then what we see is right at the beginning of the corona virus pandemic a spike and i'm not talking about just increasing cases but in a spike where a study that everyone has been has been citing recently with the most recent data shows 150 percent increase in america's largest cities so that's double plus another half one of the biggest increase the biggest increase was in new york city where these videos came from that shows an 8 fold increase of anti even hate crimes thankfully 20 you say this comes at the start of the crowd of ours and i'm like is that in any way related or what's behind the rise research a research is showing a very strong cola correlation with the beginning of pandemics of this spike started around march and really shot up through june so this is the 1st months of the pandemic and they correlate a lot of advocates have been correlating this with donald trump's anti china rhetoric talking about the china virus that the virus came from china which put a lot of the blame of the virus on asian americans people that other people

perceived as being from china and one statistic that really stood out to me was that 2100 incidences of incidents of anti asian. rhetoric or empty asian sorry incidents so these are not hate crimes but anything from a racial slur to a hate crime reported specifically related to covert 19 in just the 1st 3 months of the pandemic so there's a strong coalition there but what we don't know is what is really who is behind this so a lot of activists are saying that it's white supremacy but what we would expect to see there is that all of the perpetrators are white but what the data is showing that this is not the case that actually nationally the number of hate crimes committed against asians and asian americans is just proportional to the representation in the population so compare that to black hate crime we're 99 percent of the perpetrators are white what we're seeing in cities like new york city is actually the majority are are non whites as we saw in these videos and that really complicates the solutions. and we know that president biden has announced

plans to address this a wave of violence we'll be following that story in the days to come i mean he said thank you so much for joining us in studio. and votes are being counted in one of america's most significant labor battles in decades the outcome will determine whether a union can gain a foothold at amazon organizers are promising union representation will improve the lives of nearly 6000 people who work for the internet retail giant amazon is expected to push back to try to keep those unions out of his stuff and simons went to alabama to find out why. welcome to bessemer if you have never heard of this southwestern suburb of birmingham alabama you were not alone at least until recently bessemer home to roughly 28000 residents has become a daily news headline a beacon of hope for many but for others it's now a symbolizes a vicious attack on good old capitalism. bessemer is now at the center of

the biggest and most important labor fight the united states has seen in decades thanks to amazon so here we are at the amazon fulfillment center right behind me here in bessemer alabama this place year or better 5800 workers who work here could make history yes history but only in the united states why is that because amazon was successful for the last almost 20 years to fight off any union effort to put cracks in the house of the sauce this is the 1st time that a union has a real chance to get labor organized at amazon local union organizers work for months on getting amazon workers into the flock flyers and posters for rallies and shit like work and this all came about because of this

man darrell richardson. richardson felt things are not all that great at the bessemer amazon fulfillment center if you're late a minute. 15 minutes a automatic way from you. i want. to watch take up so we're just a lot of stuff need to be changed last year contact at the retail warehouse and department store union in birmingham and a representative met with him here. at the dreamland barbecue in tuscaloosa rips an iced tea a plan to unionize amazon was hatched and set in motion. fast forward to today almost $6000.00 workers voted for or against unionization now the votes are being counted union activist alex gould says that won't be the end of it likely but . it's a pro union leaflet. if the workers win this vote it's going to be

a big struggle for sam has to come to any agreement with them you know the laws. have to bargain with them but we all know it's a question of power. and there's also the other side of course amazon employees who don't want to you know we are against it and we are very happy with what we are getting it's far as benefits we're happy with our working conditions we're happy with the advancement opportunities. speaking of advancement whatever the bessemer vote will be amazon is sure to face more pressure for unionization in the future. well massive protests swept a bulgarian last summer with thousands of people of all ages taking to the streets demanding the resignation of conservative prime minister boyko borisov over corruption allegations that over a half a year since then borisov remains in power and looks likely to win

