sign and when it comes to the found a human can see the microphones inside with. enough. this is. coming up a corona virus spreading infection and racism chinese people and those of chinese origin racist abuse all over the world we speak to someone who's experienced this firsthand. the young victims of a practice justified under the cover of religion and tradition look at why female genital mutilation is too widely practiced in indonesia.

welcome to. it's good to have you with us this is of course increase the world so does the racism accompanying it from across the globe in countries as far apart as australia and canada and others in between such as malaysia and indonesia people of chinese origin have reported facing discrimination and verbal attacks all out of fear that because of the chinese headed to jail they could spread the virus. such as this australian doctor who claimed a patient made jokes about not shaking her hand because of fear over the coronavirus she ended her tweet with this is racism in hong kong a japanese doodle shop posted this sign outside which essentially means we

don't accept people from mainland we want to live a little longer here in germany some people are outraged over this cover the magazine a day spiegel came up with on the coronavirus story a journalist reacted to it saying it was disappointing that in 2020 this magazine can still come up with such a cover up for treating racial stereotypes here's more on what people are having to face the following views from the streets of paris. for the city and if we have a committee i was choosing fruit touching it with my hands and suddenly this lady came up to me and asked me if i had the virus. i was in shock and i asked her if she was joking. she said she wasn't. she just repeated herself passed me do you have the virus. measurements on my daughter came to me and said

mommy it's cool i'm being harassed they tell me to stop coughing to stay away from us you spread the virus it's ridiculous people have to stop talking such nonsense my daughter is french she's in france and she doesn't have the virus internally but if there are stories of such discrimination around the world within wales for example knew a traitor from taiwan was told to leave her stall in the indoor market in the city after she had done from taiwan joins me now on the line there is no thanks for speaking to us what were you told when you came back to your stall in the market it was my 1st day back were returning. and i did expect. a mother happened to me when i was in my store and a man was in me just asked me to leave libya latine and i'm asking why and he

mentioned i just come back and that helen had a few cases of her virus happen in there and he told me he said maybe you. shouldn't be in that beauty and because i'm i bring the risk everyone and i have to really building our allies. is that they. are traitors in i'm in the hole. i want to go i say you have no right to ask me to leave and they you mention it if i don't leave it in he would come kind of counsel to me . and also he accused me say you went to china the reason why he said that because i mention it to one of trade people i went whoa whoa holiday i told her i might go to travel holiday for a few days but of course when the news of the out bad is happening in china so we cancel the tree. so even i wasn't trying to expand i didn't go they didn't believe

me and assuming i has gone to china why do you think you in particular were asked to leave the market. for 1st so i there a pew accuse musa has gone to try and which you mean. get the ballots already secondly i don't know why they did it to me because i don't why they asked me to leave because my identity or become my skin color because i believe there's so many people. the mucky hole so we can people travel from different place in my you know in my already in fact that about us and the maybe the skin color of omisore didn't worry about it is that it is just only tighen me so that's a was make me so upset and feeding this issue and there's no as far as i

understand that you've been at this market for 15 years so you're not a stranger here is that correct not just right because i'm a senior trader in you know in so as well as make me so upset if attacked stranger which is me i can just taking in and would be too to be upset but the trouble is listing me and i have people who i work so many years so wish me was really shocking things to people who are seeing this and have fears about the spread of the coronavirus what is your message. well i just would like to appeal to populate we don't need to over panic as you we all should fight about us today that and most important things don't win these fear by attacking asian people because. the fight is not found as people also wish you

good to get help each. other and respect and there's no need more attacking. anybody at least issues there's no thank you very much for speaking to us i don't. think a virus that doesn't discriminate based on race so should we as you consider that here is advice on how you can protect yourself against the virus the public advice is pretty simple but what repeating wash your hands frequently with soap and water alcohol based hand sanitizers are a good alternative energy for touching your eyes nose and mouth if you do sneeze for example cough cover your nose and mouth with a tissue then throw it in the bin anyone with flu symptoms should avoid close contact with others stay at home if you happen to live in an area affected by the coronavirus avoid life of food markets and contact with animals and

finally avoid spitting in public while largely to boo spitting remains common in many places and health officials warn that spitting spreads disease. indonesia has one of the highest numbers of female genital mutilation cases in the world according to the u.n. nearly 50 percent or 70000000 women have undergone the procedure the majority of them before they are 6 months old rights groups have long been calling for a ban on if g.m. but religious tradition and widespread superstition in indonesia influenced the choice of many families. the decision has already been made poetry is just 3 years old but she's already undergone an irreversible surgery that's fraught with controversy and she had no choice in the matter.

the circumcision was done when she was a week old. we went to a clinic and got it down there. to have the 1st point is mainly for hygiene for children's health so they can grow up healthy. female genital mutilation or if g.m. has been practiced for generations across indonesia the world's biggest muslim majority country for many it's considered a rite of passage. previous generations felt the same way about it. they did it because of their beliefs and they didn't have a problem with it it's totally safe and the girls grow up just fine just a few doors down a similar story. that all the morons and it's a tradition that has been around for generations a girl must be circumcised before she's 40 days old if you wait until she gets bigger she may feel embarrassed but when she's

a baby she doesn't have any feelings of shame. it's estimated nearly half of all women in indonesia have undergone the procedure in 2006 the government tried to ban the practice religious clerics reacted releasing an aide declaring it a part of religious tradition less than 5 years later a new regulation allowing health practitioners to perform if g.m. was introduced still many doctors disagree with it. magically there is no benefit to female circumcision in fact it's more dangerous than beneficial especially if it is carried out by someone who is not a trained medical professional. for all the medical expertise in evidence against if g.m. the practice continues leaving millions of girls like poetry to carry the scars for the rest of their lives joining us now stronger parviz 3

a women's rights activist in. this very street it's a very difficult subject at about age and for women to talk about but what have they told you or how does female genital mutilation affect women's lives well. 5 years ago i asked for mad we won so if i thought from the female genital mutilation of cutting in indonesia and. at that time she was like 16 and see got the female genital mutilations are cutting at that time when she was 6 years old and you know after 10 years she still remember what what has happened to her and it's really brought a very you know my kind of flood damage on the psychological. side of her and she still remembered to hurt the feeling and off of course it is not

easy because that by wednesday there with that she had to. went to see i was thirsty conduct the f g c r f g m r c right so can you imagine when yeah after you got these f.g.c. and you had to go to the sea to clean yourself so you got the wood and the woman got the salt see the sights and after 10 years says to remember that. very clear in her mind so for some women in indonesia the you know. it's really a fact the. big right especially in the idea of that especially in the idea that really doing a lot. of this kind of practice is. oversteer women's rights activist

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