what secrets lie behind small. discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore fascinating. world heritage 368. hello that it's great to have you with us again you very warm welcome to the 77 percent the show for you africa's youth i eddie mike. so the theme for this week's show is tackling violence against women yes what's coming up. alcohol violence we travel to south africa to find out. streets debates we've discussed how social media and the powerful weapon against sexual violence. i mean clearly.

now all around the weld the globe in 1000 crisis caused a dramatic increase in domestic abuse cases in south africa however when these claimed that reported cases fell substantially some link this to the country's ban on alcohol let's take a deeper look. alexandra outside johannesburg for activists from gun free south africa a lobby in full fuel fire on and i'll call sales around 7 women each day in south africa and femicide violence against women has been declared a national crisis the ban on alcohol has made the streets safer believes mariam not very much and alcohol doesn't make people do things it gives them because it can do things and i think a lot of people can agree with that the 3 of us when we were walking down to the school we didn't they were a bunch of men and they didn't even look at us funny will make us feel

uncomfortable and so i think those are the type of changes that i know and i think especially for young women that's something we've been longing to see in response to the covert 19 pandemic the government totally banned alcohol sales reported crime rates fell domestic violence dropped significantly murder went down by 70 percent as did emergency hospital admissions however helplines report to the opposite there has been an explosion in coal seeking help regarding gender based violence and alcohol abuse is a huge problem in south africa. trying to trace this time of going to. the controversial gabala church and southern johannesburg is comprised of hope and top gun owners who claim drinking is a sacred activity we are losing and the good lord knows that we have you ever found our lucic and i know you don't want everyone. pulling in

cooler being an informal bomb and does not believe alcohol abuse drives violence in south africa. had thought before. i don't believe it's because of. maybe. if someone is planning to do something they will do it and that's all no it. i don't know why because. you are only. making in the whole. household sales of big business in south africa the local industry claims 117000 jobs have already been lost due to the fact entrepreneur. is south africa's 1st black female brewery oh no she's invested about a 1000000 euros into her machinery limiting the coal industry will not solve south africa's social ills. she has something coming out of the lock down that is an

industry where we need to spend more effort on educate people more about the dangers of abuse and promote more moderate drinking you know which would. would would minimize some of the social ease that we have. while the gun free south africa activists don't support a total ban on alcohol they certainly welcome restrictions on liquor sales. i think dick cheney is just bringing a change and making us more comfortable making us feel more safe making us feel like i can actually be a stay while the law and alcohol ban may have affected violent crime statistics many remain skeptical of whether these numbers reflect the actual reality of violence against women in south africa. sadly violence against women is widespread in many african societies on our facebook page to africa we asked you guys to tell

us how deep the sexual on gender based violence is rooted in your society now let's go check out some of these comments my re louise from konar creek says the authorities are trying their best to fight such crimes but social pressure and prejudice often defeats families who prefer to keep quiet or drop the charges of a comment from laos she from nigeria says the rip culture in nigeria has been perpetrated for too long its evolution against women and law enforcement must do more to end these atrocities thank you guys for sharing your thoughts with us i nigeria women have had enough and we send a wave of sexual and gender based violence against young women lead to protest again on the streets and via social media in our street debate reports are needed to money talks to activist in nigeria's capital abuja about how social media can be

used to fight sexual violence. when the mitsu movement began online it started what cannot and will not be stopped a conversation about sexual and gender based violence that movement mushroomed across many parts of the world including right here in nigeria well today raina bludger and we're trying to find out just how effective is social media in the fight against sexual and gender based violence and you know john i want to begin with the lady who actually started a movement here called arrow on me to our own meaning the northen part of nigeria for korea how did it feel when you started this hashed out what inspired you to do it and what was the impact immediately a young girl. came on twitter and she she opened up about her experience of abuse 2 years ago and for me it was just a tweet made out of silly diary but i didn't know it was going to open up you know

a can of worms because what it turned out to be was that people found a safe space in the hash tag so this is sort of the work that you're doing in the north looking at investigating but to clearly gender roles to what effect has cultural contributed to what we're hearing here we have this culture of shyness you know it's kind of like get it in things you don't talk about the feel like it's immoral to talk about sex talk about you know how to handle yourself how to protect yourselves i was in rural communities and communities so i used to believe that you know those people because they don't have access to education that's why you know the victims of this but then dario i meet a movement just open my eyes to the fact that even the most educated of us in the society also going through the same things so let's take a step back you're saying that social media opened up the voices of the people who are otherwise silenced mariyam away sue is very popular now in the global scene she was arrested because of her campaign especially because of this so how bad is