a 4th term in office now our correspondent funny for chart reports from sofia as garia gears up for parliamentary elections this coming sunday april 4th this figure is turning heads in bulgaria's capital sofia a new opposition party called rise up. ridiculing prime minister what he saw of many here consider him in corrie jubilee corrupt as does dimiter dimitroff an activist in his twenty's we meet him in front of bulgaria's problem and building which used to be the house of the communist party that iran is long gone but autocratic rule is still present he says of fortunately is a cop heard state institutions and the people working inside them do not serve the interest of the citizens but the interests of. the guards are all this demented joint thousands of others in nationwide and to government protests last year they

took to the streets to express their frustration over politicians when rich themselves disregard the rule of law and protect powerful tycoons at the center of the corruption allegations of head of the ruling party he survived the protests. and the protesters the protests then there are g dight of both the protest short europe and the world the real face of our prime minister who sleeves next to a pile of gold for hundreds of euro. on his bit now bulgaria is gearing up for an unprecedented election with new parties and alliances . but according to the polls all of them fall short of a parliamentary majority and then there is voter apathy only 45 percent of all bulgarians who are eligible to vote have indicated their willingness to do so. whom

to vote for a debate over a cup of tea and autonomous they too called for the resignation of body and his cabinet last year they too dream change but there was no their act. so it's like a home lake for change is there but lake nothing immediate happen. and also a lot of people from the political parties go to. try to take adventure. these bodies off and his party get reelected they say they will consider leaving bulgaria for good the country has already seen many of its educated youth leave in the past and the minute he says he wants to stay he decided to turn his anger into politics and he's now running as a candidate for an opposition alliance called democratic area hoping to reenergize

the protesters that no longer come to this square. and now to a woman who has blazed a trail for people in it germany's armed forces and a study of be found was the 1st transgender commander in the german army the bullet is back now on the international transgender day of visibility her story shows how much has changed for gay and trans people pursuing a career in the military but it was a long and challenging road to acceptance. putting on makeup has become a part of her every day routine anastasio be falling is a lieutenant colonel in the german army and a transgender woman. transgender and i decided a full 40 to actually leave my male life behind that doesn't mean at 40 i realized that i was a woman it's just that was the point of my life or decided to actually move into that direction was consequently coming out as a transgender woman came after 20 years of military service to anastasio own

surprise it wasn't a stumbling block in her career shortly after her sex change surgery she became a commander in charge of $700.00 soldiers sergeant major dietmar shared a med anastasio be falling after her gender reassignment for him honest as he is just another fellow soldier. to cuba i just accept that people are the way they are and that goes beyond transgenderism i feel the same way about other more mundane things like what party they vote for what make of car they like you just have to accept people the way they are the reason. that would be fun lived as a man she led a seemingly ordinary life but says she felt tremendous emotional pain because she didn't feel comfortable in her body as a male. look for flight into a typical male role the military probably helped. to perform to male standards but

my inner self was always. crying after that almost 20 years. i was at a point in my life where my emotional stability my emotional well being well being the point where i don't want to live this way anymore after 3 years as a commander honest career has taken off she is now the head of a division in the boom disappears cyber and information domain service. she is also making it her mission to stand up for transgender people in the german armed forces promoting diversity and tolerance code what i know from my experience is what is definitely certain if you are true to yourself and live the way you are probably open you will have a better live than my mom once said that she seems to be highly happy.

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melissa chan welcome to news asia today is the international transgender day of disability and we will be devoting our entire program to looking at the contributions and challenges facing transgender people this annual day is fairly new it started in 2009 before that there was another day the annual transgender day of remembrance which served as a day of mourning to honor trans people who had died but the community wanted more than a symbol of day of darkness it also wished for a day of celebration against adversity so we started pakistan a largely conservative country where transgender people face widespread discrimination and ostracism here one trans woman has defied the odds to open the country's 1st madrassa for muslim transgender people it would be otherwise impossible or at least incredibly difficult for religious trance worshippers to

enter mosques to pray. a step closer to finding peaceful soul. behind this door caucus times 1st translation to only madrassa over a dozen students learn about the teachings of the qur'an here every day. founder ronni kahn decided to open this religious school after she herself both spiritually lost. bundles. and went around begging for 5. then one night i had a dream i saw that a transgender friend of mine who had died was in a state of great agony that dream changed my entire life and that's why i made the turnaround. can also teach. quotes and hope that one day they can sell them to cover the operation costs she has used her life savings to open up the much. the 34 year old was determined. a life on the margins of

