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a time. i'm melissa chan thank you for joining us in india at new data shows that unemployment hit women the hardest during the pandemic according to the study conducted by the center for monitoring indian economy only 9 percent of women of working age are employed that's a massive gender gap that will only get worse as the country faces yet another spike in covert cases he. takes a closer look. chill them it through has been out of work for more than a year. the 55 year old domestic worker used to cook at several homes in an upmarket neighborhood but the pandemic pressed on her life upside down. the lockdown was really bad for us. we survived on rations that we don't need to do any

high as i could. my employees told us not to come and they were worried we might bring the wires into their homes and we couldn't do much after that. one of many women who lost their livelihoods overnight when the government imposed a lot down last year. according to multiple studies and surveys conducted recently women work with especially those who work in the informal or the unorganized ective have taken a much harder hit by the call than 1000 logged on that was implemented compared to men a large number of these women have either lost out on work entirely or have seen a shop fall in their. a dry is a social worker who helps women working informally she says that while men can travel to find work family responsibilities mean women have to stay closer to home . in the unorganized women lost all her. world as domestic help into construction legal treatment of the cases of us are still rising

it does not look like they will get there were some. women's participation in the workforce was already declining but the sudden shutdown caused by call that 19 was . india's economy shrank by nearly a quarter in the 1st few months of the pandemic. economists trust says the impact of the downturn has been disproportionately who suffered it's the women they are the more vulnerable in the labor force they're the border educated comparatively dared the poor are. comparatively because i don't think the government has done enough with india provide for jobs both those who who who have jobs they're working less hours so if they're working there thousands are almost inevitable that the men are going to have whatever work there is going to be and not women this is an extra financial burden for sure on top of caring for the sick

husband and daughter her own health is deteriorating further limiting her options. and it's going to be difficult to get work. but i have a family to look after i have been trying to get to work. doing some. shaw feels she cannot even go back to her village as there's nothing there for her now life has become a daily struggle to survive the. joining us is part of chatter g. in delhi she's a journalist and columnist working on health and social issues the pandemic has impacted women around the world we just saw the story of one woman who worked in the informal sector and i wonder do these workers in india have a social safety net and do even white collar workers have a good social safety net there hietala so. great to be here with you on your show you know that's that's the unfortunate fact that acted fast majority

of workers in india almost 90 percent are actually part of what we call the informal economy and. of course there's degrees are pretty heritage of vulnerability the vast majority creating that women don't really have any they don't have formal job contracts as a salary you know it's not a salary at the end of the month so that's that's where the problem comes in i've been over the last year actually literally walking 2 lanes and bylines of delhi visiting many of these slums and talking to women and men but a lot of women who are children fall into the cracks who are at risk and the key reason is that even when they have work there's no real written contract and they have very little bargaining power so you know if you're talking about social protection in practice in practice very very little now in some countries the

pandemic has set one in back decades they say to the 19 eighties and i wonder is that the case for india is that what you think. yes i don't think we have the study as yet you know not much but i read recently a study was a pew research that forget about the poorest of the poor even the middle class that's people like me and you know a lot of people i know even away when actually sitting back and men. you know to be able to i mean forget about getting you jobs and bonuses and things like that a lot of us including that in class women have dipped into their savings right so you can imagine people living in slums and you know who don't have you know a regular pay what's happening there all of that debt is the face of the pandemic at the moment you know even the economic recovery we are right now in the green

shoots so you know recovery just because a place is open doesn't mean everybody's getting up there full wage you know i know many people like places for instance beauty parlors where they are getting just a fraction sometimes one 3rd or what they still get before sometimes not even that it's a one 3rd or a percentage of the business they generate so you know it it can be deceptive just because you see buzzy marketplaces doesn't mean everybody has you know enough money to make both ends meet and yes i think we definitely going to be set back i can't tell you exactly how much because i don't think we have a study as yet but if the middle class is having that such a tough time the super rich but not i can imagine what the wasp majority of indians are going to and women of course have been hit in many many ways not just economic could. thank you so much for joining us.

