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thanks ily. ily. business women in africa face plenty of challenges album and to make is adding to the look of the difficulties and opportunities facing the continent's women entrepreneurs. also want to show indonesian workers hit the streets they say new legislation favors investors at the expense of labor rights and the environment. and new york is struggling to get back on its feet after a difficult lockdown of the spring a workers there are determined to keep the city running. the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us the pandemic is

a challenge for women around the world they've been more likely to face layoffs or stop working to take care of children or the elderly that's also true in kenya where business run by women for women is struggling to get through the pandemic. once upon a time because the worry was synonymous with hope the jewelry company was set up in 1975 the idea to give vulnerable fingal mothers a job and free medical care it was a successful model the shop especially popular with tourists who once flocked to purchase the handmade creations. but kovac 19 has ended it all. lack of food for all and a drop in order is have forced bosses to layoff the vast majority of customer restock. we have $200.00 that place single mothers locking the factory but right now we have only that place in milwaukee so we must and we depend on to

audience but sites now we struggling to get all of us to maintain the that place single mothers. for the women who remain times are tough. beth what sharon has 4 children to take care of she's also got knowns that are rapidly accumulating interest what otoh it. it's become difficult to feed and clothe our children. and away from home oh i decided to do that 18 stories like this are playing out across kenya unemployment in the country has doubled to tamper samson for pandemic struck in march the spread of the virus an unhappy reminder that even fairytale like projects such as conserving aren't guaranteed a happy ending. i'm joined now by unit health munshi spokeswoman for women

entrepreneurs in germany and africa you have good to have you on the show we often hear the pandemic as a real challenge for women in particular when it comes to their work lives because of responsibilities that are often put on them or traditionally placed on them at home is that the same in africa from what you know. it definitely is i mean working and getting a decent living for the families is a challenge in africa even though in times of know this but now it's getting even more difficult because of course it's the women that's on the jobs that are least hates that are working in the households imputes in everything and those are the people that are laid off 1st plus the businesses that they have they cannot do any more if they're not in the house it's a unit we just saw a story about an entrepreneur in africa in kenya whether mark will business for women she's a woman obviously how is the environment for women entrepreneurs in places like

kenya and other african countries so outside of the pandemic i should say before the pandemic. yeah so i mean what's it like if you know from our network women into printers if brady is that it's even more difficult to get specially the financing and to get acknowledged as the female business entrepreneur because there's no there's no idea that women have knowledge of doing in business they do household they do the family maybe a little bit to following so if they're not accompanied by a man and prefer really their house and then there's there's no financing available for them plus the legal situation in many countries is very difficult if women are not allowed to hold land titles and such because and how are they going to have collaterals for their financing of their business at the same time we do see high rates of women entrepreneurs in africa especially relative some other western

european countries i would say you and i would talk about this earlier what do we see. well and the amazing thing is that into premiership in monk women in on the continent is so much higher than anywhere else in the world you see like 24 percent of the young businesses saying up to 42 months and being led by women on the continent whereas in europe we only have 6 percent so that's why i think that we should really start learning from that and different areas spirit of african women all right you have health month spokeswoman for women entrepreneurs in germany in africa thank you very much for joining us. for that brief look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. the world trade organization is set to be led by a woman for the 1st time ever after gerry an economist in the goes. and south korea's trade minister your own hey become the final 2 candidates in the running

the new boss will face the challenge of restoring order to the crisis hit body. the world bank says the coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive a 3.3 percent contraction in sub-saharan african economies and could push 40000000 africans there into extreme poverty the washington based lender added that the sub-saharan region also sees some of the most destructive impacts of global warming . samsung earned more than $10000000000.00 in the last quarter a jump of almost 60 percent from a year earlier that according to the korean electronics maker the chip orders from huawei propped up sales of the chinese smartphone makers efforts to build stockpiles ahead of u.s. sanctions in mid september. and to indonesia now were demonstrations against the controversial new labor law have turned violent with protesters clashing against police but the new legislation cuts corporate tax rates and slashes regulations and it was rushed through parliament on monday critics fear the new law favors investor

it's at the expense of workers. long live labor the cry indonesia is in the grip of protest for days angry workers have been dining there too and chalking up streets across the country this man's pluck says he's missing his waiting to be there. they're furious about a new law that they see strips away their rights and the environment at risk. we will continue making demands because it determines our lives if needed we will go to the city hall again to morrow. president says the sweeping reforms are necessary to create jobs lure investment and revive the economy after a rough year. but the measure sparked a 3 day strike that saw revolting factory workers march in defiance. there were ugly seems to as police clashed with demonstrators. and in the

capital jakarta officers used tear gas to disperse crowds a police van was ransacked in the violence. more than 20 arrests were made and in one case an officer assaulted a man being detained. the police van was traveling to pick up the protesters who we had ended when it was making a u. turn on this street on the protesters suddenly attacked the car there were hundreds of them they ransacked and flipped the car the police warned them to stop the action but they ignored us. and this may just be the beginning the controversial bill has not yet been published in fool. and now to new york where small businesses are fighting for survival after an especially rough outbreak in spring from cabbies to retailers real estate brokers everyone is

feeling the sting. 5th avenue symbol of new york's prosperity looks abound and. big retail chains are considering giving up it's just not worth it. restaurants and small stores are struggling to survive there are more and more homeless people on the streets. on the job is no longer worthwhile for yellow cabs either only about a quarter of the taxis are still on the streets cappy victor is behind the wheel for the 1st time in 5 months even told by quitting his yellow cab and tardy. many of us i'm not working right now most of us are not working i need so much coming back to work. they usually i know for a 5 day working like the same thing 16 hours of me there to make ends meet. jenny's toy store was closed for 2 and

a half months sales have been drastically down since she reopened just 5 percent of what they were before that way too little to cover her horrendous rent like all new yorkers jenny has very care political opinions she's a big fan of vice presidential candidate camila harris and she blames mismanagement of the coronavirus epidemic by trump for the economic crisis but one of trump is reelected i don't know. if it's a scary really really scary thought to say the south will have a revolution i think. i hope i help how could it be. some of the office towers downtown have only 10 percent occupancy more and more companies are cutting back on office space right now there are 26 percent more vacancies in the residential market than last year prices for bigger apartments especially are down 10 to 15 percent. even in prime locations like central park.

kathy is doing great business she thinks it's a strong market for investors. at $3000000.00 this apartment is a real bargain. and see. if you believe in the long term value of new york city yes it may be you know a rough couple of years but if you're going to hold it for 510 years you're going to do very well. so business is good for the rich though it means disaster for people who already were having a hard time before the pandemic but new york wouldn't be new york if it could be beaten that easily and i think this virus is not going to just stop who you are of course a new york city we leave you to glory again i'm a new yorker. you know. we don't give up. we don't you know come with us when you're tough. despite everything the spirit of new york the metropolis the coronavirus really went to town on seems i'm broken.

all right from new york to iceland's where one man is battling to clear the streets of the capital reykjavik from discarded chewing gum 70 year old. and has cleaned up over 15000 pieces of chewing gum from the city streets in the past 11 weeks he says it's rewarding to wipe the sticky blobs away his project is sponsored by local companies do wish people would stop and think before gobbling the gum out and city streets. there you have it that's it for me and a business team here in berlin you want to check out more to look for us on the dot com slash business facebook and twitter as well thanks for watching.

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