society. most families do not accept transgender people they threw them out of their homes. start dancing and begging and doing other things i was one of them. can now ventures to distribute help she tries to convince other transgenders to become her students. those who started to learn the qur'an say religion gives them comfort. when every site the qur'an instead of leading a life of degradation it's better to improve my life. com hopes to connect many more transgender people through islam in the future she encourages all this in the community to do the same. take that of they can also come to want to get a life they can also designate a room for prayers and recitation where they can remember

a law and make atonement to gain a better life after death. rights groups say pakistan may have well over 300000 transgender people in the country just a fraction of them are practicing islam in this school before the students come across a it's already a milestone to what's greater acceptance and a safe haven. joining us this transgender activist from lahore pakistan on the international transgender day of visibility what message he has for those who might not understand the transgender community what would you like to see . thank you so much and happy internationally jargon and your visibility into this particular day i think everybody have an idea. so i don't do it unless we are not busy but we can argue for do except. and do and speak mine discrimination so i do unless you bring

forward the challenges our stories our district is is our living everything until unless you want to bring it on the frontline and being with people and how we can expect that was it if changes need legislation and this before emerged and. so i think it's very important to be visible and on this particular day i would like to condemn on. you know and to translate is lesions and and trans and trans. prohibiting us to be visible induces i. thank you so much for your message tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. i'm basically i'm and i think as. i and i do this is a combination of i'm an artist and activist and so on this particular day i would

like to thank you geoffrey i'm going to act on this big declare day to day history i'm coming. to the launch of my new channel. you'll be on and off the show will be who i am who's doing this you're. inviting the guests from different experience. be human one thing. is that you know the best speakers are. so you know he's going to launch today so that he can be more visible in just as i so i would invest all of the. new fish so that you can watch how in the transgenders i have progressed and what are the and more mills and cons icons in the morning congratulations on the lodge i want to take a closer look at pakistan now where do you think you've seen progress and is there a growing a set of transgender people there. in

2018 on. the task that is. not only. in the voice and act and frank if occasion is that i. don't. proof. so it also prohibits any kind of discrimination. beach education institutions. and government just. so you know and now we have something on our. view also bringing this legislation in our is from. the ministry of human rights and the iron. cross and she. says after

senator levin that definitely sounds like progress but i also understand that the country has taken an even more conservative turn in the last few years so i'm wondering how that has played out impacted your community. you know and the biggest challenge for us was we had a very progressive very very pushing the government into vision. for the implementation so implementation is the major issue and we try to remind them again . and and move priority because you know sometimes government is lately zinj. and for example it did a 100 be. just fine and then how i did. so desperate you're trying to focus on. people chant at alli thank you so much

for joining us. what's clear is that even as the trans community is intent on a day of positivity it's often borne out of difficulty tashi seeing in india has always felt she was a woman trapped in a man's body it took the pandemic lockdown for her to come out to her family who did not respond well to the news but she says she feels she made the right decision and that the disclosure needed to happen. when my family started to realize i was transgender they started beating and crushing me i went through a lot. with the lock down with kind of a blessing. but i got time to think and see if my family was accepting or not if i got to see how my family behaved with me. so it was a blessing because i realized and experienced a lot more in those few months than i had in my entire life. to find out who was

behaving in what way we view is definitely a blessing for me it was a. showed me a lot taught me a lot to be there. was the. now to bangladesh where a woman has made headlines by becoming the country's 1st transgender news anchor conservative estimates say there are some 10000 transgender people in the country though activists say the actual numbers higher considering bangladesh's population of 160000000 and the like in so many places the transgender community faces stigma abuse and harassment finding employment is difficult many turn to sex work or begging making this story all the more incredible. it's been a long way to the top for tash new version and she's shia the newly appointed news anchor has had more than just glass ceilings to push through to end up here.