flash floods and landslides have hit islands in southeast indonesia as well as east timor this weekend with rescuers struggling to reach places due to damaged bridges and roads as of monday evening in asia more than 90 people have been killed another 40 or so missing with officials warning the death toll is expected to climb. a human chain to escape the raging waters rainstorms have triggered landslides and overflowing dams leaving small communities inundated. rescue workers use whatever resources are available to bring survivors to safety. but it is the water has risen up to my head and it's still not stopping we need help right away. your village is cut off yes the waters reach the 2nd floor the military police and disaster agencies are helping coordinate the emergency response indonesia's president has offered his condolences for the dead and called for vigilance that many but as i

urge everyone to follow the directions of local authorities regarding the danger of floods and landslides due to extreme rainfall. in neighboring east timor government offices were beset by the storm's effects what i was going to ask for the moment we are cleaning the mud because of the flood that happened in the vicinity of the presidential palace army. rescue efforts in both countries have been slowed by damage bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment. the remoteness of some affected areas is also complicating operations to fully assess the damage. staying in indonesia here's a longer term water challenge for the country it's coastlines face erosion something conservationists have struggled with for decades they say one way to reverse course is to plant mangrove forests is particularly important for low lying

areas threatened by the climate emergency and the ocean flooding of arable soil. every east of jakarta may be located on the world's most densely populated island job but this agricultural region is tranquil most of it is below sea level making its rights fields especially vulnerable to surging waves and rising tides local pharmacy the problem is getting worse and it straining their livelihoods. that they should be a dam made of stone. so it was effectively blocked at the y. because the sea as a writing out of land. but there's a simple way to protect people's land from the rising seas today environmentalist informative some sudanese showing the villages children what they can do to fight the effects of climate china. it looks like playing in the

mud but it has a purpose these young environmentalist supplanting mangrove separately to protect the serious future. mangroves can act as a very to the strong winds from the ocean as it increases in size so wise will not destroy the land so they could be a lot of damage to the land which is caused by those being why. the. pseudonym its many villages think his message is crazy and he septa is a nuisance to their crops some people even remove them once he's done. to change people's minds this fairy tales to reach out to locals dressing up as an endangered javanese rhino and delivering his conservationist message to some of his fans. when i decided to make this traveling fairytale i hope the children i met could

become heroes in their environment. to save indignation read animals in the. well i'm presuming mangroves on our contrary that about plus that in a long while for my dad i got i think they're. sensitive and admits even his family questions his devotion to the mangroves some times that. his activism has a point oh. mangroves could be the key to maintaining villages way of life and the culture to. that's it for today there's more in the dot com ford slash asia will leave you with pictures of female military police cadets in india they're training for 61 weeks and are due to graduate next month the 1st women in that division of the armed forces there thank you for washington d.c. tomorrow and goodbye.

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a 1st for hollywood actors of color swept the top prizes at the screen actors guild awards best female lead to want to viola davis for her role as 19 twenties jazz singer moll rainey and moranis black bottom adapted from the play by august wilson . viola davis rainey's black box thank you all get bullied been a legacy act is a color that we can relish for the rest of while i think the best male leader went to the late chadwick boseman for his performance in the same film as an ambitious trumpeter exploited by white record producers. like you could i got tap oh. my dad had no doubt was going to turn out like this he wouldn't name again oh those men's final performance came out

after he died last year of cancer his widow taylor simone led word accepted the award on his behalf a month after she accepted his golden globe. world unbalanced crusader that. it's a quote by charles. thank you. thank you now the sag awards are seen as a predictor for the oscars and if bozeman and davis repeat their victories there it will be the 1st time in almost 20 years that 2 black performers take the best actor and best actress oscars the 1st and last time that happened by the way was with denzel washington and how he berry back in 2002 well award season is all about recognizing the final products when the performance is over and the reviews are in but what about the moments before a performance british photographer simon anon portrays actors before they go on

stage in london are they nervous terrified or something else entirely his new book time to act features candid shots of anon has been taking backstage for decades. and. the last half hour before the curtain goes up it's a magical shimmering time and in between phase when every actor engages in their own personal rituals to shake off the outside world and draw the energy they need to go on stage. 30 minutes they have to be in the building and they have this dramatic tension between the 2 images of themselves and the fictional character and as the closer they get going on the stage the more they have to absolve themselves of by the fictional character simon anand has been taking photographs in london staters for 40 years both in front of and behind the

