givings until this very day human trafficking has shaped the way. this is the journey back into the 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 10th on t.w. . this woman is helping her but you've lost to medicinal plants and knowledge this woman is empowering indigenous women in the buys a forest and this woman is working to convince people to switch to alternatives of

plastic we met these silent teenagers to tell me about their inspiring stories hello welcome to the core india and some of that i'm coming to you from mumbai. for centuries women have been the keep us with traditional knowledge often to them or to me from their mothers and grandmothers to be a lot of it has been lost. in the by the movements led by women can be seen in so many parts of the world we make one such woman. was sustainable use of by being lost need to cops and in the process enabling the local community to be self-reliant. if. it is a quite more it could be a small village in the southern indian estate of timing. and how little shop bought of a peanut garage is suggesting some home remedies to

a young mother she has been quietly leading across troops movement for the last 20 years conserving the biodiversity of the region through a devival of traditional and medicinal plants. almost $65.00 plus nothing has population depends upon traditional medicines for health care of world health organization estimates however climate change and overharvesting as lead to a massive destruction of these plans about $300.00 species in india are currently under threat of extinction. the kuwaiti bio region that barred the dividends is said to the still be home to over $800.00 indigenous the species of plums. for what he learned about native as a child also growing up to be the 1st woman to graduate and how they. went about the leveling up but a lot of bottom of the end of when you get a good on the bottom you belong to a family of traditional herb and he hears everyone in my religious use to come to

my house for medication at this juncture i was diagnosed with a skin disease when i was merely 3 days old and. what i had my family struggled hard to find a cure on to the succeeded when i was 7. even at that age i learned to discern which was used for a lot of the b.s. sort of the get out in the morning and then to give the planet up i'd be on the part of the mighty. she did her master's in human rights because then called to a project by the end my mental picture on the conformist organization based in common not as a herbal health worker. and. she formed self-help groups that would encourage them and to set up god's souls and produce close to 40 herbal remedies cosmetics and organic foods helping these verman on a living man for the 1st time at. all for it sustainably from nearby forest and kitchen gardens dried and hand processed and sold at

a nominal course starting at 42 p. to nearby villages and organic and submissions so they want to do that and i and a lot of the and they've been idea if you see in our village for instance the most common problems are in back pain any part for that we used locally sourced herbs to make an oil that eases the pain we have paved the way for the natives to use it easy to manage it along that mahdi and what about you know what's around. the remote village of not too cooper is one of the most disadvantaged regions in the district. earlier government well as cheap labor tears as this and franchised house . to the somehow group they have gained a certain degree of independence. my family didn't let me study i got mattered as soon as i completed my 12th standard in school after i b.b.q. and one i attended meetings of a self-help group calling anybody interested in working with. at 1st i was

skeptical about how i would work with a young kid and by that i could work with others in the team and one of. the neighboring and niners. plans are grown for other. self-help groups as well as for home gardeners across the state. had the most sustainability is one of our most important principles. people the home of the law and then i notice it is only one and if i need $500.00 plants i take only $500.00 seeds the rest will fall down and will become forest again only if we are proved plants will it impact the forest and that god area that in the view of it is them to become forest again there is nor risk of destruction here or that one of them might have been a god of god one of them and i have the run out of. sustainability is the key driver that ran through all the self-help groups set up by poverty she tells us

how they have come to create a system that guarantees it. a lot of us also if they're lucky if there is a local resource and it's an abundance you plan on how we can create value added products from it in case there is a shortage of any plant we decide on how one can replant a gated community a lot of them have it and again it was a local. thanks to paul within our gardens by meeting. have found their way back to our kitchens and hundreds of women have become pregnant for their families. women stand of the frontline of climate change you may have heard this or seen this on the news but what does this mean exactly and why are women facing higher risks by the impact of climate change let's take an in-depth look. all around the world

women are leading movements that call for governments to take action against climate change in a crisis that's manmade and they are taking the biggest toll on women women are among the groups most impacted by climate change but why. all the time lisa stingel a stalking when this family members challenge for it is going to challenge for them and in many developing countries many believe rural areas migrating to the city to find work and women are left to take care of their families and their farms relying on the natural resources most impacted by climate change to live. and prevailing inequalities across society put them at higher risk. let's take the example of women farmers worldwide women make up at least 43 percent of the agricultural workforce and yet less than 15 percent of all landowners are women

