history of slavery i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on t.w. . this is the the after news asia coming up a special edition ahead of international women's day on sunday today on the program a plan that women. divides the country into those 4 of those against. the rule of women. for the tragedy they didn't cause. those face social stigma. korea's. look at how. breaking barriers.

and a special episode on the challenges that women in asia face as they assert their place in rapidly changing societies we begin in pakistan where a planned march by women on sunday has run into fia's opposition from most rightwing and islamic groups one of these groups is being blamed for defeat this painted on the wall of a house in the capital islamabad the middle was blackened allegedly by seminary students linked to a radical cleric based in the capital the women's march or ordered march as it's known locally is also generating furious debate online this street that we put up

on the wall from one of the march organizers she says women's bodies are seen as objects and for centuries women have been advertised objectified violated bundt raped and maimed it's hard to accept that they're not yours another user. affects the view of many conservatives that it's all the work of a liberal troublemakers i assure you that neglected women in interior parts of the country have nothing to do with this march and why is it always the n.g.o.s that are against institutions armed forces and mother saw as his street ending with the hostile we reject made out just maybe modesty but that's a phrase in order to which has become the slogan for this year's women's mud there you see women of the law press club chanting made out just made my body my choice.

for more i'm joined by she was a villain from did. shows it good to see you just made my body my choice why this particular slogan. well british in pakistan the attitude of people mostly 2 words women is that the. freshest something to be guarded something to be protected and that's why women have been told for centuries how to stand how to walk how to talk how many children they should have who should they should marry and women are saying that we are fed up with this enough is enough we want to take charge of our bodies and that is why i had this slogan strikes at the heart of patriarchy religious believes that people are brought of it and they feel rattled because it's an attack on the stablish norms in order but so much opposition was so much opposition to it. well what we're seeing this is opposition from religious clerics. the red mosque for example in

islamabad which is known for connection to the jihad these and preaching an extreme view of islam and other political parties coming out to say that we are going to stop this woman's march it happened last year it was still rated it happened year before that it was tolerated but this year the situation is tense and the administration is trying to make sure that there is no more violence there is no harassment but i think the religious lobby is representing an overall overall conservative view of many pakistanis who believe that this is a veteran conspiracy this is a. security solution of sorts that women are calling for greater freedom and that's why they are opposing it are women getting any support from the government of pakistan. individual ministers have come out saying david supported the opposition leader but those are dotty has said he supports it but for the most

part people are staying quiet because this is now being seen as a very divisive issue now remember pakistan is one of those countries where women are not safe they are attacked for marrying joyous. just thrown on their faces did a few was a proposal but it's also a country which produces a 1st female prime minister of muslim birth being as he put oh it's a country which has produced manalo use of z. and other icons like. because these women are courageous and they are often not afraid to stand up even when men chicken out because of authoritarianism or because of control so that is why this is being increasingly seen as a threat by the stablished order show thanks very much for that. the world's largest mangrove forests. support not just the rich diversity of plants and animals but also the livelihoods of some $4000000.00 people but each year while

working in the forest some for the apex predator these parts the bengal tiger for the families particularly for the widowed women. it means being ostracized by the village called tiger over those they are viewed as the cause of their partner's death and excluded from social contact for the suppose that bad luck they bring. rejected by her family branded as a witch. her husband a honey hunter was killed by a tiger. everybody stays away nobody even asks what's happening not even the village chief. women like her are astra sized and roll bangladesh. so-called tiger widows are blamed for their husband's misfortune and become pariahs just when they need help the most.

the. little girl who i worked as a maid and fished in the river to raise my children after my husband's death. i received some money after he died. i used to build these hearts but the cycle and took it away again. and when i don't know what i'll do what. poverty drives men into the sunderbans forest in search of honey wood and fish. and right into the path of hungry tigers. apex predators now competing with humans for space as climate change and development shrink their natural habitat. on average 50 people are killed by tigers each year a stroke of bad luck that haunts the families left behind.