a problem people are willing to go above and beyond to silence those who dare to you know rebel to change the norm so there's a lot of danger i guess in doing that personal and otherwise apart from the online attacks who you know that are just never ending death threats so yeah you know you could get arrested while the rapist went on there are people there in a panic get raped rush rush into a police station and the kind of reception they get you know it's it's another form of trauma right i was in a police station with minors who were raped and the police said she was a suspect and they were dragging her telling her to take her shoes and they were going to put her in solitary confinement if i. get raped god forbid there's no way i'm going to go to the police tonight and i'd rather come on social media so obviously by no standards does it sound ok and i was reading that right here you

know there were women who were collected taken to a police station on suspicion of being prostitutes and some of them came out with stories of being raped and your police superintendent said well women are not supposed to be out in the streets anyway how are women supposed to trust you when this sort of behavior has been perpetuated by police officers. yeah. we've had. several complaints right now we have agenda desk they've been going for special training how to receive such cases but that's in me. now let's go back to. even to social media until today because maybe 14. who does she go to she doesn't exists so she goes home price to home doesn't force present. this. you're about to get married if you do that it's about you she just keeps quite even if you talk to. any confirmations of people

who've been arrested who've lost their jobs as a result of this movement the person that i outed as a rapist got you know sacked from his job as far as i'm concerned that is a consequence that you cannot go anywhere that men are being forced to say oh my god i'm hanging out with this girl today i'm i going to wake up to a hash tag i'm i going to be unable to show my face in the mosque and that is a consequence that has to start somewhere but obviously there are limitations to social media and i'd like to hear from a gentleman because i often hear men see that they're now scared what happens if a woman makes an allegation about him online and there's no evidence to support it i guess some people do feel that because of the lifestyle of the lead and because of grey areas. and constant and how we communicated sometimes they do feel that threat i suppose but speaking about the limitations of social media certain people

in society here believe that social media is not to be trusted the internet is genuinely space to be treated with some level of course i want to come to the officer because this challenge is directly affect your work you know when somebody comes and says this is the claim that i made how do you go about collecting evidence when the situation has started online that's why i wanted to mention to them the movement is ok but i would advise they get a lawyer you mean to tell me that if i come to your police station and i tell you that my husband has beat me up you'll send me to find a lawyer yeah i would invited one is that it is it's a one time affair why should that matter that's what we said back to cultural we like it or not when they look at me straight i'm trying is a complaint from him you see is that you mr hope that's one report right so we believe no we have to hear from him. and see if the evidence is on everything we can work on. the social media not everything brought out there is

actually true so as a rule of thumb you do not believe the victim unless their witnesses and often gender based violence happens in isolation they usually no witnesses on any kind of crime the 1st one is the confessional. every hour we have to go around and find out how and why when and we are ok i really want to talk about solutions what needs to be done even from 2 went down to an individual's level. so the conversation has shown as the limitations of social media which is that we can highlight a problem but you need systems to prosecute but when people know that when big commit a crime they can get away with it because prosecution rates a really low so you understand that this is a reflection of a broken system we have to be able to you know understand the gaps that exist in

our society and beyond awareness and you know beyond the laws they need to be implemented for them to work thank you so much i have to admit that it has been very tough very very tough the things that was said here were not expected but i'm glad that we're winding up to the sound of the maghreb in the background hopefully the prayers will cleanse over our societies so that we can speak of something much lighter and much better thank you for watching from a buddha. a well that was definitely an intense and revealing debate thanks to all the brave women for speaking out and sharing the out personal stories with us now if you want to watch the longer version of the debates just visit you tube channel we men are responsible for this culture of silence so it's odd duty to help break the cycle we

must encourage victims of rape to report crimes and seek justice so criminals can be convicted. now if you've been a reef victim and wondering how to deal with it and break we our very own sex and relationship experts because some advice for you. hello there and welcome to the spread a safe space where we get to discuss everything sex and relationships for those of you that have been following us and sending us in your e-mail thumbs up to you remember if you have a question please feel free to send us an e-mail at the e-mail address provided below today's episode is a little bit sensitive and i do urge that if you do want to share your opinion please be kind and sensitive our e-mail today comes from lola and it reads cat i write this email with tears in my eyes as i have no idea what to do about a year ago i went to a party with some friends we had a few too many drinks and i vaguely remember one of my close guy friends trying to

take advantage of my situation cut to the next morning i wake up and he sleeping next to me there's blood on the sheets and i'm sure he took advantage of me as i slept. i did nothing about it at the time but it's eating me now and i want him to pay for causing so much trauma in my life this year what should i do it's these conversations that cause me so much anger and grief and i really hate that it's something that you have to deal with conversations around consent are still going over the heads of so many men it's disgusting do better but anyway all there are spaces that are run by women inside the police station that are created specifically to make women feel safe your next step is to contact a lawyer who specifically deals with gender based violence if you google some of the law firms in your area you should be able to find somebody who is even willing to take your case on pro bono your lawyer will then advise you on the best way