. that means their land tenure. security is nonexistent in many cases this is seaman khayyam a policy adviser on sustainable development and acting chief for economic empowerment at the un women they don't have the same access as men to agricultural inputs by that we mean seeds and fertilizer and equipment and knowledge and technology so when there is a climate change impact whether it's. extreme weather events or prolonged periods of heat or cold women have fewer economic resources to be able to withstand those shocks. those are just some of the direct impact climate related disasters can also lead to further

hardship and increased poverty in some cases parents are unable to feed their children and take desperate measures. even a 1516 year old or. girls are being trafficked this is a matter of chatter g a community worker at the salvation forum for environment more safe based in calcutta sometimes. out of sheer poverty. in the agenda. that i'm getting her mad it a guy who are. some maybe are animal related ones and most cases you find those marriages end up in human trafficking but women are not just impacted by climate change being on the front lines puts them in a unique position to find ways of adapting by creating climate resilient food systems working to preserve food and forming co-operatives because then we're left to do all the work that allows communities to so i mean with or nonwork culturally

women have the expertise that's vandana shiva a prominent indian environmental activist who's been working in the field for more than 40 years seems of compassion and there are presumed women through the culture . that didn't work come into to marginalize the. it's not only on the ground that women can have an impact currently women make up around a quarter of all national parliamentarians but there's evidence to suggest that if there were more it could bring change. there are studies that have shown that if you have women in parliament. those countries are have a greater likelihood of interacting and enforcing legislation that addresses climate change. activists say that needs to be representation at all

levels only then can progress be made in the fight against climate change. the knowledge and skills of women are priceless here in the crowded city of mumbai deep in the arctic forest a lot of this knowledge and traditions are still very lively but the exchange. is rare for a local social entrepreneur wanting to make the secrets of our indigenous women. our a forest is full of ancient trees and wild animals. 2000 acres of stunning nature in the midst of mumbai india's 2nd most populous city. cassandra nazareth is a businesswoman and activist from the mega city in 2020 she took part in a protest against plans to clear part of the forest to make room for

a trolley station the protest succeeded because sandra is still drawn to the woods . you i'm walking into are they trying to say what forest and i will be discovered a community which probably needs more saving than the forest. around 7000 indigenous people live in are a forest. you definitely are you if you look at me and you think you are actually going to be i'm never going to let go of all the many who are ready and willing there's a little but i don't normally like the board at all but you know what. women like sue make a book could you cook steamed rice wheat a traditional dish of the wily tribe. because sandra nazareth helps the women of our a forest find customers in mumbai this helps them earn money and increases their self-confidence . madam amended. before madam nazareth came

here we were too shy to talk but then she looked people in the face and told them to speak up even now she encourages us to talk openly and courageously with the authority. and this well was clogged but now water flows once again. i don't know from mumbai recently paid 275000 rupees or 3000 euros to build a new well women now have more time and independence to do other activities rather than fetching water. they don't have the luxury of getting water with. you don't they have to sort of for the what. before there were no toilets here. but they were made available to be no drinking water facility but they gave us drilled wells and flour mills before that happened

we had to go a long way for water but now it's available near our homes. now the art of the people also covers these bags casandra nazareth sells them online and the proceeds go to the women. thinking this while a tribal art is well known in the world and i'm happy i know how to do it madame nazareth gave me painting supplies and pays me for it. women here have also learned other ways to create an income for themselves. they sell other plants from the forest. for certain stomach elements and this flower is for heart problems the medicine is made from these. although the wyly are in contact with the modern world they still try to honor their tradition as with this wedding. the bride wears

a stunning traditional dress. the groom makes offerings to the day it they believe live in trees. a bundle of sacred twigs symbolizes the forest as a witness to the marriage. i've learnt a lot of play interaction with these women they've. me in ways if i'm pushing them to be better i'll be able to push them to be better as cassandra nazareth his name is too far into the wiley they call her cash e-mailing light the spark was kindled by both sides now they work together to protect the last of mumbai's green lungs and the survival of the indigenous people of our a forest. indeed when women grew from being invisible to visible the whole society benefits let's go meet a young champion of that body and i want to honor from russia is yet another

