her successful mission made her a role model for women everywhere her achievement was also a symbol of gender equality in her home country the socket union but almost 60 years later there are many jobs that women in russia are officially banned from doing because they are allegedly too dangerous for instance it in a bill gifts was not allowed to drive a subway train but recently things have changed. women are finally in the driving seat and are pushing full speed ahead on gender equality in the russian capital. is doing her dream job as a metro driver she started working at the moscow metro almost 18 years ago at the time she didn't know that women couldn't legally drive the subway trains now they finally can and the rena says for her it was worth the wait. this is my childhood dream i used to play with model ships and airplanes with the boys my father's

a pilot i've liked the technical stuff since i was little so why the metro somehow it drew me in the fact that it's underground i guess it's like flying but underground. before every shift irina gives the metro train she'll be driving a once over she looks for damage and vandalism and checks that all the fire extinguishers are where they should be a moment of calm before the empty cars fill up with commuters again you rena has a lot of experience dealing with passengers she worked as a station guard on the platform for years now as a driver she tries to get a sense of each individual metro train her connection to the train she's driving feels almost spiritual to her. in russia people say the way a ship sails depends on what name you give it i treat each train like a person and i think each train has a soul to one train i drove had

a male soul but most of them are female. the feeling of driving the metro is like pure happiness i'm happy when i'm driving. the rena is proud to be one of the 1st 12 female metro drivers after all the moscow subway is legendary its construction began in the 1930 s. at the time the soviet government. wanted to build a palace for the people for commuting workers and it shows. in the 1980 s. the government banned women from the driver's seat of these trains they said the metro is too deep underground too loud and too dark to be safe for women and they said the constant vibration from the trains could damage women so-called child bearing function. a new generation brought new trains and a drive for change though it's not quite a u.-turn for now women drivers are only being deployed in the most modern trains

and only on the line which runs over ground for part of its route and that's just by the fact the women have the exact same training as their male counterparts. we don't differentiate between women and men there's one single training program and all the metro drivers need to know it but of course these are still the 1st women and this metro line is less busy at the volume of passengers isn't quite as high and because this line runs mainly over ground it's less of a health risk. the moscow metro has been celebrating its new generation of women drivers they've even released a limited edition barbie for the occasion admittedly not the most clear cut symbol for gender equality there are advertisements for the dolls in the subway itself you can be who you want to be is the slogan but for women in russia that's still not quite true. metal manufacturing like the work in this steel mill is still off

limits to women mining and drilling on an oil rig are also considered men's work $100.00 jobs are still bound for women the list of jobs was initially introduced after the 2nd world war to drive up the birth rate this year the russian government published an updated list but lawmakers in the country are still driven by traditional family values and deep seated patriarchal. attitudes. we treat women with care here these tough jobs and hard labor are still seen as men's work in our society also women are mothers so providing for and taking care of their health and their reproductive functions is important and that's why we used recommendations from doctors to determine factors that are harmful to women at work. or more border given that the phone in the video.

is on her way to work she does her commute there on the metro to mixing with the other passengers ahead of her shift. i think the moment when the government allows women to carry out the band professions will come i'm sure they're already working on it the bands must be in place for a reason the government is taking care of women i would tell other women to keep believing and keep hoping that their dream will come true too no matter who you want to become everything is possible. already has her dream job and the next group of women will start training to become drivers soon but outside of these metro tunnels gender equality is still a long way away. our next report comes from greece in the agency and there are more than 200 inhabited islands and one of them is the eyelets at there is no hospital no police station just the school which is

in fact of the smallest school in all of greece 12 year old crystal this is the only student on the whole island life there can be pretty lonely so he and his teacher are trying to do something about it. crystal says a lot. i'm talking morning soon after he sets off for school it's a kilometer right here on the tiny island of aki in the eugene sea. just some 40 people live here 12 year old christophe's is the youngest president and the only child farm why. when he gets to school his teacher in marion see a letter he's waiting for him along with his own new playmate the school's dog you want to. miss friends like a play list of course friends who go to school with me and who i could play tosca

for with. them and last cared. for her loved the school day begins outside by raising the flag and singing the greek national anthem even though it's just the 2 of them i try to make daily life the same as every other elementary school increase. one pupil one teacher one classroom him maria see a letter teaches every subject whether it's joe graffiti music or math she'd love to have more people but so far no more families have been persuaded to move to the island. yet why morning we get to give hope i would love to have some fellow teachers. to act upon but the situation has brought us together. and i've always been able to offer chris store some variety or yeah. we visited other schools. and going to the movies in theaters on other islands we have to keep on asking to

see but. for now christoph is still spending his breaks along next summer he'll move on to a new school and if no new people show up only school will have to close. there's little work available on the island handful of people live from fishing and farming like crystal says parents who don't want to speak on camera and a few live from tourism like those who work at the islands to tell them. so longtime residents are skeptical whether the school can remain open or. just clear in my childhood there were almost 20 who pulls it and equally there weren't more families but each family had 6 or 7 kids. and we were all taught together only from the 1st grade list. people. going 1st it's easy to move from here to a bigger island but coming here from

a city or a larger island is tough and there's not really. still maria hopes to say 1st school from closing every evening she sits at her computer and tries to find families who'd be willing to settle on this beautiful line and. i mean this to persuade businesses to pay for their moving expenses are borne up on of others the up of or part of i've found a greek family and group at all germany. yep they've already been here and seen everything harmonious and manapul hornier policy now i'm constantly on the phone of office writing emails in trying it with the help of a t.v. station. to find someone among the countries big companies to finance the move on to job our men are mcgonagall now you said all of us. until then this will remain greece's smallest school and kristoff it's only student but he too has

formed the plan to help his school in future. i want to go to high school and later become a teacher and then i want to come back here and teach if there are still. i want to . but because none of showed up so far christoph sets off for home alone like every afternoon. he says sometimes boys or girls his age are among the tourists that come to the island and he shows them how to catch fish he takes them to see his horses visiting the horses is always the 1st thing christophe does off to school. without children like christophe's and his little school the island has no future that is why oakie will continue to fight for every people. i really hope that at least some

families will move to the island so that crystal gets some friends well that's it from us we'll bring you more stories from across europe next week until then take care of the back. good. to.

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