as bangladesh's 1st transgender news reader she's had to work hard to get her foot in the door. that it was at the chrysler to many other channels barely anybody called me for an interview a couple of them called me for auditions but that was it i guess they won't brave enough to take me. to court that as i had over many others perhaps wanted to work with me but again probably they had their own limitations i never realized this would grab so much attention. more on kemal hussain shashi tesh nuva says she knew from very early on that she was born in the wrong body friends neighbors and even her family for acting more like a woman and like many transgender people she says she was bullied and sexually exploited for years. at the right ahead my parents once told me to get out of the house then when i couldn't cope with it

anymore i left home by myself i couldn't stand the neighbors telling my father about how i should act or walk like a man i never wanted to be a person like that. i'm going to have that her determination has paid off after fleeing her hometown for the capital dhaka she underwent hormone therapy worked hard and kept up her studies though it hasn't been easy she hopes her fight will make it easier for others. i mean i don't want any member of the transgender community to suffer i don't want them to live a miserable life i hope they will find work according to this skills. a tall order in conservative bang to do. his journey suggests a stunt has been made. but that's it for today we leave you with pictures from the diverse transgender communities across asia on this international transgender day

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super food. blog. lifestyle good. song. when night falls when we can finally forget about the virus and close the bedroom door to spend time with our pocket. nothing happens in fact births are declining around the world is this what the future holds in store. there will still be babies but perhaps less many countries are reporting historically low birth rates during the pandemic as much as 10 percent less in some places. family planning to ring the coronavirus pandemic has become difficult after

all it's hard to get into the mood or be optimistic about the future during a pandemic. hello welcome to good night in a special i want to get jones in berlin a city that doesn't feel like it's going to be deserted anytime soon there's still enough hustle and bustle despite the pandemic but who knows what the future holds and it's that question that seems to keep many couples from having kids now. a children's playground eerily quiet the numbers are out italians are having far fewer babies during the pendency. they too have had to put their family planning on hold more in admin chancel just bought a new home in a suburb of baghdad the big step for the young couple and everything is ready for the next. quest comment i made my meaning this will be the children's room that has

yet to be set up we want to put in one or 2 beds depending on the size. we also have some space downstairs which could become another room for the children. then when i see it i'm going off and had. been changed and i were planning on getting married last summer before their move but they had to postpone because of the pandemic and having kids before marriage for the 2 devout catholics was not an option glad of the union and they had asked enough on me. for us marriage means union and creating a family of our own marriage home family and children moving was supposed to be after the wedding but we had a switch party on a little. while the individual reasons differ of the situation is emblematic for hundreds of thousands of couples across the nation wanting to have children. exactly 9 months after the start of the lockdown in december here in italy the

birth rate dropped by more than 20 percent compared to the previous year with many couples calling off their plans to have kids the birth rate in italy has reached a historic low but even before the pain demi italy was left trailing behind most of its neighbors on average women in the e.u. had a 1.55 children in 2018 in sweden this number was 1.76 in germany 1.57 and italy 2nd to last in the e.u. with just 1.29 births the per woman. it is too early to determine with certainty what exactly is causing tell you numbers to drop even further says holes eulogist giuliani villainy the pandemic is likely affecting couple sex life but more importantly financial security seems to be the driving factor in the decision not to have kids. i think. young capos are becoming much more economic rationale that then emotional convinced

that it's important to have another child so there may be more worried about the future of children buying a house postponing marriage while working full time for the moment in chance with morena have a lot on their plate but that hasn't changed their wish to start a family of their own has soon as the time is right natalie nature is deputy head of the laboratory for fertility and well being of the max planck institute in rostock and she is joining us now good to have you with us let's start with the obvious how house the pandemic impacted the demographics so far quite a bit we have seen a lot of excess mortality in many countries in the world i think that is currently the biggest factor but births are also going to be much affected as we are just starting to see and then of course migration has been halted across europe and the

united states that's another factor that is affecting the demographics right now. so there are various factors but let's stick to having babies so what all the driving factors for couples decide whether or not to have children. yeah before i get to that let me summarize a little bit of what we know you know births happened 9 months after conception so we just got data in from a variety of high income countries for births that occurred between november 2020 and generally 21 and what we do see is a huge baby bust across the high income world for example spain and generally has seen a decline of about 20 percent compared to births and 29000. not all countries are affected specifically southern europe eastern europe also taiwan south korea nordic countries and germany interestingly haven't seen that decline yet but of course the story is still unfolding so people are handling handling the worries differently or is there some saying a common thread that you see. that's