example of how women can shape the world for the better she's devised a variety of ways to encourage people to plant trees to ship overseas 6000. that with a plant the forest project. what looks like random bunches of greenery are in fact pine tree saplings thousands of them already for planting marianna explains how it's done it's very simple you place the sampling in the hole then fill that with earth and shrink the saplings firmly betted in. 8000 saplings are due to be planted today here on the outskirts of moscow marianna monty on to ask for help online and an army of volunteers as responded she regularly invites members of the public to help air. rushes forests of taking quite a beating in recent years huge areas have been devastated by wildfires pests like

bark beetles pose a further challenge russia has more forest than any other country trees cover nearly half of this vast land. i think doing this since 2010 there were terrible wildfires back then welcome home of russia i saw a picture of huge well established trees being drawn across the fields by the wind they were breaking off like matchsticks. marianna munchie onil studied economics and initially worked in finance but she quit her job to devote all her attention to reforestation you can change the world one small step at a time and people will pull together for a good cause. everybody here wants to help people become more aware of nature again and to encourage them to do their bit to protect the environment. i want our planet to be as intact as

possible so that we have healthy air to breathe and leave our children and grandchildren an environment in which they can live well our environment is sick i don't want to inflict further injuries on the natural world. od back in her moscow apartment she's able to relax after all the hard work but she never loses sight of her goal. i didn't see a change in my earth and this is my mission in life i want to achieve great things for the benefit of society of the planet and nature of the planet looked at ord good afternoon my name is money i'm going hunting and i'm president of the russian climate fund i was the good. work has long since expanded beyond planting trees together with other environmental activists she puts out her own podcast bid to get the message out to more people but she's also developed

a mobile game app called plant the forest the aim is to promote interest in the well being of trees income from the app goes to plant new saplings. and you plenty more on the gamer has to collect points which then allow him to plant trees the idea is to inspire users so that they stop being indifferent towards our trees and so that they want to help with 3 forestation. with nothing. back to the forest on the outskirts of moscow it's time for lunch in the past 10 years marianna know and her helpers have planted more than a 1000000 trees that's the equivalent of around 1300 soccer fields a large number of volunteers of all ages have helped to make it possible last year she was selected by the united nations for the young champion of the earth award. soon this area should once again be

a strong healthy forest hopefully strong enough to withstand all the challenges of the future. when it comes to an independent life and earning a living many women still shy away from founding their companies but many who are often looking for a cause to support a social or involvement because we've met a few such entrepreneurs in germany. rolls and rolls of patterned material. and her husband i selecting the most suitable to use for their next batch of bees wax wraps. is a sign of your posh we use organic cotton coated with a layer of bees wax tree resin and to hobo oil the 3 components together are what we paint on to the material the mixture is the secrets behind the wraps. and the great thing is that these wax cloth allows food to breathe at the same time as

keeping it moist. condensation doesn't develop and that's basically why the plastic wrap food often goes. up plastic. the mother of 2 developed her prototypes 3 years ago in her own kitchen with lots of wax and an iron she'd come across these wax cloth while she was studying to be a graphics designer in the us. since we were always using so much plastic cling film which can't be recycled i thought ok bees wax cloth is a great alternative but i want to know what it's made of and i want to use raw materials from europe that's how i started making it in my kitchen. there's a lot of manual work involved the high level of wax in the mixture means the cloth stick together once they're made they have to be separated by hand cristina's our

insists on manufacturing in berlin and pays her employees fairly. so 2 beeswax cloths are quite expensive at 10 euros but they can be reused for up to a year part of women's entrepreneurship right now is entrepreneurship in general is seeing this the emergence of what we call impact investing and use social entrepreneurship. christine as business idea has created 20 jobs here. there are plenty of women who want to go out and profits and there's important thing to them but by and large an agenda to really speaks very directly to this this idea that when it comes to prayer ties and social tools of my own mental goals and economic goals men tend to prayer ties economic goals or other goals women tend to pray or try as social goals or other goals. it can be a long slog before a female entrepreneur can live off her profits in berlin's meant to distract the

vibe of a female entrepreneur center helps women who want to become self-employed it offers support in developing a business plan brokering micro credits there's even a daycare center it's this support that the more than 70 members value about this co-operative treasure and also need a home phones but with the spirit of a 1st of all it's far harder for a woman to set up and business there is a systemic disadvantaging of women here in germany they're supposed to take on the nurturing work meaning they do much more work in the family and they earn less than men. that raises the hurdles for setting up a business. women tend to found service companies rather than tech companies and it's hard for them to find commercial space which also needs to be close to home so that they can also take care of the family. the lies. the rents in the co-operative are well below average something fashion designer