stage he's gained access to everyone's dressing room joseph finds jude law glenn close he captures moments in which the actors appear to almost duplicate themselves it's hard to say whether that's still cate blanchett gazing out at you but the character she's. i mean. i personally think that kate is one of the best examples of allowing the camera to see. vulnerability you know she allows the camera to see her emotions but i mean and isn't interested in glimpsing his subjects souls or in capturing some sort of truth he wants to make an iconic image whether incidentally or created by the connection between camera and actor. i would never i never put myself into a position where it's i'm not trying to be

a fly on the wall. this is not what this book is about there's no attempt they know i'm in the room they want to be seen through my eyes fine. and says the important thing is to be open with no set expectations but he does prepare carefully reading up ahead of time on his subjects. when ethan hawke came to the london stage the word was that he was a surprisingly good shakespearean actor. it reaffirmed my sense that the american actor is a very different from english actors what they bring to the stage the stage you know this sense of energy this certain pumped up energy yeah. i hesitate to use this word visceral because i'm not sure what it really means but i think that's what it what i'm trying to see you know it's sort of. just before taking a stage an actor's transformation is complete and the play can begin the photo book

time to act is an impressively sensitive declaration of love for the theatre and its actors a portion of the sales will go to those unable to work during the pandemic shut down still simon and isn't worried about the future of theatre. there are more theaters in london than anywhere in the world even creating new york where those buildings are not going you know that they will be there. for people to make fear to in this book is a reminder of just what is waiting in the way. to music now and the work of german sente guitarist ryan hart as a child he was inspired by another scented guitarist with the same last name the legendary django reinhardt who's possibly also a distant cousin right hard combines django so-called gypsy jazz with styles including flamenco latin and brazilian popular music for his latest album and

teamed up with bret belorussian classical guitarist. it's called gypsy meets classic piece of soul. reinhardt is a virtue also on the guitar born in the western german city of copeland's he's from a well known german family of musicians in one pandemic times he spends about half the year on the road performing and searching for new musical collaborators and influences like here in morocco. he's also visited india tracing the roots of his sinti and roma cultural heritage reinhart is a kind of musical nomad. group

i go everywhere and try to get to know different cultures and music i watch how they play and try to imitate it so what i do is pretty nomadic. his latest cd is. collaboration with uli alon sky and her classical concert guitar the musician from belle of roots has guest appearances world wide and the 2 nomads create breathtaking music together. here's a question for you what would the world look like if it were entirely drawn by children and the answer is somewhere between hilarious and terrifying we know this because of the work of one british father tom curtis who takes little kids drawings

and uses them as a guide to improve on real photos the results of become an internet sensation we met up with curtis and his sons. these animals are one of a kind. of no neck cat with human teeth. and a cow with cause. these are what children's drawings would look like if they came to life. british designer tom curtis came up with the idea of a world in which children's imaginative images become reality. the 1st drawing we actually brought to life was a portrait that my son had done of me and i kind of knew it was going to be pretty grotesque and of course the process is actually quite long so i could see it developing into this hideous picture so his the his the drawing and then the actual real version looks like that and i think becky sort my wife she

thought she's married the wrong person tom curtis began his project things i have drawn in 2015 when his children were younger their drawings of animals my. people inspired. with the help of digital technology he transformed them into surprising pictures. i think. about the project. to be creative and i think. computer. but what this does it gets them draw. on a piece of. the ideas for his children's drawings often came from excursions his family took around their home village of chatting to northwest of london curtis and his wife encourage their children to express themselves creatively.

motivate them. really who. we didn't know. as a family project went global within a couple of years after it was just friends who sent their children. he would create. then he started posting before and after pictures on instagram today tom curtis receives around. from children all over the world. their creations. just. takes him around 15 hours to transform. our creative director of

a media agency and it's the pictures and it's. drawn is now. so for example. here from the original photograph and i'm going to bring it on to the picture here put it into place zoom in so we can see the detail and make sure it fits nicely and then we can even move it around a little bit and so a photo of a rabbit becomes a fantastical creature from a child's imagination. the designer sons are now reaching the age where they're too old to contribute drawings themselves but thanks to the artworks he receives from around the world tom curtis will continue to bring children's fantasies to life.

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