a really good question and honestly we don't know yet as the story is still unfolding couples fertility behavior is affected by many factors 1st the need to be a couple so partnering is a is a big piece in that story and partnering is certainly right now. kind of disrupted by the by the distancing measures i expect that partnering. effects will only be seen later on and declining birth right now it's probably economic insecurity that couples during the 1st wave anxiety about health about what does it mean if i get sick if i have a baby now so i think couples during the 1st looked ons have postponed not knowing if they will catch up later which would you say that this is all in the mind are we talking about existential worries getting in the way or all those worries actually affecting a once a women's fertility in a biological way. you know that's a video question i don't think mind and body can be disentangled that much because

literature in epidemiology actually shows that stress and worries and emotions really affect health. system also probably the product if the system interestingly enough. the literature is all in the medical and epidemiological realm and we don't know yet much in fertility and demographic literature how health shifts or worry shifts may affect fertility rates later on but i do think worrying is not only affecting behavior and being more careful with contraception perhaps lowering sex drive but also could have effects on the reproductive system i've seen article on the regular menstrual cycles of women that have increased during the lockdowns that could have effects on all of your lation so that would be stress affects but then there could also be of course covert effects on pregnancies and reproduction which we still know very little about that is still unfolding and the studies of course i

mean we pretty much every day something new about this pandemic and you just mentioned you know social distancing obviously doesn't help when it comes to get babies do you think that couples will catch up one of the viruses under control what do we know from previous pandemics. yeah that's a good question from previous pandemics for example the flu 918 pandemic we do know are 14 to 18 that there was a big baby bust so birth decline that was followed by a catch up quite a hump that is usually what we see after these disastrous events disasters recessions that affect fertility to decline but here you know it's a very different situation it's an economic crisis it's a health crisis and we really don't know when it's going to be over yet so i assume there could be small the clients and small homes for example the 1st wave of depression and fertility could be followed by a little bit of a hump maybe in the births that didn't happen during the summer but now people are seeing on oh this is lasting so another postponement could be going on it's very

difficult to predict but the distance and certainly has effect but not find it part 2nd families who are very stressed taking care of the children were not going to school. will likely postpone having another child that could very well happen so we could see decreases you know 1st burst 2nd verse this will still unfold ok and you keep an eye and it's not telling you to from the max planck institute thank you so much. well here's some news. just announce that vaccine is 100 percent effective in 12 to 15 year olds some good news even if the pace of vaccinations is still an even around the globe time for derek to answer your questions. if some countries vaccinate now and. when it impacted dr success and vaccinated populations. it very likely would months look at the current playing field for

a minute as of today well over 550000000 doses have have gone into arms worldwide in just a few months sounds great until you consider that around 2 thirds of them went to people in just 5 countries with another quarter of them distributed in only 15 others including many countries in europe just 10 percent of all those says have been given in the world's other $175.00 nations for the obvious reasons this is a huge problem ethically but it also poses a clear danger to both vaccinated and unvaccinated ally that's because in the last several months we've seen the emergence of dangerous new variants known for complicated reasons related to how it replicates sars kovi to

doesn't mutate as quickly as some other viruses out there the flu mutates much faster for instance but but the corona virus does change and theory says evolutionary pressure from measures like mass vaccination can cause it to change faster. although it's an unscientific way to describe the situation you can think of our vaccination drives as an attempt to corner the virus and stamp it out while yet on the other hand constantly looks for an escape route it's already like trying to herd cats and the longer we leave people un vaccinated hence unprotected the more and better opportunities we give the virus to mutate into forms that might be more contagious or more deadly or simply unaffected by our vaccines so it's a kind of race to control the virus before it can change in those ways and if we

stumble in that race by not vaccinating everyone fast enough the virus will very likely rebound in new forms also in countries that thought they vaccinated their way out of trouble. that's all for now thanks for watching.

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