cutting the yard on benefits from. she's been producing her own fashion collections for 10 years. her materials are all organic made in weaving mills in germany austria and elsewhere in europe. she wants to take a stand against the fast turnover cheap textiles industry. mock what we buy today is definitely too cheap so basically you shouldn't be able to sell clothing at those prices because i know what the costs here are like even if we consider economies of scale what's on offer here is still too cheap that devalues the garments along with the people who make them we simply can't do that to each other . ethically made high value clothes have their price address here cost 600 euros a top 170 cotton says the priority for her customers used to be being well dressed

now many have a keen interest in where the clothes are made because tina also found customers quickly her beeswax wraps are now sold in 1000 shops across europe the annual turnover is a 7 figure sum but she doesn't want to exports to asia africa or the u.s. . because i wanted to make a sustainable product right from the start because i said to myself we have these rule materials in europe if we shipped them overseas the c o 2 emissions would be catastrophic. but she can imagine setting up production abroad using locally sourced raw materials and a local office for the local market. i hope to be. empowered and enable the women around you who are doing good for the environment and put this aside to seek them out in your community and give them a path of the back i'll leave you with that part and see you again next week with

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australia could this be the 1st strike in the global vaccine war. time a call for welcome to the show pope francis has arrived and baghdad to kick off a historic 4 day tour of war torn iraq it's the 1st time a pope has visited the country the 84 year old touched down in the capital and the last few hours prime minister mostafa me led a welcoming committee before the papal convoy made its way to the presidential palace france's then attend that a ceremony to mark the beginning of what he has described as a pilgrimage of peace here's what he had to say in his 1st remarks in iraq. over the past several decades iraq has suffered the disastrous effects of wars the

scourge of terrorism and sectarian conflicts often grounded in a fundamentalism incapable of accepting the peaceful coexistence of different ethnic and religious groups different ideas and cultures all this has brought in its wake death destruction and ruin the group of this either. religion by its very nature must be of the service of peace and fraternity the name of god cannot be used to justify acts of murder exile terrorism and oppression yes he sees that you have put it here father hence that's all it is a catholic monk who has been living and working in iraq since 2011 he joins us now from soleimani in iraqi kurdistan 1st off congratulations to you on the arrival of pope francis in your country will you be going to see him in person and what do you hope his visit will bring. yes visit

him or visit the must. they. afternoon. myself i am here in the money and 25150 this from there. we hope and. intention that you say to today that the visit of. remotes. and the 3 men remember the people that there are year. presence. there are brought this year. much hope to the christian. church in. tell us a bit about the christian community in your city soleimani and there has been a lot of persecution of christians in iraq how's the situation in your community.

so the money is in this not exceptional because. parts from iraq the christians oh very well liked it but he really money and we have a long tradition to live together we. we have 'd a community here so the money is not there no very old city but we have from the beginning from the foundation of the city we have christians here we have to be could jewish quarter quarter and we have of course the. muslim neighbors here and so the money of bus always very much known for its dialogue for the christians have been known for. for mediation between the different stripes here in the region and the christian population in iraq has fallen drastically over the past 2 decades there are reports of under 250000

left in the country do you see a future for the question communities there. is this of them as certainly a future. we have much to work in iraq and i think especially the christian community is a key community for the construct of the peace here in iraq for the construction for the future i'm looking specially to young people which are living today a year. so many young people and there's so much hope if you see that when we have here or conferences so there is very much. much hope for them and what is the pontiff visit to the christians and

not only our community but also the country as a whole. christians in general are from the middle class and so do. the christians are in a very well respected part of the society. certainly the christians have big questions towards. majorities. and. majority to sunni majority sunni sunni bigger minority and majority of. the. who for. for construct if that dialogue or not the right audience that's all it and so am i the iraq thank you very much for speaking to you today

a year ago much of china was shut down to help contain the corona virus with the pandemic largely under control in the huge country its leaders now want to get the economy back on track around $3000.00 delegates are taking part in china's biggest political event to the annual national people's congress they'll be rubber stamping laws drawn out by the communist party elite setting political priorities for the next 5 years. neighborhood security offices patrolled beijing street when they're around it's a sure sign that an important chinese political gathering is on the way the office is to prevent displays of dissent during the event. the mood at the gathering is optimistic china has largely managed to control the can with pandemic so the party has had an ambitious target for economic growth. to the most important goals for this year are an increase in g.d.p. of more than 6 percent and the creation of $11000000.00 new jobs in urban areas.