by people often say i am a bad cursed woman. turned. around the fact that they say my husband was killed because i bad mouth somebody. hard for you they keep blaming me for his death. a local charity works to reintegrate. back into society. but change is slow in the sunderbans. close by and superstition dies hard. water has been described as the worst country in the world to be a woman roughly 2 thirds of girls are out of school and. forced to do but for those who are different life for themselves the obstacles never stops. with every

customer soraya she he takes a huge risk afghanistan's 1st female tattoo artist has faced death threats because of hard job. but she refuses to let the intimidation stop prologue of drawing on people skin. my ex waiting to choose is my profession and it's a profession i love it doesn't matter if my client is male or female i'll do tattoos for them. for afghanistan's mostly conservative society our profession is a red flag men and women aren't supposed to even touch each other unless they're related on marriage and strict moved limbs consider tattoos a new girl under islamic law. is vain and forbid it doesn't make young people any more attractive it just brings them disgrace it has no benefit whatsoever for the. male to 2 artists toothpaste rights.

they have even threatened beat me with burn my shot and i told them that is fine. with them burn my shop do whatever you can. just because of threats i won't flee from my country. it is my homeland. is just as defiant she sees her art as a way to challenge afghanistan's social order one to a time she's proud of her independence as a divorced woman and single mother even though the political future of afghanistan is uncertain the very idea of all return of the taliban interrupts our work or restricts the freedom of women then i will be the 1st woman to stand against them armed with a needle and courage soraya shahidi is trying to redraw social rules in a modern afghanistan. they're standing in her studio in south korea's 1st main thing. as you have again south korea's 1st main female

news anchor in a country with the world's largest economy it's taken 7 decades for a veteran journalist like lease or jong to be promoted to the main news anchor's role it's a landmark development in a traditional and conservative society and it's making headline news. stepping into the spotlight and pushing through the glass ceiling besides breaking news journalist lisa g. only is also breaking boundaries becoming south korea's 1st ever female main news anchor so the country is transformed itself into a modern economic powerhouse culturally it's still often a man's world. so you don't want to go there at all you know traditionally the main news anchor would be an older experienced man and beside him there would be a young female announcer who is pretty like a flower. and stars are just you know. lee is no newcomer

to the business the award winning reporter has been with public broadcasting k.b.'s since 2003 but even she thought this top job would be out of reach. without realizing i myself was thinking it would be impossible for that to be a female main anchor at any time before i retired. overall luckily for her she was wrong now she hopes her trailblazing will make it easier for the women who follow the foregoing records i've toyed. i hope people will no longer be interested in whether the anchor is a woman or a man. but i will try to stop defining myself as a female journalist i'm a journalist and a news anchor. in concord. a story she hopes that will

soon stop being newsworthy. 60 or to print news articles make news that's about today it will even out of school girls in india preparing for home often off this plane for international women's day on sunday we're back next week it's you that told us. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship and just want to be shadow and if you missed a force when official information as a journalist i had to walk off the street so many can trust and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent

when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the microphones will have decided to put their trust in us. johnny paris and i work. here. thousands of indians scramble to withdraw their savings lines form outside branches of the popular bank after the central bank takes control of the cash strapped lender we'll take you to delhi. going into crisis management mode european companies are coping with the coronavirus as it continues to spread across this part of the world and the bigger they are the heart of a full new figures show just how dependent germany is on china and europe's largest economy ride out this crisis. and let's see business shares in india's

yes bank have plunged by as much as 85 percent the central bank has imposed withdrawal limits for cost measures to prevent the collapse of the private lender it sent the rupee falling to its weakest level since 2018. thousands of customers all across india have rushed out to a draw their money from bank but they can only get $50000.00 rupees per month that's around $600.00 euros one of india's largest banks is now under direct control of the reserve bank of india that guarantees all deposits are safe and that nobody should worry about their money but the issuances are easing everybody's mind .