forward keep in mind you're going to have to keep recounting this incident over and over so i urge muster all the courage that you can because you're going to need it for this phase which brings me to my next point therapy it's so easy for us to get lost in the myriad of thoughts that could be unsafe and even cause harm you need an unbiased voice of reason that's going to guide you through this difficult time especially if you feel it might get too much a professional is the perfect person to create support and safety and you are doing great your courage is helping so many people who are going through similar situation we wish you the best going forward and know this we support you and we stand by you and finally a warning to the perpetrators of these heinous crimes rape is about power and control and is never justifiable under any circumstances you will be found and justice will be so stop raping women stop sexually abusing women let's make

this world a better place and don't be a part of the problem from me kaz stay safe. thank you guys for the useful information men have a huge rule to help make this world a better place now talking about the rule of men let's take you to syria where some men are heading back to school but the subject is not about school grades it's about how to become a better husband. these 2 men find themselves in a school class but once again but this time it's a little different this is a has been. just of pedia teaches the men how to become better husbands today while the subject of domestic grit and violence is not ready to be in sierra leone just of p.d.'s motivation to run this has been sweet it's very possible. he made. it why so one was ripped he

said of the. support. he will need to. protect the all around. limmy had that. or. a course on how to become a good has been takes about half a year with 3 sessions per month and the message seems to get across. no. mistakes. in. the 1st session and just have pedia direct a role playing session the idea men put themselves in their wives' shoes around 200000 women who are victims of gender based violence during sera leon civil war

from 1900 to 2002 in 2019 president marta bill declared read a national emergency after a young girl became paralyzed after being raped idiot believes the men's behavior is a consequence of this country's violent past. that's. the somebody took aim somebody it's a mine. but do classes like these actually affect the relationships in families. but in the hospital strong 2 years ago. this woman and i used to. and. i used to brave the children of food i had had at the time i joined the school training. has been school hadn't come here my husband would still use violence against me and

. i'm like cities these looted access to radio stations newspapers or television in sierra leone in state information finds its way through engaging directly with the community. i do believe that it's possible for all values and we are talking about. the. big young man who we believe in the community we are from. so that our 42 has been school. believes changing the mindset of future generations begins with changing the mindset of a single mind. schools dedicated to making men better. i think that's that's

a beautiful concept because clearly most men do not understand the huge responsibility it is to be a husband we have to learn to be better. now that that i'm sure has settled in their own to introduce you to khadr arlie at the age of 5 as a manager of how the money lands capital. is empowering women and young on top in this. my name is charlie i was born here and had a son and i left here when i was 5 years old. the time we left we were told like don't forget greek home. isn't the only kind of temporary. going to come back. so i was one of those kids who would get my vision board right. going to go back and do great things there i always kind of knew

that's what i'm. when i was in canada i remember growing up having multiple identities being muslim being so all the being female and the spaces that i was entering whether it was the mosque in the school or just that whole i felt like each one of those spaces kind of. didn't consider my experience few years ago i saw impact and so this is kind of my dream i was really interested in what they were doing and went to conferences have certain expectations where before it was this is where you're from your carrier and i really got passionate about space. to help manage her head. against the earth and start.

to look out of our digital design academy this is the location young people get to learn physical design skills like graphic design motion graphics and coding we're happy to host them in this space i mean this space was really with them in mind i'm so fulfill this kind of role working. working. in a hub like best where it's dynamic i feel like i can never get bored i love that connecting to so many factors in terms of like creating more employment giving more attention and access to finance for having a fun especially for young women and i know i think that only the living space a lot of people are more encouraged by that and unfortunately create policies or an environment that really doesn't work for them. what i would advise anyone who is

interesting. returning back to their country is be open minded and all that hard work you're putting over there you can put it into here and see it 10 times i believe. what i'm inspiring story i think it's always great to have members of the diaspora investing in development projects. but hey guys sadly we've already come to the end of the show but hey let's keep the fight for women empowerment going you can hit me up on twitter at the mike or just send to milton 77 a d w dot com it's always lovely to hear from you and it seems only fitting to end this episode with the powerful female voice let me be a single songwriter shani it has song minority she pleads for equal rights for all

people regardless of religion gender sexuality or skin color goodbye for me but over to you society. any. don't treat them of mine for. true. love me again. you know me well probably. be. getting on with the game you want to. believe will be a big disappointment made me think you can change blowing up be a. good day to let me look at me tell me what.

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