among the party's other plans a large increase in the military budget and greater investment in new technology to make china less dependent on the rest of the world china is also planning to tighten its control over hong kong to an electoral reform that said to be approved by beijing's national people's congress with tributes and jubilance that you go to the phones and we want to ensure in principle. a trip through hong kong. to. mass arrests have already weakened hong kong's pro-democracy movement activists fear that these changes could deny is a voice in the city assembly. take a look at some other stories making news around the world at the cellar police a man maher have opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay local media reporting that one person has been killed fresh protests have again erupted in

several cities following a crackdown by the military junta which saw 38 deaths earlier this week the united nations is set to open talks on the crisis. in senegal new clashes have erupted and the capital dakar between police and protesters demanding the release of the country's detained opposition leader it was months ago he was arrested wednesday before he was due to testify on a rape charge one person has been killed in the unrest since that. 2 u.s. and japanese astronaut embarked on a spacewalk as they continue to upgrade solar panels on the international space station the 0 gravity service work as expected to take 6 and a half hours just a 4th i assessed space walk of 2021 feet the european union is under pressure over a vaccine shortage is as infection numbers continue to climb brussels is now

backing a band by italy on the export of australia to australia of a quarter of a 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine so far the drug maker astra zeneca has delivered only a fraction of the shots and agreed to supply to e.u. member states australia is asking for a review of the ban but playing down the impact. it will leave people with all your prerogative 380 and so i can certainly understand the high level of anxiety that would be exist in the ability of many countries or across europe as is regularly invited to be and so they have some will difficulties. and not on broad crisis situation that is not the situation of the struggle but nevertheless we've been able to secure our supplies let's make to band line now he's an m.e.p. for germany social democrats and chairs the european parliament's committee on

foreign trade mr long and thanks for speaking to w. today tell me does italy have the e.u. support on the secession. these supported by the european commission. paul i think it is to those experts who true and expert ben is not survive instrument to solve the problems to see the company you know of course as you mentioned paul that isn't. because they are not sticking to the opposition also calling for it and you've already voiced an opinion on the export ban in a recent tweet you called the move a mistake and said a quote pandora's box was opened so are you concerned that the european union could be triggering a protectionist vaccine war here indeed that's a big list so as i mentioned that problem was going to come to the us it is from is

business to our companies and the order and of course we have reaction force how the photos of the countries this is america the most cruel guardian who up on the one hand you are asking you to go to and used to. cut. us as a say moment you know is there with attempt is made as you did this notes this is not a city to get up and yeah right i say this is pure was across the other countries to a standard sitting up with us with vaccine rollouts and the e.u. having been comparatively slow doesn't it make sense though for governments to prevent vaccines leaving a huge territory. you know we're living in the open to it and of course there are also some supply of that scene coming from ourselves reputed and you could easily argue why should they so all that is used inside to be human you know is

a global problem and we needed to build a solution and i see it every school should be a public good. it's totally not acceptable if he had a contract to see the company and they had enough of his obligation we've got this comedy of space and we've got it to this nation this should should go we have to stick to the principle if there's a cunt type concluded that of cause post has to stick to the obligation well you suggest governments too though to overcome these vaccine shortages. we need more production capacity that's true this was also fought in the but she said the g.s.t. u.p.d. union in this into research in the pre-prohibition also put out he did

invest isn't actually compresses d. and of course it's not so easy to produce a smaller car out of a c. ter you need. to know your he grew mission is there's a task was under the arms commission of mr tong to establish it's separately this was he to go for more production compass icing vision and really go for the pressure to companies to allow our economies partner countries to use the patents and the technical know how to establish more induction capacity right and i have a european parliament international trade committee thank you very much for your time. that's it for now if you're up to date up next is business with kate ferguson remember there's always more on the day w. news out and w dot com works of course also instagram and twitter at data we noticed on a fairly for me and the entire team here in berlin thank you so much for watching.

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